After reading the assigned sections 8.1 and 8.2, you should be able to answer to the following questions.

1. Review Laplace Transform
2. What are the definitions of pole, zero, and break frequency?
3. What are the definitions of dB, decade, and octave?
4. What is a Bode plot? What are phase and magnitude plots?
5. Make sure you understand Example 8.1 and Figures 8.6 and 8.7.
6. How to check the calculations at very low (DC) and very high frequencies (page 492)?
7. What is the high-frequency model for FET (meaning of the Fig. 8.18)?
8. Common-source amplifier (pages 498-500) (a) How Fig. 8.20 is drawn? (b) Derive Eq. 8.30. (c) Understand Fig. 8.21