{"id":309930,"date":"2023-10-04T03:58:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T03:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/cascode-inductive-source-degeneration-lna-transistor-biasing\/"},"modified":"2023-10-29T08:20:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T08:20:56","slug":"cascode-inductive-source-degeneration-lna-transistor-biasing","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/cascode-inductive-source-degeneration-lna-transistor-biasing\/","title":{"rendered":"Cascode Inductive Source Degeneration LNA Transistor Biasing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is my LNA cascode inductive source degeneration circuitry:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/04-10-2023-1696391420-mceclip0.png\"><\/p>\n<p>I am having a hard time figuring out how to ensure that my transistors are biased properly. I do not know where or how to start. I understand that the current mirror circuitry relates to the transistor biasing but one of the requirements for the current mirror to work is to ensure that M1 and M3 are operating at saturation region. But how do I check that M1 and M3 are operating in their saturation region?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Would really appreciate the help for I have been trying to figure this out for several days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-309930","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["292013","28551"],"_bbp_author_ip":["168.143.243.24"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["396"],"_edit_lock":["1698067194:2"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["309930"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27793"],"_bbp_engagement":["28551","292013"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["313310"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["313310"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-10-25 14:11:29"]},"test":"p22014102student-newinti-edu-my"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/309930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/309930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}