LABORATORY REPORT 2: Differential amplifier
Objectives:
1. To understand the operation of differential amplifier.
2. To obtain common mood gain (Acm) and differential mood gain (Ad).And to observe
the difference of this moods of operation.
3. To calculate the CMRR from the experiment and to compare it with the theoretical
result.
Materials used
No Item name Specification
1 BJTs IN 4007
2 Resistor 3*10KΩ, 2*1KΩ
3 DC power supply Adjustable(15V &-15V)
4 Digital Multimeter Adjustable for DC and AC
5 Bread Board and Connecting Wires Standard
6 Digital oscilloscope
Theory:
A differential amplifier is an amplifier that produces outputs that are a function of the
difference between two input voltages. The differential amplifier has two basic modes of
operation: differential (in which the two inputs are different) and common mode (in which the
two inputs are the same).
Vod Vocm Ad
Ad= , Acm= , CMRR= whare Ad is differential gain, Acm is common mood
Vind Vincm Acm
gain, CMRR is common mood rejection ratio.
Procedure:
1. The circuit in the circuit shcematics part was constructed using the above materials.
2. After that the output voltage was measured with single ended output and double ended
output using double ended input voltage. And the data obtained was registered. (Which is
shown in the experimental data part.)
3. The input values (i.e the values of the resistors, input voltages, Vcc, Vee …) was used to
calculate Acm, Ad and CMRR.
4. Similarly the above 3 quantities was calculated for the experimental data from the data
obtained.
Circuit Schematics:
Diagram 1 differential amplifier
Experimental data
Observations
The out puts displayed on the oscilloscope shown bellow.
Double ended input with double ended output
Double ended input with single ended output
(1 v +0.9 v)
Vod=6.8v , Vocm=3.9v, Vind=(1v-0.9v)=0.1v Vincm = =0.95v
2
Vod 6.8 v
Ad= = =68
Vind 0.1 v
Vocm 3.9 v
Acm= = =4.1
Vincm 0.95 v
Ad 68
CMRR= = =16.55
Acm 4.1
Theoretical data
Assuming base currents are very small compared to emitter current.(I E>>IB)
IE RE1+2IE RE2 =15v ………………assuming the same transistors and other parameters (I E1=IE2)
kΩIE + 20kΩ IE=15v IE=0.714 A =714mA
hfe=25mv/ IE =0.035Ω
Ad=Rc/hfe =10kΩ/0.035Ω =285700
Acm=Rc/(hfe+2RE) =10kΩ/(0.035Ω +20KΩ) =0.5
Ad
CMRR= =285700/0.5= 571400
Acm
Conclusion
From the data obtained and discussions made so far, it can be deduced that:
The common mode gain is much smaller than that of differential gain which is
one of the use full properties of differential amplifiers. This means differential
amplifiers amplify the difference of two input signals and rejects common mode
input signals.
The large difference between the theoretical and the experimental data is due to
the taken assumptions and rounding off in calculations. Also it may be due to the
age of the used materials which mines the materials can’t fit our initial
assumptions.
Finally the differential mode output is not pure sinusoidal due to the difficulty of
applying the same frequency in the to inputs.