Laboratory Exercise 4 - 2

Capacitor Coupled Transistor Inverter

Number 5: VB = 667mV VC = 3.41V Period = 15ms PW = 1.48ms SW = 13.52ms Vp-p = 10V tr = 13us tf = 38us +Vp = 8.02V -Vp = 1.75V Output voltage waveform: 5V/div; 5ms/div

Measured Values: Number 2: VB = 730mV VC = 158mV Number 3: VB = 730mV VC = 158mV Number 4: Input voltage waveform: 2V/div; 5ms/div Number 6: VB = 170mV VC = 1.93V Period = 15ms PW = 623.2us SW = 14.38ms Vp-p = 10V tr = 13us tf = 36us +Vp = 9.1V -Vp = 600m

Output voltage waveform: 5V/div; 5ms/div

VB =832mV VC = 2.87V Period = 5.3ms PW = 879us SW =1.77ms Vp-p = 12.09V tr = 9us tf = 25us +Vp = 10V -Vp = 250mV Output voltage waveform: 5V/div; 2ms/div

Number 7: VB = 523mV VC = 2.3V Period = 25ms PW = 1.48ms SW = 23.52ms Vp-p = 14.42V tr = 0.0016us tf = 37us +Vp = 7.95V -Vp = 1.85V Analysis: Output voltage waveform: 5V/div; 10ms/div 1. What is the effect of the capacitor in the circuit? There is no any significant effect of the capacitor in the circuit. The values obtained when the capacitor was not connected is the same as the values as when the capacitor was not connected.

2. Would the capacitor be helpful as transistor is being used as a switch? Without the input signal and with the result we had in numbers 2 and 3, it is hard to tell if the capacitor would be helpful as to the transistors switching. We did not had the tr and tf in out result in numbers 2 and 3 so it is really hard to tell with only those information and also the voltages we measured at VB and VC in numners 2 and 3 are with no difference so we cannot use those information. However, base on the

Number 8:

book the capacitor does speed up the switching time of the circuit but the difference is only milliseconds to a circuit without the capacitor so even if there really happened a faster switching during our activity, we would not be able to observe it anyway because as what was said, the difference is only milliseconds. 3. Comment on the results of procedure 5, 6, 7 and 8. Input 5 6 7 8
Output Vp-p PW SW

Input Pulse Voltage Level -4V -1.5V -4V -4V

Period

PW 5ms 5ms 15ms 5ms

SW 10ms 10ms 10ms 300us +Vp 8.02 V 9.1 V 7.95 V 250 mV

Period 15ms 15ms 25ms 5.3ms -Vp 1.75 V 600 mV 1.85 V 10 V VB 667 mV 170m V 523m V 833m V VC 3.4 V 1.93 V 2.3 V 2.87 V
Freq.

5 6 7 8

10V 10V 14.42 V 12.09 V

1.48 ms 623 us 1.48 ms 879 us

13.52 ms 14.3 ms 23.52 ms 1.77 ms

15 ms 15 ms 25 ms 2.65 ms

tr 12.79 us 12.79 us 0.0016 us 8.67 us

tf 37.71 us 35.57 us 37 us 25.54 us

66.7 Hz 66.7 Hz 40 Hz 377.36 Hz

From the results obtained in numbers 5 and 6, we had observed that lower input pulse voltage level results in also lower VB and VC and also tf is lower so it means faster turn-off time and the positive peak voltage is higher. From the results obtained in numbers 5 and 7, we had observed that Vp-p of number 7 where PW is 10ms higher than that in number 5, is almost 5V higher. Also, tr is lower in number 7 which means faster turn-on time. Another is with higher PW, the values of VB and VC is lower. In numbers 5 and 8, the input parameters are the same except to SW. The effect of lower SW is that the value of Vp-p is higher, tr and tf are lower which means faster turn-on and turnoff time, the +Vp is a lot lower but the value of Vp is much higher and the value of VB is a little higher but the value of VC is lower.