COMPARISON OF A SINGLE STAGE AND TWO STAGE CASCADE COMMON EMITTER AMPLIFIERS’ GAIN AND BANDWIDTH

Student: Hadiza Rabiu
Supervisor: Prof Abdulkadir Shu'aibu Gidado
HOD: Prof Fatima Salmau Koki
Department of Physics
Physical Sciences
Bayero University, Kano, Kano State

Abstract

ABSTRACT Anamplifierisanelectronicdevicesthatincreasesthevoltage,currentorpowerofasignalwhichisusedin wirelesscommunication,broadcastingandinaudioequipmentofallkinds.Amplifieroftenhavemultiple stagesincascadetoincreasethegain.Inthiswork,wediscussedtransistorsandamplifiersingeneral.Thed xi esignandstudyoffrequencyresponseofasinglestageandtwostagecascadecommonemitteramplifierswerecarriedout.Theinputandoutputcharacteristicsweredete rmined.Weusethevaluesobtainedfromthecharacteristicsandtherelevantequationstodesignthetwoam plifiersusingMultisim8.0software.Thegainandbandwidthofthesinglestageamplifierwereobtainedto be43.52dBand30075993.1Hzwhilethegainandbandwidthofthesecondstagecascadeamplifierwasob tainedtobe47.8dBand2210391.2Hzrespectivelybycomparingtheresultobtainfromthetwoamplifiers, itclearlyshowanenhancementinthegainbutattheexpenseofbandwidth.Theresultareinagreementwith theoreticalexpectation.Thiswillhelpinthedesignofcommunicationdevices

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