Experiment 35

Troubleshooting Problem
Assume you wanted to raise the gain of the IF amplifier
in this experiment, so you decide to reduce RE1 to 100 .
Surprisingly, instead of causing the output to be larger,
it becomes smaller. What could be wrong?
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Experiment 35
Troubleshooting Problem
Solution
Assume you wanted to raise the gain of the IF amplifier

in this experiment, so you decide to reduce RE1 to 100 .

Surprisingly, instead of causing the output to be larger,
it becomes smaller. What could be wrong?

Actually nothing is wrong

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with the circuit. Higher
2
frequency circuits are
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sensitive to small changes
like this. You will find that
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the gain is higher but the
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change caused the resonant
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slightly.
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Tuning the function
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increased gain.

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Related Problem
The primary side of the IF transformer used in this experiment
has an inductance of about 340 H. What is the approximate
value of the capacitor that is in parallel with the primary?

2
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Experiment 35
Related Problem
The primary side of the IF transformer used in this experiment
has an inductance of about 340 H. What is the approximate
value of the capacitor that is in parallel with the primary?

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