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BJT Simulation Report

This document summarizes a student's BJT simulation project where they designed a common emitter amplifier and compared hand calculations to Multisim simulation results. The student determined component values for RC, RE, R1, R2 to meet conditions of IE = 1.3 mA and VCE = 4 V. Simulation results matched hand calculations reasonably well with errors possibly due to finite Early Voltage and design assumptions.

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BJT Simulation Report

This document summarizes a student's BJT simulation project where they designed a common emitter amplifier and compared hand calculations to Multisim simulation results. The student determined component values for RC, RE, R1, R2 to meet conditions of IE = 1.3 mA and VCE = 4 V. Simulation results matched hand calculations reasonably well with errors possibly due to finite Early Voltage and design assumptions.

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The City College of New York

School of Engineering
EE24100 Section T
Fall 2017 Semester

BJT Simulation Project

Instructor: Youngsik Song


Student Name: Ariyan St Clair
12/21 2017
For this project, we are required to design a discrete common emitter
BJT amplifier and compare our hand calculations to the results from a
Multisim simulation. The circuit we analyzed can be found below:
VCC

RC
R1 6
4

Rsig 2 3

1 RL
5

R2
Vsig RE

We were asked to determine the values of RC, RE, R1, R2 with the
conditions that IE = 1.3 mA and VCE = 4 V. We were given β = 200, RL
= 2 kΩ, VCC = 12 V, and Rsig = 1 kΩ.
Using IE, I was able to find IC and IB.
𝐼𝐶 = 𝛼 𝐼𝐸

200(1.3 ∗ 10^(−3)
𝐼𝐶 =
201

𝐼𝐶 = 1.29 𝑚𝐴
𝐼𝐸 (1.3 ∗ 10−3 )
𝐼𝐵 = = = 6.47 µ𝐴
(𝛽 + 1) 200

According to the textbook, Microelectronic Circuits 7th Edition, for a


BJT using a single power supply, as a rule of thumb, one designs for
VBB, VCE, and IC RC about 1/3 VCC.
Therefore:
I𝐶 R 𝐶 = 1/3 V𝐶𝐶 = 12/3 = 4 V
4 4
R𝐶 = = = 3.1 𝑘Ω
I𝐶 1.29 ∗ 10^(−3)
V𝐶 = V𝐶𝐶 − I𝐶 R 𝐶 = 12 − 4 = 8 𝑉
V𝐵 = 1/3 V𝐶𝐶 = 12/3 = 4 V
V𝐸 = V𝐵 − V𝐵𝐸 = 4 − 0.7 = 3.3 V
𝑉𝐸 3.3
R𝐸 = = = 2.54 𝑘Ω
𝐼𝐸 1.3 ∗ 10^(−3)

The textbook recommends selecting R1 and R2 such that their current is in


the range of IE to 0.1IE. I also the voltage divider to find R1 and R2.
𝑅2
V𝐵𝐵 = V =4
𝑅1 + 𝑅2 𝐶𝐶
12
𝑅1 + 𝑅2 = = 92 𝑘Ω
0.1𝐼𝐸
𝑅2
12 = 4
92 𝑘Ω
𝑅2 = 31 𝑘Ω
𝑅1 = 61 𝑘Ω
𝑅1 ∗ 𝑅2
𝑅𝐵 = = 20 𝑘Ω
𝑅1 + 𝑅2
𝐼𝐶
𝑔𝑚 = = 51.6 𝑚𝐴/𝑉
𝑉𝑇

𝛽
𝑟𝜋 = = 3.875 kΩ
𝑔𝑚
𝑅𝑖𝑛 = 𝑟𝜋 \\(𝑅𝐵 ) = 3.24 𝑘Ω
Rout = RC = 3.1 kΩ
𝑅𝑖𝑛
𝐺𝑣 = − 𝑔 (𝑅 \\𝑅𝐿 ) = −47.71 𝑉/𝑉
𝑅𝑖𝑛 + 𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔 𝑚 𝐶
𝐴𝑣𝑜 = − 𝑔𝑚 𝑅𝐶 = −159.96 𝑉/𝑉

Next, I used MultiSim to simulate the circuit to find the voltages,


currents, and gain.
VCC

12V

RC
3.1kΩ
R1 C2 6
4
61kΩ
5000F
Q1
1 Rsig 2 C1 3
RL
1kΩ 5000F
5 2kΩ
V1
120Vrms R2
60Hz 31kΩ
C3
0° RE
5000F
2.54kΩ
MultiSim Hand Calculations
VB 3.91716 V 4V
VC 8.18968 V 8V
VE 3.13761 V 3.3 V
VCE 5.05207 V 4V
IB 6.14567 µA 6.47 µA
IC 1.22914 mA 1.29 mA
IE -1.23528 mA 1.3 mA
Gv -46.36077 V/V -47.71 V /V
Avo -118.21996 V/V -159.96 V/V

As you can see from the table above, the error between the hand calculation and
the simulation are significant. Some of this error may be attributed to the Early
Voltage not being infinity in the simulation. The Error may also be due to wrong
assumptions being made to design the amplifier.

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