Batangas State University

College of Engineering, Architecture and Fine Arts

Electronics Engineering, Instrumentation and Control Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering Department

ECE 351: Electronic Circuits And Devices

Progress Report #1

Group Members: Baldrias, Rommell M. Olan, Denisse T.

January 24, 2014

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Minutes Of Meeting

The meeting was held at school, Batangas State University Main II Alangilan, Batangas, last January 23, 2014. II. FILA Table Facts Amplifier Ideas I Learning Issues Action Research abouot amplifier

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Pictures

RESEARCH:

The JFET was first theorized in 1925 by Julius Lillenfield but wasnt built until much later. As much as the JFET was theorized many years before many bipolar junction transistors that you see today, it wasnt built until much later. In amateur, they dont have a very large amount of uses (unlike MOSFETs and BJTs).

In JFET Based amplifiers, the input impedance is pretty much determined by the gate resistor which comes after the input capacitor to ground.

Step 1: Choosing the design parameters

The parameters we need to design ourselves a JFET amplifier are: Vcc (Positive supply voltage) Minimum Rds On of the JFET (resistance of the JFET when fully on biased) Ids (Current flowing through the JFET from drain to source) Cut off frequency of the JFET preamplifier Vgs Cut off voltage From these parameters, we can calculate the values for Cin (Input capacitor), Rg (Gate resistor), Rs (Source resistor), Rd (Drain resistor) and Cout (Output capacitor). When designing the circuit, you must ensure you dont exceed the voltage and current rating of the JFET. With the JFET I am using (2N5457), the maximum VDS (maximum voltage across the drain and source) is 25v, the Vgs (off) is -2.5v and the maximum Ids (maximum current across the drain and source) is 3mA. On the data sheet, the Ids is called Idss. All that Idss means is the current flowing through the drain of the JFET with the gate grounded. This value should not be exceeded and as a general rule, you should not exceed about 60% of the

absolute maximum rating, this will prevent any broken devices and failures.

Step 2: Choosing values for Rd and Rs

Choose the value of the resistors Rs and Rd. The first parameter we need to calculate is the total resistance of Rs and Rd. This requires the Vcc, Ids, Rds(on) and Vgs(Cut off). So: Rs + Rd = ( Vcc ( Rds(on) x Ids )) / Ids

Firstly, we must calculate the source resistor: Rs = Rs + Rd x ( -Vgs(off) / 10 )

Calculating Rd from this is a the very easy task of: (Total resistance of Rs and Rd) Rs = Rd

From this simple maths and use of Ohms Law, we have calculated the vital parameters required for a JFET amplifier.

Step 3: Choosing the values for the input filter and output filter.

Now that we have calculated the vital parameters of the Jfet amplifier, we can now calculate the cut off frequencies of the input and output filters. A capacitor with a resistor in this configuration produces a high pass filter. This can be calculated to work with another equation. The equation for an RC filter (Resistor capacitor filter) is: 1 ---------------- = Frequency cut off at -3dB 2 x Pi x R x C Now we know what the input impedance needs to be 100k and the cut off frequency needs to be <=82.4Hz, we can rearrange the equation to calculate C 1 ---------------- = C in Farads 2 x Pi x R x F

Step 4: Designing a JFET amplifier using the load line technique

Step 5: Designing JFET amplifier using a constant voltage source... on the source!

The final method about JFET amplifier design is using a constant voltage on the source. This will maximize the gain but will not produce a perfectly symmetrical waveform depending on what JFET to use.

Step 6: Now you have finally designed your JFET Amplifier!

Step 7: Building the JFET amplifier on breadboard

Building a JFET amplifier on a breadboard is also an incredibly easy task as it generally required no more than 7-8 components Step 1: Assemble the components you are going to use and make sure they are of correct value and suited to the job. Step 2: Place the JFET in the breadboard and ensure to note which leg is what (this can be found on the data sheet, Step 3: Add resistors Step 4: Add the capacitors

Step 8: Adding more gain

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9: The end.