EE 202 ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS II Experiment -2 RC Coupled Two Stage BJT Amplifier

OBJECTIVE To measure voltage amplification (Av) for RC coupled two stage BJT amplifier. EQUIPMENT REQUIRED Instruments Digital Multi-meter (DMM), Oscilloscope, Function Generator, DC Power Supply Components Resistors: (1) 2-k, (3) 3-k, (3) 33-k, (2) 10-k, (1) 330-k Capacitors: (3) 15 F, (2) 100 F Transistors: One npn-type transistor (2N3904 or equivalent general purpose transistor) RESUME OF THEORY in Fgiure 1, where 1 , 2 , 3 and so on, are the voltage gains of each stage under loaded The to-port systems approach is particularly useful for cascaded systems such as that shown conditions. of load resistance for a two port system is modeled in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Cascaded system. The total gain of the system is then determined by the product of the individual gains as follows,

One popular connection of amplifier stages is the RC coupled multistage amplifier. The name is derive from the capacitive coupling capacitor Cc and the fact that the load on the first stage is an RC combination. The coupling isolates the two stages from a dc viewpoint but acts as a short-circuit equivalent for the ac response. The input impedance of the second stage acts as a load on the first stage. 1

PROCEDURE Part 1. RC Couple BJT Amplifier Voltage without RL a. Calculate the no loaded voltage gain of each stage, loaded voltage gain of first stage and overall voltage gain for the circuit shown in Figure 2 and note these values into the Table 1.

Fig.2. RC coupled BJT amplifier. b. Construct the circuit shown in Figure1. c. Apply a sinusoidal voltage source with an amplitude of 25V and measure the output voltage. d. Determine the overall voltage gain by using the measured values and note into the Table 1. Table 1. Stage (calculated) (measured) (calculated) (measured) st 1 Stage 2nd Stage Overall

Part 2. RC Couple BJT Amplifier Voltage for Different Values of RL a. Connect different values of load resistance to the output of the circuit and repeat the first part and note into the Table2. Table 2. (calculated) (measured)

RL 3k 33k 330k