Discrete transistors sot343 cascode amplifier
Thanks in advance
It should be possible with a diagonal trace, but not so important for the cascode transistor due to the higher emitter driving impedance. A certain bandwidth reduction may be observed though (output capacitance + emitter inductance create a pole).
So can i connect only one emitter pin and left the other with no connection?
It will work OK.
Check that the casocde is stable, I've found that these high ft devices are prone to oscillating if there is too much inductance in the emitter or base circuit
Thanks for the replies
So for this connection it will be ok...
If i want to put emitter degeneration at the down transistor will it be the same if i put it only to one of the emitter pins or is it better to degenerate both pins?
I'd keep it symetrical, the floating pad may be small and not have no noticeable effect at your operating frequency, but these devices have still have gain above 10GHz and up there the open pad could cause you stability problems.