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Cascode Amplifier Design:

This sheet describes a Cascode Amplifier with calculation and graphs. The Cascode
amplifier is typical used in circuit there need a high gain, its can be a high frequency
amplifier or a audio amplifier.

Requirement:
Task 1:
Design a Cascode amplifier stage using bipolar transistors to drive a load resistance of
100 Ω. The amplifier output is to be a time varying signal of +/-600mV. The overall
performance of the amplifier is specified as:

• Operation Current for collectors in transistor T1 and T2 are set to 1.2mA

• Overall gain -30 v/v (29,54dB)
• VCC 15V DC
• Input signal 20mVolt pike
• Load resistor of 100 Ω

Task 2:
Modify the Cascode amplifier to a Tuned Amplifier, with a frequency of 470 KHz
and a Band width of 20 KHz.

Description of Cascode:
The basic Cascode amplifier consists of a Common-Emitter (CE) configuration, with
a extra transistor connected between collector on transistor 1 and collector resistor
(RC) and there are insert a extra resistor in the basis network. See the diagram in
figure 1.

V1 R1 RC
Q3
C3 Vout
Q2
C2
R2
C1 R4 R5
RG
Q1
+

VG1

R3 RE1

RE2 CE

Figure 1 – Diagram over Cascode amplifier.

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Calculation of the resistor value with DC:

The are Choose value for URC = 7.5V, URE = 1V
Transistor Data for a BC549B: HFE = 486;

Calculation of RC:
U 7.5V
RC = RC  = 6.25K  6 .2KE 24
IC 1.2mA

Calculation of RE:
U 1V
RE = RE = = 833.3  820E12
IC 1.2mA
Calculation of voltage Basis on Q1:
UQ1 B = U RE + UQ1BE = 1V + 0.7V = 1.7Volt
Calculation of IQ1B:
I 1.2mA
IB = C  = 2.469A
HFE 486
Calculation of on current plus 10% an IB:
IB 100 2.469A 100
I B _ on =  = 24.69A
10 10
Calculation of R3, R2 & R1 for basis current and voltage:
U 1.7V
R3 = R1  = 68.85K  6 8KE12
IB _ on 24.69A

UR 2 ((VCC − URC ) + UBE ) − UQ 1B ((15V − 7.5V ) + 0.7V ) − 1.7V

R2 =   = 264K  2 22KE12
IB _ on I B _ on 24.69A

R1 =
UR1 VCC − (VCC −U RC ) + UBE ) 15V − ((15V − 7.5V ) + 0.7V )
 
 = 275K  270K E12
I B _ on I B _ on 24.69A

Circuit with ideal component value:

Figure 2 – Measurement a DC voltage in Tina

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Calculation of AC condition:
Calculation on re:

1 1
re =  = 20.83
40  IE 40 1.2mA

Calculation on RE1 and RE2:

R 6.25K
RE1 = C − re  − 20.83 = 187.5
AV 30
RE 2 = RE − RE1  833 − 187.5 = 645.5K

V115V R1275k RC6,25k

Vout

T1BC549B
C1 10 uF

R2264k
RG50 C210uF
T2BC549B
+

VG1

R369k RE1187,5

RE2645 C310uF

Figure 3 – Diagram with AC condition:

Figure 4 – Oscilloscope picture of gain for the circuit.

The gain is measurement to 554mVpp, but this circuit have no load and then well pull
the signal to a lower one, so this gain is okay. Before the buffer circuit is added.

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Calculation on Buffer circuit:

Calculation of the buffer circuit, with a load resistor on 100 Ω:

R4 is choose to 100KΩ

URC 7.5V
R '=  = 6.25K
C
IC 1.2mA

new _ R = RC 'R4  6.25K 100K = 6.667K

R4 − RC ' 100K − 6.25K
C

Control calculation:
RC ' = R4 // new _ RC  100K // 6.667K = 6.25K

Calculation of RL’
RL ' = RC ' // RL  5.25K // 100 = 98.4

RL ' 98
new _ R = 
− re  − 20.83 = 17.55
E1
AV 30

V115 R1276k RC6,67k

Q3BC549B
C310u Vout
Q2BC549B
C210u
R2264k
C110u R4100k R5100
RG50
Q1BC549B
+

VG1

R369k RE117

RE2645 CE100u

Figure 5 – Cascode amplifier with buffer.

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Figure 6 – Gain for the Cascode Amplifier with buffer circuit:

The gain is showed on figure 6, and this elucidate at the gain is 600mVpp.

Figure 7 - Frequency characterize for the Cascode circuit.

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Calculation on Tuned Amplifier:

The are used the same circuit for the Tuned Amplifier, the are just change a resistor
RC to a coil L1 and a capacitor C5 call a oscillatory circuit.

L is chosen to 1mH:

Calculation of Q:
L f
Q=  C  470KHz = 23.5
RS BW 20KHz

2  f  L 2  470KHz 1mH = 125.7

RS = 
Q 23.5

RP = R S  (1 + QL2 )  125.7  (1 + 23.52 ) = 69.5K

Q
C= 
23.5
= 114.5 pF  100 pFE 6
2  fC  RP 2  470KHz  69.5K

L11mH

C5100pF
V115V R1270k
T3BC549B
C410uF Vout
T1BC549B
C1 10uF

R2222k
C210uF R4100k R5100
RG50
T2BC549B
+

VG1

R368k RE118

RE2560 C3100uF

Figure 8 – Diagram for Tuned Amplifier:

This circuit is the same as Cascode amplifier, but they are adding an oscillatory. To
make a frequency on 470 KHz, with a bandwidth on 20 KHz. See the graph on next
page for this circuit.

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Figure 9 - Frequency characterize for the Tuned circuit.

This graph view the frequency characterize for the Tuned amplifier, with a bandwidth
on 20 KHz and a frequency on 467.5 KHz, because the component is chosen to non
ideal components from the E12 series.

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