The experiment demonstrated the feedback amplifier. Definitely this experiment
employs series and shunt feedback in which feedbacks effect on the ac gain of an amplifier was determined. We have analyzed the result of feedback of the upper frequency response as well as its consequence of feedback on the lower frequency response. Given the two responses the outcome of feedback on the operating bandwidth of this amplifier was obtained.
The first part of the experiment is the series feedback amplifier. In series feedback, the amplifier uses capacitor C2. The DC potentials of the circuit were obtained and found out that the transistor Q1 is working thus, properly biased. Based on the gathered data, the output voltage of a series feedback has lower voltage rating compared to that without series feedback. With respect to frequencies, considering series feedback amplifier, it has higher value of the lower and upper cut-off frequencies, thus, larger bandwidth is observed. It results to a lower amount of frequency at higher feedback producing lower distortion on the output waveform, noise and output impedance. Thus an increase in output phase linearity is observed as frequency increases.
On the other hand shunt feedback amplifier was analyzed which leads to the second part of the experiment. The presence of a resistor and a capacitor in between the collector and the base of the transistor make the circuit to be a shunt feedback amplifier. The operating DC potentials were measured and found out that the transistor Q1 is working, thus properly biased. As seen in the obtained results the circuit with shunt feedback has lower output voltage since resistor R2 is connected making the output voltage lesser and same with the output resistance. However, without shunt feedback provides greater gain which is 180 degrees out of phase. As observed the shunt feedback amplifier makes the frequency response higher compared to series feedback. The lower the amplifier gain results to a greater bandwidth. Thus shunt feedback has greater bandwidth which probably produces lower distortion on the output.
CONCLUSION
This experiment deals with feedback amplifiers particularly series feedback and shunt feedback amplifiers respectively with application of oscillation. The oscillation of the signal is caused by a small part of the signal from the amplifier output being sent back to the input of the amplifier. This signal is amplified and again sent back to the input where it is amplified again. This process continues and the result is a loud noise out of the speaker. The process of sending part of the output signal of an amplifier back to the input of the amplifier is called feedback.
In feedback amplifier a certain portion of the output is considered to be combined with the input making it a negative feedback amplifier. This effect of feedback on the ac gain of an amplifier is that the gain of the amplifier decreases resulting to a greater bandwidth. Thus an increase in bandwidth results to a lower amount of frequency at higher feedback producing lower distortion on the output waveform, noise and output impedance. .