Experiment No. 2.

COMMON SOURCE AMPLIFIER

I. AIM:
To plot the frequency response of the FET amplifier and to calculate the mid frequency gain and bandwidth

II. EQUIPMENT AND COMPONENTS:

i. Apparatus:
1. Regulated power supply 0-30 v/1 Amp - 1
2. Function generator - 1
3. CRO 1
4. Multimeter 1
5. Digital Multimeter

ii. Components:
1. FET BFW 10/11
2. Bread board, wires and probes
3. Resistors 1K-3, 10M-1, 2.2K
4. Capacitors 10 f 3, 0.01f-1

iii. Specifications:
BFW11 BFW10
IDSS 4-10 mA 8-20 mA
VGS 2-4 v 4-8 v
gm 3.9 mA/V 3.2 mA/v

III. THEORY:-
In a FET, the conduction of current through the device is controlled by the electric field between the gate and the conducting channel of
the device. The output current is controlled by the input voltage. Thus, FET is basically a voltage controlled device.

In common source JFET amplifier there is phase displacement of 180 degrees between the output and input voltage the mid
frequency voltage gain of the amplifier is given by A = gm x Rd The voltage gain and phase angular are constant in mid frequency range.

Design:
Self Bias Method:
Capacitor C1, C2 are open circuited and the resistor RG acts as short circuit, since IG=0. Therefore VRG=IG RG=0V

The gate voltage is zero and the current through RS is equal to the drain current. i.e.
IS =ID
RS = VRS = ID RS
Applying KVL to the gate source loop we obtain,

-VGS ID RS = 0
VGS = -VRS = -ID RS

Where VGS is used to the output current ID and not fixed in the magnitude. The value of output drain current ID can be calculated using
equation as.


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DSS
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Summing the voltage drop across RD and applying KVL to output loop
VDD-ID RD VDS ID RS = 0
VDS =VDD ID (RS +RD)
Since the gate current is practically zero, the drain resistance RD is given by

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IV. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:


V. PROCEDURE:
1. Make the circuit connections as shown in the figure.
2 Set Vin= 50mv from the signal generator.
3. Keeping the input voltage constant, vary the frequency from 50 HZ to 1 MHZ in regular steps and note down the
corresponding output voltage.
4. Plot the graph of gain v/s frequency.
5. Find the bandwidth.
PROGRAM
*FET AMPLIFIER
VDD 5 0 DC 12V
VS 1 0 AC 50MV
R6 1 2 1K
C1 2 3 10UF
R7 3 0 10MEGA
RS 6 0 1K
CS 6 0 10UF
R3 5 4 5K
C3 4 7 10UF
R5 7 0 1K
C4 7 0 0.01UF
J 4 3 6 BFW10
.MODEL BFW10 NJF(BETA=1E-1)
.AC DEC 10 10HZ 10MEGAHZ
.PRINT AC V(7)
.PLOT AC V(7)
.PROBE
.OP
.END

VI. OBSERVATIONS:
Sl.No. Frequency Output voltage Vo Voltage gain Av =
Vo/Vi
Voltage gain Av dB =
20 log Vo/Vi
1 50Hz
2 100Hz
3 200Hz
4 ....

VII. GRAPH:


VIII. CALCULATIONS:
Bandwidth = fH-fL
Mid frequency gain AVM =

IX. RESULT:
1. Frequency response curve is plotted.
2. Bandwidth is calculated.

X. INFERENCE:
1. The maximum voltage gain occurs at mid band.
2. The gain at the half power point is 3 dB less than the mid band gain.
3. The gain remains constant throughout the mid band.
4. The gain decreases both at low frequency and high frequency.

XI. PRECAUTIONS:
1. Identify the terminals of FET properly.
2. Set the function generator just below the point of distortion. So that maximum undistorted sine wave appears.
3. Adjust the oscilloscope for proper viewing.

XII. APPLICATIONS:
1. In balanced modulator
2. Multi Channel Switch driver and amplifier squences

XIII. EXTENSION:
Designing cascaded FET amplifier

XIV. TROUBLE SHOOTING:
Sl No. Fault Diagnosis
1 If there is no output Check for loose connection in the circuit
Check the CRO probes
2. If the output is distorted Check the position of operating point.

XV. QUESTIONS:
1. What is the difference between FET and BJT?
2. Explain the construction and working of JFET?
3. Briefly describe some applications of FET.
4. What is the difference JFET and MOSFET?
5. What do you mean by frequency response?
6. Why FET is called unipolar device?
7. What is the typical value for the input impedance Zi for JFET?
8. Which BJT amplifiers configuration is similar to common source amplifiers?
9. Why thermal runaway is not possible for FET?
10. What is the amplification factor for FET transistor amplifier.