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#67: Basics of Common Emitter Amplifier Gain and Frequency Response with Measurements

w2aew 188,201 12 years ago
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This video shows a simple common emitter amplifier based on a 2N2222 NPN transistor, and reviews how to calculate the gain and frequency response of the circuit. The video is NOT intended to take a deep dive into the design considerations for the amplifier (The Signal Path Blog site already did a fine video on that). I discuss the basic equations for calculating the the in-band gain, as well as the low- and high- corner frequencies of the frequency response. All of these parameters - DC bias levels, bias currents, in-band gain and frequency response are then measured and shown. Notes in the video can be found here: http://www.qsl.net/w/w2aew//youtube/Freq_response_common_emitter_amplifier.pdf

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