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Step 1: |
Connect the top bus strip on your breadboard to the red and green binding posts to form power and ground buses (just like Experiment 2.1). |
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Step 2: |
Set the
Meter Selector
switch on the power supply to
+20V.
Adjust the
0 to 20V
voltage control to produce 15 volts.
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Step 3: |
Use a red banana patch cord to connect the
0 to +20V
terminal of the power supply to the red
banana jack
on the breadboard.
With a green cord, connect the
Common
terminal of the power supply (blue binding post)
to the green
banana jack
of the breadboard.
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Step 4: |
Plug your
BNC-banana adapter
into the 6V supply terminals.
Be sure that the prong with the ground bump is plugged
into the negative (black) terminal of the power supply.
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Step 5: |
Plug one end of a BNC patch cord into the adapter.
Plug the other end into J1-3 on the interface board.
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Step 6: |
Find a
2N3904 transistor
in your parts kit.
The transistor leads are identified below.
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Step 7: |
Wire the following circuit: |
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Step 8: |
Turn on the power supply.
Turn the
0 TO 6V
control
fully counterclockwise.
Gradually increase
until
is
7 V.
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Step 9: |
Measure the voltages across
and
.
Use these to determine
and
.
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Step 10: |
Compute
.
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Step 11: |
Repeat these measurements for
and
.
Compute the corresponding values of
.
Is
the same at different values of collector current?
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Question 1: |
Based on the component values and the average value of beta for your transistor, calculate and sketch the expected voltage transfer characteristic ( vs. ) for your circuit. Be sure to label the voltages for significant points on the curve. Compare this with the results obtained in Part 2. Are the two reasonably close? |
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Step 1: |
Set
to 0 V and measure
.
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Step 2: |
Increase
in steps of 0.2 V until it reaches 3 V.
At each point, measure
and record both values.
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Step 3: |
Plot
vs.
.
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Step 4: |
Increase in steps of 1 V until it reaches 6 V. At each point, measure and record both values. The limiting value of is the collector saturation voltage ( ). |
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Step 1: |
Set the function generator to produce a 100 Hz triangle wave.
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Step 2: |
Unplug the BNC patch cord from the power supply and plug it into
the function generator
MAIN
output.
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Step 3: |
Connect
CH 1
of the oscilloscope to
.
Connect
CH 2
to
.
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Step 4: |
Set the
function generator
AMPLITUDE
control to minimum.
Pull out the
DC OFFSET
control and adjust it so that
.
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Step 5: |
Increase the
AMPLITUDE
until the peak-to-peak (p-p) value of
is 4 V.
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Step 6: |
Measure the p-p value of the input,
.
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Step 7: |
Compute the voltage gain of the linear region,
.
Is this equal to the slope of the linear region of the
transfer curve?
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Question 2: |
Show that in the active region, . Is this true for your circuit? |