University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

Department of Electrical Engineering

EE 213: Analog and Digital Electronics Circuits

Experiment 8
Objective:
To study the frequency response of BJT common emitter amplifier, common collector
amplifier/emitter follower, and common base amplifier.

Part: 3 Frequency response of BJT common base amplifier

Components Required:
2N3904 BJT, 2×1KΩ, 2×10 KΩ, 470 Ω, resistors, and 4×10µF capacitors

Procedure:
1. Connect and simulate a common base amplifier configuration circuit and sketch/append
that circuit diagram below. Recommended values of components are provided above.

Figure 3: Common base Amplifier

 2. Find the capacitances of input output probes, if any
Capacitance of input probe = ---------------------------------
Capacitance of output probe = ---------------------------------
Capacitance of scope = ---------------------------------
3. Apply 20 mVPP, 1KHz from the signal generator, Find the mid band gain, input resistance,
output resistance of your amplifier circuit and Note down the values in Table 1.
4. Vary the frequency of the input signal from 1Hz to 5MHz and note down the gain of your
amplifier circuit in the following table and plot on the semi log graph. You can use
MATLAB or Excel to plot the gain as a function of frequency.
5. Calculate mid band gain, input impedance, output impedance, low cutoff frequency, and
high cutoff frequency of the given amplifier.
6. write down calculations and mention screenshots of simulated resultsin the space
provided below.

Frequency Gain Frequency Gain Frequency Gain

(Hz) (Hz) (Hz)
1 300 50 K
2 400 60 K
3 500 70 K
4 600 80 K
5 700 90 K
6 800 100 K
7 900 200 K
8 1000 300 K
9 2K 400 K
10 3K 500 K
20 4K 600 K
30 5K 700 K
40 6K 800 K
50 7K 900 K
60 8K 1000 K
70 9K 2M
80 10 K 3M
90 20 K 4M
100 30 K 5M
200 40 K

Table 1

Calculations
 R2 ⋅V CC V BE V B−V BE 1.09−0.7
V CC =12V → V B = =1.09 V → I E = = = =0.829 mA
R2 + R1 RE 470 470
26 mV 26 mV
re= = =31.33 ohms→ β r e =3133
IE 0.829 mA

V O −R C ∨¿ R L −909
AV = = = =−29.016
Vi re 31.33

r
Ri=R E + R S∨¿ ( β+1π
)=488.798 ohms → VV =¿ ¿
i

(the above is not for this lab so any recipients should change it accordingly)
Lower cut off frequency:

R 1= ( 1+r β )∨¿ R + R ∵C=10 uF ; R =79.37 ohms ;

π
E S 1

f =200 ohms
Higher cut off frequency:
From input:
rπ
Ri=R E + R S∨¿ ( )
β+1
=488.798 ohms ∵C i=C wi +C π ; C π =18 pF ; C i=4 ⋅10−11 ;

f i=814 k Hz

From output:
Ro =RC ∨¿ R L =909.09 ohms ;C o =Cwo +Cu ; Cu =4 pF ;C o =224 pF

f o=781 kHz
 Frequency versus gain plot on semi log paper

Summarize your results in the table given below.

Results Mid-band Lower Cutoff Upper cutoff Input Output

Gain (Am) Frequency Frequency (FH) Resistance (RIN) Resistance (RL)
(FL) Hz Ω Ω
Hz
Calculated

Simulated

Table 2

Conclusion
Compare the simulated and calculated results & explain the reasons for difference.
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Now when you have simulated and checked the frequency response of CB, CE and CC amplifier,
please comment on practical applications where the use of each of these amplifier configurations
is preferable?
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What should be the gain of an amplifier at 20 kHz if the half power frequencies are fL = 20 Hz
and fH = 15 kHz along with mid band gain = 60?
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The upper cutoff frequency of a CE amplifier is 22 kHz. The output at that frequency is 6.71 V
p-p. What is the output voltage at 220 kHz? Explain how you got this value?
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