EXPERIMENT III

COMMON EMITTER AMPLIFIER

I. End Result
Study the characteristics of common emitter amplifier, the load effect, and
the frequency response.

II. Scope
A. Theory
The transitor is a very important component in the world of electronics .
Transistors generally devided into two kind, namely:

BJT (Bipolar Junction Transistor)

FET (Field Effect Transistor)

In this experiment we use BJT transistor. There are two types of BJT

transistors are NPN and PNP, Figure 3.1 are the symbols of BJT transistors :

Figure 3.1 Transistor BJT symbol

Figure 3.2 Physical form of BJT transistor

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BJT transistor have 3 main pins :

Emiter (E)
Collector (C)
Base (B)

There are 3 configurations of BJT transistor :

Common Emiter
Common Collector
Common Base

This experiment will study common emitter configuration. This

configuration is typically used in amplifiers. In this configuration emitter
connected to ground and the output is takken from the collector.
Generally the voltage gain of common emitter is:

//

25

Where the value of re is:

Magnitude frequency responce of this amplifier can be calculated and analyzed in

dB, with the equation :
() = 20 log | |
By using the equation above we can determine the maximum frequency and
maximum bandwidth that can be reached by our amplifier. In these experiment
will be studied the characteristics of common emitter amplifier, the effect of RL
value and the frequency of the output signal generated.

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B. Reference
1. Thomas L. Floyd. (2008). Electronic Devices, Conventional Current
Version. 8th edition. Pearson, Prentice Hall. New Jersey. 978-0-13615581-2.
2. Kevin F. Brennan & April S. Brown. (2002). Theory of Modern
Electronic Semiconductor Devices. 1st edition. John Wiley & Sons. New
York. 0-471-41541-3.
3. Jimmie J.Cathey. (2002). Electronic Devices and Circuits. 2nd edition.
McGraw-Hill. New York. 0-07-139830-9.
4. Floyd, Thomas L.. (2003). Electronics Fundamentals: Circuits, Devices
and Applications. 6th edition. Prentice Hall. New Jersey. 0131111388.
5. Robert L. Boylestad & Louis Nashelsky. (2006). Electronics Device and
Circuit Theory. 9th edition. Pearson, Prentice Ha. New Jersey. 0-13197408-4.
6. Robert T. Paynter. (2003). Introductory Electronic Devices and Circuits,
Electron Flow Version. 6th edition. Pearson, Prentice Ha. New Jersey. 013-120675-3.
7. Malvino, Albert Paul. (1985). Semiconductor Circuit Approximations.
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8. Millman and Halkias, Integrated Electronics Mc Graw-Hill,1982.
9. Floyd,Electronic Device Conventional Current Version Pearson
Prentice Hall, 2005.
10. Malvino, Semiconductor Circuit Approximation, Prentice-Hall, 1985.

III. Devices
Oscilloscope

Signal Generator

Experiment Box

Electronics Devices Experiment Module 2

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IV. Instruction of Laboratory

A. Procedure
1. Common Emitter Configuration (CE)

4K7

+vcc

VOUT

SW1
VC
Tanpa SG

DSW1

Dengan SG

1K

100 K
VPS

VE

100 K

VSG

6K8

100nF
100nJ100

4K7

VB

2K4

VIN

BC 547

ON

Potensio1

GND

Figure 3.3

1. Use COMMON EMITTER CONFIGURATION module.

2. Release VSG ON/OFF button to cut SG voltage (without VSG).
3. Lower all the DIP Switch pins (no load circuit).
4. Measure the voltage of the VPOT, then turn POTENSIOMETER until you
get the VCE at 7.5 Volt.
5. Measure the voltage of VB and VC. Enter the result on the Table 3.1
provided.
6. Press VSG ON/OFF button to enable SG voltage (with VSG).
7. Configure Signal Generator to get VIN = 50mVpp and frequency = 1 KHz.
8. Draw the input signal (VIN) and the output signal (VOUT) in one image
axis, observe the phase.
9. Repeat step 7 using the VIN = 100mVpp and frequency 1KHz.

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Table 3.1
VB

VC

2. Input and Output Impedance

1. Adjust VIN = 50 mVPP, and record the amount of VOUT for each RL.
Pin 1 = 2K4, pin 2 = 4K7, dan pin 3 = 6K8.
2. Record the result on Table 3.2!
Table 3.2
RL

2K4

4K7

6K8

Vo

3. Common Emitter Amplifier (CE)

Figure 3.4
1. Use COMMON EMITTER AMPLIFIER module.
2. Turn off the Signal Generator, record the value of VC,VB and VE to Table
3.3.
3. Release CE Mode button to disable CE (without CE).
4. Turn on the Signal Generator, configure VSG = 100 mVpp with frequency
1 Khz.

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5. Turn on pin 1 of DIP Switch for using 2K4 resistor as RL.

6. Record the VIN2, VSG, and VOUT to Table 3.4.
7. Repeat step 5 and 6 by replacing pin 1 to pin 2 (4K7 resistor), pin 3 (6K8
resistor), or lower all pin to measure voltage without RL.
8. Press CE Mode button to use CE (with CE), repeat steps 5, 6, and 7 and
record the result on Table 3.5.
9. When using CE (with CE), lower all DIP Switch pins (without RL).
10. Measure the VOUT with VSG = 100 mVpp and frequency in accordance
with Table 3.6.
11. Release CE Mode button (without CE), lower all DIP Switch pins.
Repeat step 10 and record the result to Table 3.6!

Table 3.3
VC

VB

VE

2K4

4K7

6K8

Without

2K4

4K7

6K8

Without

Table 3.4
RL
VIN2
VO
VSG
Table 3.5
RL
VIN2
VO
VSG

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Table 3.6
Frek (Hz)
Dgn CE
VO
Tnp CE
VIN2

100

500

1K

2K

5K

Frek (Hz)
Dgn CE
VO
Tnp CE
VIN2

10 K

15 K

20 K

50 K

100K

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B. Final reports requirment for minimum grade

1. An explaination of the transistor, its characteristics and parameters.
2. A description of the cuttoff, saturation, and DC load line.
3. Explaination about Common Emitter amplifier.
4. Effect of input impedance and output impedance to the output voltage on
the common emitter amplifier.
5. The role of the capacitors C1, C2 and C3 in Figure 3.3 !
6. Effect of the chages in the value of RL on output .
7. Analysis about phase of the output obtained and an explaination of the
cause of this could happen.
8. Draw the frequency respont graphic (Av in dB) from Table 3.6 on
semilog paper and write down how much bandwith you get in this series
of experiments!
9. Analysis of the effect of changing the input frequency to the work
performence of the circuit, explaint which components are affected by
the input frequency.
10. Analysis of the effect of bypass capacitor if used or not, to the output
gain.
11. Analysis of the data result of practicum you have done (the effect of
changing experimental parameter given om 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3)! Connect
the explaination of the data analysis with the explanation of the workings
of the circuit in the experiment!
12. Simulate the experiment 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3 in multisim! Give the
simulation results in accordance with the table!
13. Give the conclusions of your experiment , minimum 5 conclusions from
Common Emitter configuration and 5 from Common Emitter Amplifier!

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V. Attachment
Figure 3.5 :
+VCC1
4K7

1K

B/C
100
K
VPS

Figure 3.6 :
+VCC1
4K7
D

E/F

CH1

VSG

100nF

1K

B/C

RL

100
K
VPS

Figure 3.7 :

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