Leonil Ray H.

Agravante

LABORATORY NO. 5 Point and identify the voltage in the graph below

Laboratory Exercise: Common Source

Amplifier with resistive load

1.1 DC TRANSFER CURVE

Using the load line analysis, you
can graphically determine how
the value of output voltage
changes with the input voltage
including its operating current.

Determine the output swing of the

amplifier where the input-output
relationship is linear.
The output swing of the amplifier is from
763mV to 998.89868mV

1.2 GAIN

PROCEDURES
Sweep your input bias voltage PROCEDURES
form 0 to 1. To be accurate,
make a step size equal to From the previous graph,
1mV. Do not forget to check derive the function in the
the Save DC Operating Point. function panel. The graph
The graph of your output should be look like this:
should be similar like the
figure below. Label the
regions ofoperation on the
graph below.
Similarly, in the output panel
click the wire of your input
bias voltage. Locate the Q

Use the vertical marker in your graph

window to locate the value of your
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gain. (Hint: Point the

marker to the value of your
input bias voltage)
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Using the marker, get the value of

GAIN= -312.92439µ the Transconductance
corresponding to your input voltage
from the waveform you have
simulated.
1.3 TWO PORT NETWORK
ANALYSIS Transconductance (simulated) = 10.681109nS
Simulating the Transconductance

We will follow the same procedure

executed in the DC analysis. The SIMULATING THE OUTPUT
only difference is that the output IMPEDANCE
should be AC short.

PROCEDURES
PROCEDURES
On the same library, open
new cell and create new
circuit. The circuit should
look like this:
Using the same circuit, sweep
your output voltage from 0 to
1 in the horizontal axis.
In the vertical axis, plot your
output current.
To verify the result, open the
Function panel and derive your
signal. Get the derivative of our
signal.
To get the value of the
corresponding output
impedance, the function
Should be like this 1
.
𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑣 (𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑎𝑙)

Use your marker to get the value of

the output resistance
Save the schematic by clicking corresponding to the output
the save icon. voltage from waveform that you
In your horizontal axis, sweep have simulated.
your input voltage from 0 to 1.
Plot your output current in Output Impedance (simulated) =
the vertical axis. 93.623239MOhm
Get the derivative of your
signal.
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Two-port network
Hand Calculations Simulations
Parameters

Gain (Av)
𝑰𝑫𝑺
𝑮𝒎
𝑹𝒐𝒖𝒕

CONCLUSION:

In this laboratory I used the load line analysis, and I graphically determine
how the value of output voltage changes with the input voltage including its
operating current. In the simulation of transconductance the only
difference is that the output is AC short.
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