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Figure 2.6 Common-Gate TIA<br />

The unfortunate downside of this TIA is that the noise current<br />

produced by the load resistance R D <strong>and</strong> the bias current source I D are<br />

directly referred to the <strong>in</strong>put with a unity factor. The noise contributions<br />

from these two sources have trade-off with each other. The load resistor<br />

can be <strong>in</strong>creased <strong>in</strong> order to reduce its noise contribution. In order to<br />

ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> the proper bias<strong>in</strong>g conditions, the bias current would need to<br />

be reduced which would <strong>in</strong>crease the noise contribution of I D . If the<br />

bias current is ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed, the supply voltage would need to be<br />

<strong>in</strong>creased. In order to reduce the noise contribution from the bias<br />

current source, the bias current can be <strong>in</strong>creased. Aga<strong>in</strong>, to ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> the<br />

bias conditions, the load resistor would need to be decreased, which<br />

would <strong>in</strong>crease the noise contribution from the load resistor. If the load<br />

resistor is kept the same, the supply voltage would aga<strong>in</strong> need to be<br />

<strong>in</strong>creased to ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> the transistor <strong>in</strong> saturation. Improv<strong>in</strong>g the noise<br />

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