Lab 7: BJT- Common

Emitter Amplifier
Circuit
Jehan Adnan Arumpac
Dept. EECE
Iligan City

Introduction

In electronics, a common emitter amplifier is one of three

basic configuration of a bipolar-junction-transistor (BJT)
amplifier topologies, typically used as a voltage amplifier.
Common emitter amplifiers are the most widely used form
of BJT in amplifier configurations. Itis mostly used to
provide reasonably high voltage gain.
In this circuit the base terminal of the transistor serves as the
input, the collector is the output, and the emitter is common
to both (for example, it may be tied to ground reference or a
power supply rail), hence its name. The analogous fieldeffect transistor circuit is the
common source amplifier.

Mach Ryan Pactol

Dept. EECE
Iligan City

Stephen Lloyd Alzate

Dept. EECE
Iligan City

Kelvin Tumala
Dept. EECE
Iligan City.
ABSTRACT:
Continuing with the application of a Bipolar Junction
Transistor particularly the Common-Emitter Amplifier that
would be able to amplify certain level of voltages. This time we
use a simulator that aided us to perform this laboratory
experiment. By the end of this laboratory experiment we were
expected to determine the characteristics of a common-emitter
amplifier. Figure shown below is the circuit configuration of a
common-emitter amplifier.

Fig. 1
Notation and symbols
used with the common-emitter
configuration: (a) npn transistor;
(b) pnp transistor.

Common emitter amplifiers give the amplifier an

inverted output and can have a very high gain that may vary
IV. RESULTS
AND CONCLUSION
widely from one transistor to the next. The gain is a strong
function of bias current, and so the actual gain is somewhat
unpredictable. Stability is another problem associated with
such high gain circuits due to any unintentional positive
feedback that may be present.
Other problems associated with the circuit are the low input
range imposed by the small-signal limit; there is high
distortion if this limit is exceeded and the transistor ceases to
behave like its small-signal model.

Lab Work Procedure: (Using MULTISIM)

1. Connect the common emitter amplifier circuit you

designed. Set the values of capacitors C1,
0.47F each. Make sure the positive polarity of these
Figure 1. The figure above shows a sinusoidal input and inverted output with
capacitors are connected
to the higher positive voltage in the circuit. Set Rb1 to be
10k ,Rb2 to be 3.9k, Rc to be 2.3k the supply
voltage to 5V DC and vary the ac input voltage at its
frequency.
2. Measure the frequency response of the amplifier
starting from 200 Hz-100mV. Change the test frequency
to cover the upper cut-off frequency of the amplifier.
Through out the
measurement of the frequency response, apply low input
signal levels (in the order of few
milli-Volts) to ensure that the output signal is not distorted.
Monitor both input and output waveforms on the
oscilloscope.
3. Record the obtained Results.

Figure 2. 500mV- 600Hz output voltage with Channel A as th

Figure 3. 100mV- 1kHz output voltage with Channel A as the outp

Figure 3. The figure above shows a sinusoidal

input and inverted output with input of
100mVpk- 200 Hz

Figure 4. The figure above shows a sinusoidal

input and inverted output with input of
500mVpk- 1kHz

Figure 5. 500mV- 1kHz output voltage with

Channel A as the output.

Conclusion:
Based from our results we conclude that the
common emitter amplifier has high voltage gain and
its input is inverting with respect to the input. The
common emitter amplifier gives both current and
voltage gain. The common emitter which the output
voltage inverts the signal, 180 degree phase
inversion.

Figure 6. The figure above shows a sinusoidal

input and inverted output with input of
100mVpk- 1kHz