TWO STAGE RC-COUPLED AMPLIFIER

AIM:
To study the response of a two stage RC-coupled amplifier and calculate gain and band width.

SOFTWARE REQUIRED: Multisim

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:

THEORY:
As the gain provided by a single stage amplifier is usually not sufficient to drive the load, so to
achieve extra gain multi-stage amplifier are used. In multi-stage amplifiers output of one-stage
is coupled to the input of the next stage. The coupling of one stage to another is done with the
help of some coupling devices. If it is coupled by RC, then the amplifier is called RC -coupled
amplifier. Frequency response of an amplifier is defined as the variation of gain with respective
frequency. The gain of the amplifier increases as the frequency increases from zero till it
becomes maximum at lower cut-off frequency and remains constant till higher cut-off
frequency and then it falls again as the frequency increases. At low frequencies, the reactance
of coupling capacitor CC is quite high and hence very small part of signal will pass through from
one stage to the next stage.
APPLICATIONS:
1. Audio amplifiers
2. Radio Transmitters and Receivers
PROCEDURE:
1. Open the multisim icon in the system.
2. Place all the necessary components required for the design of the two stage RC Coupled
amplifier circuit i.e., Resistors, Capacitors, Transistors.
3. Voltage sources, Power sources, Ground etc on the design window.
4. Connect all the components by proper wiring and assure that nodes are formed at
the interconnection points.
5. Connect the two channels of the Oscilloscope to input and output of the circuit and by
using the simulation switch and check the input and output waveforms.
6. Assign net numbers to input and output wires by double clicking on the wire
and clicking on the show option.
7. To observe the frequency response, go to simulate-----► analysis-----►ac analysis and
select the start and stop frequencies, select vertical scale as decibels, specify the output
variables and click on simulate.
8. A window opens showing the frequency response on the top and phase response at the
bottom.
9. From the frequency response, calculate the bandwidth of the Amplifier.
10. To obtain the netlist, go to transfer-----►export netlist and save the netlist in a text file.
On opening the text file from the saved location, a netlist is obtained containing the
specifications of all the used components used in the design of the circuit.
OBSERVATION TABLE:

CALCULATIONS:
1. Determine lower cut-off frequency and upper cut-off frequency from the graph.
2. Calculate Band width
Bandwidth:
Bandwidth of the amplifier=fh-fl Hz
Task:
1. Build (Voltage divider Biased) and test single stage CE amplifier and measure gain.
2. Simulate frequency response of Amplifier (SAME Circuit) and find Bandwidth.
3. Build (Voltage divider Biased) and test single two CE amplifier and measure gain.
4. Note the effect of bypass capacitor on gain.

GRAPH (to be obtained):

Mid-range gain=20log(300mV/.2mV)
Normalize gain= 20log (Vout/Vin)/mid-range gain