THE UNIVERSITY OF ASIA PACIFIC

ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS I LAB PRACTICE

COURSE NO. EEE202

EXPT. NO. 7 Name of the Experiment: STUDY COMMON EMITTER RC COUPLED CASCADED AMPLIFIER
OBJECTIVE :
1. To understand the operational characteristics of a common emitter (CE) RC coupled amplifier. 2. To examine its frequency response.

EQUIPMENTS:
Project Board npn transistors ( ! ) Resistor (1"#$% &#$% &""$% 1""$) Capacitor (1"'() Capacitor (1"""'() *i+nal ,enerator -scilloscope .C Po/er *upply 0ultimeter Chords and /ire 1 piece pieces piece each ) pieces piece each 1 unit 1 unit 1 unit 1 unit lot

PREVIEW:

Reference:
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PERFORMANCE 1 (BJT BIASING CHARACTERISTICS)

Notes for the students: Read the theory carefully before starting the experiment. Let your setup be checked by your lab instructor before connecting to the power supply. Procedure: 1 2

Con!tr"#t the #ir#"it !ho$n in Circuit diagram 1

Wi ! n" #c $i%n#& in'( " !e circ(i % mea!"re a&& the DC n")e *"& #%e$ 'CC% 'C% 'B% ( 'E an) #a&#"&ate the a#t"a& *+point #"rrent% I C* , -'CC + 'C./ RC% an) 0o&ta1e 'CE* , 'C ' for 2oth the !ta1e! B4 a)5"!tin1 the 1667 potentiometer !et 'CE, 8 9 ' for 2oth the !ta1e!

PERFORMANCE (FREQUENC! RESPONSE)

Notes for the students: Read the theory carefully before starting the experiment. Let your setup be checked by your lab instructor before connecting to the power supply. Procedure:

Set the !i1na& 1enerator at 2 :H; Conne#t an o!#i&&o!#ope to o2!er0e the inp"t !i1na&% '!% an) the o"tp"t !i1na&% 'o% after the !e#on) !ta1e an) in#rea!e the inp"t !i1na& amp&it")e -'!. "nti& #&ippin1 i! o2!er0e) Then re)"#e the inp"t "nti& the maxim"m o"tp"t 0o&ta1e that #ontain! no !i1n of #&ippin1 i! fo"n) Next re#or) the inp"t 0o&ta1e at $hi#h the effe#t! of !at"ration an) #"toff are fir!t !een on the o"tp"t

N" e : For this circuit saturation effects will be seen as clipping at the bottom of the wa eform and cutoff effects will be seen as clipping or distortion at the top of the wa eform. 3 Re)"#e the inp"t &e0e& to a2o"t ha&f the 0a&"e that fir!t #a"!e) )i!tortion Then mea!"re an) re#or) the a# inp"t an) o"tp"t 0o&ta1e! 'in an) 'o"t for the 0ario"! fre<"en#ie! in)i#ate) in the ta2&e 1 pro0i)e) in the =ata Co&&e#tion an) O2!er0ation Sheet U!e the the O!#i&&o!#ope for the!e mea!"rement! !in#e o"r =>>! are not a##"rate at the hi1her fre<"en#ie! to 2e "!e) >ea!"re the time )ifferen#e 2et$een the inp"t an) o"tp"t $a0e form! @t% an) a&!o the time perio) % T for the 0ario"! fre<"en#ie! in)i#ate) in the ta2&e 1 pro0i)e) in the =ata Co&&e#tion an) O2!er0ation Sheet

N" e: !his can be measured by the distance in time scale between the rising edge "ero crossings of #in and #out. Then #a&#"&ate the 0o&ta1e 1ain% A0 , 'o"t/'in% an) the pha!e !hift% , 3A68t /T% at ea#h of the fo&&o$in1 fre<"en#ie!B 26% 96% 166% 266% 966% 1666% 2666% 167% an) 1667 H; Re#or) the a#t"a& mea!"re) 0a&"e of ea#h fre<"en#4 M#+e $(re !ere i$ n" $i%n "f )i$ "r i"n "r c&i''in% "n !e "( '( ,#*ef"r.ef"re e#c! -e#$(re-en . N" e: !he gain should be about 1$ at the higher fre%uencies without the bypass capacitor and about &$ to '$ with the bypass capacitor across R(). !he phase angles should be between $ degrees and *)$$ degrees.

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DATA COLLECTION 0 O1SERVATION S2EET

Notes for the students : +uring your experiment you ha e to collect and tabulate the data in this sheet. ,fter the experiment you will be submitting it to your instructor. !his sheet will be e aluated later on.

TA1LE 3:
Fre"ue#c$ (H%) I#&u' (o)'*+e V,# Ou'&u' (o)'*+e V,# G*,#A.Vou'/V,# G*,# ,# dB 0)o+(A) T,1e d,22ere#ce3' T,1e &er,odT P4*5e S4,2'-

3A6 t T

10 0 60 100 00 600 17 7 67 107 07 607 1007 007 6007 1M M 6M

THIN8S TO 8NOW The pha!e re&ation!hip! of the t$o !ta1e! The a)0anta1e an) )i!a)0anta1e of RC #o"p&e) #ommon emitter amp&ifier The rea!on $h4 the 1ain )e#rea!e at hi1her fre<"en#4 The effe#t of 24pa!! #apa#itor on fre<"en#4 re!pon!e

TAS8S:
1. Plot the frequency response of the CE amplifier in a *emi 6o+ +raph paper. Plot the frequency alon+ the 9:axis and +ain in dB alon+ the ;:axis.