EXPERIMENT NO .

VOLTAGE SERIES FEEDBACK AMPLIFIER

AIM:
Study the characteristics of Voltage series feedback amplifier and determine the gain,
frequency response with and without feedback.
APPARATUS:

- DC Power supply

- Multimeter

- CRO

- Function Generator

- FET BW 10/11

- Resistors 2M, 1k, 165k, 68k, 1.5k

- Capacitors 0.01F -2 Qty, Cs = 22F

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:

Fig. 4.1
Pre-Lab Analysis: (5M)

1. Define Feedback and name the two types of general feedback with brief explanation (1M)
2. Name any three advantages of negative feedback and justify your answer? (1M)
3. In voltage series feedback amplifiers what happens with the input resistance and output resistance
(comment weather it increases or decreases) if so, with what factor? (1M)
4. Determine the gain of the voltage series feedback circuit shown in Fig 4.1. Without feedback and
with feedback by considering the necessary equations? (Consider Q-condition ID = 2mA, gm = 4mS
from data sheet.) (2M)

Hints: Useful Equations

Theoretically gain AV without feedback is calculated as

1. AV = - gm * RD Where gm =

2. Gain with Feedback is given by

=
1 +

Where Av is gain without feedback and = +
.

PROCEDURE:

1. Rig up the circuit as shown in the circuit diagram.

2. Check Q conditions i.e. Measure VDS and VGS.
3. Set Vi = 1V or 2V at 500Hz on Audio signal Generator and measure gain AV without
feedback.
4. Note down the output voltages for all frequencies shown in table 1, connect the
feedback portion to the input of the gate.
5. Measure VO with feedback at 500Hz & find AVf the gain with feedback. Note AVf
is less than AV
6. To plot frequency response, note output voltage with and without feedback from
100Hz to 10MHz.
7. Find the cut-off frequencies and also calculate the bandwidth with feedback and
without feedback.
 Frequency Response :

TABLE-1: FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF VOLTAGE SERIES FEEDBACK AMPLIFIER

VO AV AVF
Frequency(Hz)
S. NO

20 Hz

50 Hz

100 Hz

200 Hz

500 Hz

800 Hz

1 KHz

5 KHz

10 KHz

20 KHz

50 KHz

100 KHz

200 KHz

500 KHz

800 KHz

1 MHz

3 MHz

5 MHz

7 MHZ

10 MHz

15 MHz

Observation:

Gain with feedback: __________

Gain without feedback: __________

Conclusion: