ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS
LAB REPORT # 11
Submitted By:
MUHAMMAD SHOAIB IZAZ (FA22-BCE-070)
MUHAMMAD SAAD (FA22-BCE-064)
MUHAMMAD OMAR SAJID (FA22-BCE-063)
MUHAMMAD ALI ASIM (FA22-BCE-055)
Submitted To:
MA’AM ARJUMAND FATIMA
Date:
30th-MAY -2024
Lab # 12 Common Collector Amplifier
Problem Statement
Design a common collector or emitter follower amplifier by using appropriate value of resistors
and capacitors available in lab and measure its voltage gain , input and output impedance.
Implementation Equipment
/ Designing Tools:
• (2222) NPN transistor.
• DMM.
• Oscilloscope.
• DC power supply Function generator.
• Resistors.
• Capacitors.
• Connecting wires.
Design:
As according to problem statement we designed the common collector amplifier by
implementing the following circuit.
Simulated Circuit:
Simulated output:
On Breadboard:
On Oscilloscope :
Analysis
Observations and Calculations:
Quantity Calculated Values Measured Values
IE 2.80mA 3mA
Ib 9.33uA 10uA
VBE 0.7V 0.7V
Beta (B) 299 299
Zin 180Kohm 150K
Zout 9.25 ohm 47ohm
Av 1 1
Analysis:
Common collector amplifier has high input impedance and low input impedance. Moreover, it
has no voltage gain but a high current gain. The DC voltage source is to set the Q point. While
the AC signal from AC source resides on that Q point. A factor Beta is also of great impact, beta
changes with change in temperature, it is temperature dependent.It is because of this the input
and output impedance measured and calculated are little bit different because beta varies with
temperature.
Precautionary measures:
• Do not turn on your circuit for so long as it might cause damage to the resistor’s and other
electronic equipment.
• While handling the high voltages, there should be atleast two or more persons in the lab.
• Keep distance from the circuit.
• Strip off the section of wires that is necessarily needed. Do not strip off the excess part of
wires that can cause electric shock.
Conclusion / Critical Analysis
In this lab we was able to know about one of the most commonly used BJT’s configuration i.e.
common collector or emitter follower configuration. In it the input signal is applied to the base
terminal and the output signal taken from the emitter terminal. Thus the collector terminal is
common to both the input and output circuits. The common collector or grounded collector
configuration is generally used where a high impedance input source needs to be connected to a
low impedance output load requiring a high current gain. Its voltage gain is almost equal to 1 or in
simple word It does not amplify voltage. In it the input and output voltages are in-phase or have
no phase difference. In this lab we were able to know that firstly we do DC analysis and then AC
analysis of amplifier circuit to determine its function.
DC Analysis:
DC analysis is done by opening the capacitors. In dc analysis, we find out the value of IB and IE to
determine the value of re. DC analysis is used to determine the Q-point.
AC Analysis:
Ac analysis is done by shorting the capacitors, and all other DC voltage sources. In AC analysis
the equivalent transistor model is also replaced. The AC analysis is used to find the voltage or
current gain.
