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Why does an emitter follower have a wide bandwidth?

  • A.Its output impedance is low enough to drive any load
  • B.Its voltage gain is unity, so nothing is multiplied
  • C.Its collector-base capacitance is grounded at the collector
  • D.Its input impedance is high and works into little capacitance

Answer: B

With a voltage gain of one, the Miller factor is one plus one rather than one plus two hundred, so the input capacitance stays close to the device's own figure. The collector is indeed at signal earth, which is part of the same argument, and the impedances are real advantages but not the bandwidth mechanism. A stage that takes no voltage gain pays no Miller penalty, which is why followers are used to drive capacitive loads and to precede wideband stages.

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