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Cascode Amplifier

This document describes the construction and testing of a cascode amplifier. It begins with background on the cascode amplifier configuration and its advantages over a simple common-emitter amplifier. The lab procedure involves building the cascode amplifier circuit and using a function generator and oscilloscope to determine the circuit's lower cutoff frequency, upper cutoff frequency, midband gain, and overall voltage gain. Testing found the lower cutoff was 70.87 Hz, upper cutoff was 317.451 kHz, midband frequency was 14 kHz, and total voltage gain was 104.84.

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Cascode Amplifier

This document describes the construction and testing of a cascode amplifier. It begins with background on the cascode amplifier configuration and its advantages over a simple common-emitter amplifier. The lab procedure involves building the cascode amplifier circuit and using a function generator and oscilloscope to determine the circuit's lower cutoff frequency, upper cutoff frequency, midband gain, and overall voltage gain. Testing found the lower cutoff was 70.87 Hz, upper cutoff was 317.451 kHz, midband frequency was 14 kHz, and total voltage gain was 104.84.

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THE

CASCODE
AMPLIFIER










Mindanao State University Iligan institute of Technology
College of Engineering

2014




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EE 172

Experiment #4




Submitted to:
Prof. Mercedenia A. Lambino



Submitted by:
Jan Marie B. Yting
Sushmita May Imperial
Hope Earl Grefel Ruelan






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The Cascode Amplifier
The goal of this lab is to construct a cascode amplifier and
determine its frequency response
Equipments:
Multitester
Oscilloscope
2 DC Voltage Source
Function Generator
Breadboard
Resistors:
Value Pieces Value Pieces
10k 1 4.7k 1
5k 1 1.5k 1
1k 1
Capacitors:
Value Pieces Value Pieces
10uF 3 2.2uF 1

BACKGROUND AND THEORETICAL DISCUSSION
The cascode amplifier configuration consists of a common emitter
stage followed by a common base stage. The two major advantages of a
cascode amplifier are a low load resistance which results in an
improved frequency response and a high output resistance.
The common-emitter configuration presents a relatively high input
resistance
e ac
r * ) 1 ( to the signal source. The common-base
configuration presents a very low input resistance,
e
r . By replacing
the collector resistance
C
R in the CE amplifier stage with a common
base CB amplifier stage, the CE-CB configuration virtually eliminates
the Miller effect of
1 u
C . This will lead to higher 3dB frequency than is
possible with a simple common-emitter amplifier. An extension in the
upper cutoff frequency is achieved without reducing the midband gain
(Gain-Bandwidth rule), since the collector of Q2 carries a current
almost equal to the collector current of Q1. Another reason for
extending the upper cutoff frequency is that, in the CB configuration
the Miller effect does not exist and does not limit the high-frequency
response. Notice that the effective load resistance seen by the CE
transistor Q1 is very low and equal to the input resistance
e
r of the CB
transistor Q2. The transistor Q2 acts as a current buffer or an
impedance transformer.



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In-Lab Procedure

1.1 The Cascode Amplifier

CIRCUIT:



FIG. 1.1

Figure 1.1 shows a Cascode Amplifier. This circuit is used for
the analysis of its frequency response.

Use a 2N2222 in Figure 1.1 to construct the circuit.

MIDFrequency Response
Adjust the function generator for a 0.1 V amplitude sinewave at
10 kHz and apply to the circuit. Record the waveforms at the
points Vin and Vout, and compute the gain of the amplifier circuit

.
LOWFrequency Response
Slowly decrease the frequency until the output signal reduces by
-3dB (1/2 of its original value). This is the low-frequency
cutoff, Lf.
HIGHFrequency Response
Increase the frequency to find the high-frequency -3dB cutoff of
the amplifier, Hf.
Print screens the graph.
Calculate the gain for the circuit.


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RESULT:
I. Lower cut-off frequency = 70.87 Hz
Vi = 526mV Vo = 240mV Phase = 235.27
o

GRAPH:

II. Upper cut-off frequency = 317.451kHz
Vi = 29.60mV Vo = 248mV Phase = 132.7
GRAPH:

III. Mid cut off frequency = 14kHz
Vi = 48.8mV Vo = 488mV Phase 180
GRAPH:

IV. GAIN = Av1*Av2 = 104.84
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CONCLUSION:
In this laboratory, the sine wave generator provides the input
signal. The signal enters the base of the first stage amplifier.
Input and output signal are in phase because each common emitter
inverts the signal.
The voltage gain of Q1 is found with these equations:
Av1 = Vo1/Vi1.
The voltage gain of Q2 is expressed by any of these equations:
Av2 = Vo2/Vi2.
The overall circuit voltage gain is the product of the two
amplifier gains. Cascode amplifier frequency response is good at low
frequencies because of the lack of a capacitor in the connection path.
Amplifier gain is reduced at low frequencies because of capacitive
reactance. The high frequency bandwidth limit is limited by frequency-
dependent amplifier parameters and stray circuit capacitance. In this
circuitry the following data were accumulated; Lower cut-off frequency
= 70.87 Hz; Upper cut-off frequency = 317.451 kHz; Mid cut off
frequency = 14kHz. And we garner a total gain of 104.84.

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