Mapua Institute of Technology

School of EECE

Experiment 1

SMALL – SIGNAL AMPLIFIER

Panistante, Gabriel Victor J. 2011140810

ECE104L/B13 January 28, 2016

Engr. Charmaine C. Paglinawan

Professor
Interpretation of Results

Experiment 1, entitled Small – Signal Amplifier, is about the common

configurations of a transistor in order for it to become an amplifier.

The first thing to do is to measure the operating DC potentials of an

amplifier. After which, we can now proceed in measuring the AC voltages
and gain of an amplifier.

Part 1 of the experiment utilizes the Common – Base configuration of

a transistor as an amplifier. We measured the DC potentials on each part of
the transistor, specifically, the voltages in the collector, base, and emitter
parts. We recorded the values in Table 1-1a. After which, we measured the
AC voltages of the circuit using an oscilloscope and recorded it on Table 1-
1b. We then computed for the voltage gain of the circuit by dividing the output
voltage of the amplifier by the input voltage of the amplifier.

We did the same steps for Part 2 and Part 3 of the experiment.
Conclusion

A transistor must operate in the Active region for it to operate as an

amplifier. For a transistor to be in the Active state, the base-emitter junction
must be forward biased and the base-collector junction must be forward
biased.

A transistor has three common configurations, Common-Base,

Common-Emitter, and Common-Collector. All of which can function as an
amplifier.

For a Common-Base amplifier, the input is measured at the emitter

part while the output is measured at the collector part. For a Common-
Collector configuration, the input is measured at the base part and the output
is measured at the emitter part. For the Common-Emitter, the input is
measured at the base while the output is measured at the collector.

Voltage gain of a transistor as an amplifier can be computed by dividing

its output voltage by its input voltage.