Analog and Digital Electronics lab. (EE 210) Lab.

Manual Handout # 2

Experiment # 2
Common Collector Amplifiers
Objectives:
To measure the following characteristics of a Common Collector Amplifier.

1. Voltage Gain: Av
2. Input Resistance: Rin
3. Output Resistance: Rout
4. Output voltage: Vout

Parts required:
1. Transistor 2N3904
2. Resistors (33 K, 18 K, 10 K, 1 K, 10 , 2 * 1.2 K )
3. Capacitors (100 F, 0.1 F, 10 F)
4. DC source
5. Breadboard
6. Cathode Ray Oscilloscope (CRO)

Theory & Procedure:

2.1. Common Collector Amplifier:

The common collector amplifier usually referred as emitter follower (EF). Input is applied at
the base there is coupling capacitor, and the output is at emitter. The voltage gain of a
common collector amplifier is approximately 1, and its main advantage are it high input
impedance and current gain.

2.2. Procedure:

VS, must be constant throughout the experiment, unless specified otherwise. Keep the input
selector switch of the oscilloscope on AC for all the measurements, unless specified
otherwise Show your measurements to the lab instructor after every step. Note down all
measurements in Table 1. Figure 1 shows a common collector circuit.
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Figure 1

1- Connect the circuit shown in Figure 1. Dont forget to connect power supply bypass
capacitor. Using DMM, measure DC collector current VBE and write down there
values here

IC(meas) :________________ VBE (meas):______________

2- Using a signal generator, set VS so that Vout is 0.1 V (p-p) undistorted sine wave,
keeping the frequency at 50 Hz.
3- Observe VS and Vout on the oscilloscope by using both the channels. Measure voltage
gain Av as:
Vout (P P)
Av =
VS (P P)

4- Observe both channels simultaneously in CHOP mode. Measure the phase difference
between VS and Vout.
5- Connect a 10 k resistor in series with the signal generator as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2
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6- The Rin of the amplifier can be calculated from the formula:

R in
Vout (with RS) =Vout( without RS )
R in +R s

Where Vout (without Rs) (pk-pk) = 0.1 V (pk-pk) and Rs = 10 k.

7- Connect a 10 RL through a 100 F capacitor. Measure Vout(p-p), this would be Vout

(with RL/with Rs).

Figure 3

8- Connect a 1 K RS. The circuit is shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4

9- Again measure Rin using the formula:

Rin with RL
Vout (with Rs / with RL ) = Vout (with RL/without Rs)
Rin with RL + Rs
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Where Rs = 1 k

10- The Rout of the amplifier can be calculated from the formula:
RL
Vout(with RL/without RS) = Vout (without RL)
RL +Rout

Where Vout (without RL) = 0.1 V (p-p)

Observations:
Note down your observations in the given space.

2.3. Precautions:

1. Keep all connections as short as possible.

2. Before applying DC power supplies to the circuit make sure that they are all set to
zero volts.
3. Switch off the power supplies before making any change in the circuit.
4. When input signals are time varying always connect to 0.1 F supply bypass
capacitor in close proximity to the point where you have applied the power supply(s)
to the circuit.
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2.4. Result:

Measured Calculated

Av

Vout(without RS)

Vout(with RS)

Vout(without RL)

Vout(with RL)

Rin

Rout

Table 2

Lab Exercises:
1: What the common collector amplifier called and why?

2: What is the ideal maximum gain of a common collector amplifier?

3: What characteristic of common collector amplifier makes it useful circuit

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