Ok, so somehow magically (why the calculations and theory does not match with the pspice model is another post) a circuit begins to work in a project. So I copy this circuit over to a new project (to preserve the parameters and settings of the devices because one is becoming increasingly unsure of reproducing the same results in pspice given a set of parameters).
The circuits I am attaching are IDENTICAL very basic common source amplifiers with active loads.
1)
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwG45lg3wcwnU3ZDQ3NtNjZCM2s
Project_Working with 1000 Gain-Nov-30-2012.zip is a file that has the original circuit which gives an input signal of 1mv an amplification of 1000 (to around 1V).
2)
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwG45lg3wcwnWml3UFVMQ0dxekE
P2_First_Stage_Working-Nov-30-2012.zip is simply a new project into which I have copied and pasted the circuit from above (nothing changed except adding the .lib files in configuration. BUT the amplifier mosfet (the one at the bottom) is now displaying completely different device traits.
3) If I force a drain current into an n channel mosfet which forces the mosfet into saturation I should NOT have to bias the mosfet further right ? YET I have to do this here where I supply a dc voltage and get an n channel mosfet into the saturation region by observing the VTC traits (Vds vs Vgs graph). Then I go back and give the right dc voltage to bias the amplifier in the right region. I am fairly new to CS amplifiers but my professor was surprised that it needed a bias voltage + an active load.
p.s if someone could also explain why pspice is prone to magical charms that would be very cool even though it SHOULD not be because one happens to encounter some bad people (and one has lived a very long time to have met such misfortune) who somehow can affect the operation of a model (does this make sense)? one is totally embarassed about mentioning this but for a long time one suffered at the hands of such people without knowing it and now (only lately) has one begun to recognize this odd and terrible thing.One sincerely hopes one is spared the proximity of such a people (is this a professional hazard ; if so which profession would enable one to be independent and safe from such practices)