Laboratory Exercise 3 FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF COMMON-EMITTER AMPLIFIERS USING

MULTI-SIM

Objectives: To calculate and measure the frequency response of common-emitter

amplifier circuits

Materials: 2N3904 transistor or equivalent

2 2.2 kΩ at 0.5 V (RE and RL)
1 3.9 kΩ at 0.5 V (RC)
1 100 Ω at 0.5 V (RS)
1 10 kΩ at 0.5 V (R2)
1 39 kΩ at 0.5 V (R1)
1 1 μF capacitor (CC) at 25 V
1 10 μF capacitor (CS) at 25 V
1 20 μF capacitor (CE) at 25 V
1 DC power supply
1 DMM
1 Oscilloscope
1 Function Generator
1 Breadboard for constructing circuit
Connecting Wires
MultiSim (LabVIEW)
DATA NEEDED

a. Low-Frequency Response Calculations

1. Using the specification data for the transistor, record values:
Cbe (specified) = ___________
Cbc (specified) = ___________
Cce (specified) = ___________
Enter values of typical wiring capacitance:
Cwi (approximated) = ___________
Cwo (approximated) = ___________

2. Calculate the values of DC bias voltage and current for the circuit of Fig. 1.1.
VB (calculated) = ____________
VE (calculated) = ____________
VC (calculated) = ____________
IE (calculated) = ____________
Using the value of IE, calculate the transistor dynamic resistance.
re (calculated) = ____________
3. Calculate the magnitude of amplifier midband gain (under load) using:

4. Calculate lower cutoff frequencies due to coupling capacitors and due to bypass capacity.

b. Low-Frequency Response Measurements

1. Construct the network of Figure 1.1. Record the actual resistor values in the space provided
in Figure 1.1, if desired. Adjust VCC = 15 V. Apply input AC signal, Vsig = 60 mV, at a peak
frequency of f = 5 kHz. Observe the output voltage using a scope. If VO shows any distortion,
reduce Vsig until the output is undistorted.

2. Measure and record signals for undistorted operation.

Vsig (measured) = ___________10mV
VO (measured) = ___________2.67mV

Calculate the circuit’s mid-frequency voltage gain.

AVmid = __________Hindi ko alam to kasi di ko alam yung re

3. Maintaining the input voltage at the level set above, vary the frequency and measure and
record VO to complete Table 1.1.

4. Calculate the amplifier voltage gain for each frequency and complete Table 1.2. Vo/Vi to
diba?
c. High-Frequency Response Calculations

1. Calculate the upper cutoff frequencies and record below.

fHi (calculated) = ____________
fHo (calculated) = ____________
2. Applying an input voltage which provides non-distorted output voltage, complete Table 1.3
measuring the resulting output voltage over a range of high frequency values.

Vi (measured) = ____________
3. Calculate the amplifier voltage gain (in dB units) and complete Table 1.4.

GRAPH THE TABULATED DATA:

ANALYSIS OF DATA

CONCLUSION
 Table 1.1
f 50 Hz 100 Hz 200 Hz 400 Hz 600 Hz 1 kHz 2 kHz 3 kHz 5 kHz 10 kHz
VO 1.76 mV 2.41 mV 2.55 mV 2.45 mV 2.41 mV 2.4 mV 2.39 mV 2.4 mV 2.39 mV 2.39 mV

Table 1.2
f 50 Hz 100 Hz 200 Hz 400 Hz 600 Hz 1 kHz 2 kHz 3 kHz 5 kHz 10 kHz
AV 0.1764 0.2415 0.2555 0.2455 0.2412 0.2402 0.2395 0.2405 0.2395 0.2395

Table 1.3
f 10 kHz 50 kHz 300 kHz 500 kHz 600 kHz 1 kHz 700 kHz 900 kHz 1 MHz 2 MHz
VO

Table 1.4
f 10 kHz 50 kHz 300 kHz 500 kHz 600 kHz 1 kHz 700 kHz 900 kHz 1 MHz 2 MHz
AV