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Laboratory 2: Single-device amplifiers

In this laboratory you will be characterizing single-MOSFET amplifiers, namely, the common-source,
common-gate and common-drain amplifiers. The experiment will have four parts.

Part A: Resistive biasing

First we are going to bias the MOS device. Setup the circuit as shown below.

RD is 33 kΩ, RS is 10 kΩ, RG1 is 100 kΩ, RG2 is 330 kΩ.


1. Measure and report the current through the device. Measure the gate-source voltage, the drain-source
voltage.

2. Change the value of RD. Make it 10 kΩ. Does the current through the device change?
3. Change the value of RD. Make it 0. Does the current through the device change?
4. Estimate the largest value of RD for which the current will remain what you have measured it to be.

This basic circuit is going to be used as the core of the three single-transistor amplifiers.

Part-B: Common source amplifier

Set up the circuit above with the following parameters: RL is 100 kΩ, RD is 33 kΩ, RS is 10 kΩ, RG1 is 100 kΩ,
RG2 is 330 kΩ, C1, C2 and C3 are 100 μ F.
Use an n-channel MOS device from the CD4007 array. Connect the body voltages appropriately.

Measure DC voltages at the gate and at the drain. Do you think the device is in saturation? If not, change
the resistor values to make sure that the device is in saturation. (To be in saturation, VDS > VGS −VT .) Inject a
100 mV (or smaller) pk-pk 100 Hz sinusoid at the input, vin using the function generator.

Use the oscilloscope to measure vin and vout. What is the voltage gain |vout/vin|?
Sweep the input frequency and for different frequencies ranging from 100 Hz to 10 MHz, find the voltage
gains. Make a graph of this (x-axis should be frequency in log-scale, y-axis should be voltage gain, either in
dBs or in log-scale; dB is 20× log10 of a ratio) using matlab/octave/excel. You should have at least 5 points
in every decade.
For the report, the following are essential: (1) Circuit schematic with final values, (2) DC operating point, (3)
Oscilloscope snapshot showing gain at 100Hz, (4) graph of gain as a function of frequency, (5) photo of your
breadboard.

Part-C: Common gate amplifier

Set up the circuit as above. Use the same resistors and capacitors as earlier, i.e., RG1 of 100kΩ, RG2 of
330kΩ, RS of 10kΩ, RD of 33kΩ, RL of 100kΩ, and C1, C2 of 100 μ F. Use an n-channel MOS device from the
CD4007 arrayμ and connect the body voltages appropriately.

Examine the DC operating point. Make sure the device is in saturation.

Inject a 100mV (or smaller) pk-pk 100Hz sine wave at vin. Use the oscilloscope to measure |vout/vin|. What

is the voltage gain?

Sweep the input frequency from 100Hz to 10MHz with 5 points in each decade. Plot the voltage gain as a
function of frequency. (x axis in log scale, y axis in dB or in log-scale.)

For the report, the following are essential: (1) Circuit schematic with final values, (2) DC operating point, (3)
Oscilloscope snapshot showing gain at 100Hz, (4) graph of gain as a function of frequency, (5) photo of your
breadboard.
Part-D: Common drain amplifier

Set up the common drain circuit as above. Use values of resistors and capacitors as in the previous two
circuits. Use a n-channel MOS device from the CD4007 array; connect the body voltages appropriately.

Measure the DC voltages and ensure that the DC operating point of the device is in saturation.

Inject a 100mV pk-pk 100Hz sine wave at vin. Measure the voltage gain from vout to vin.
Apply different frequencies from 100Hz to 10MHz, as in the previous common-source and common-gate
experiments. Plot the voltage gain as a function of frequency. Make sure the x-axis is in log-scale and the
yaxis is in dB or in logscale.

For the report, the following are essential: (1) Circuit schematic with final values, (2) DC operating point, (3)
Oscilloscope snapshot showing gain at 100Hz, (4) graph of gain as a function of frequency, (5) photo of your

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