University of California, San Diego Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE53B, Winter 2002 Lab 3, Linear OpAmp Ampliers and Filters Note: You must do the circuit design, circuit analysis and PSpice simulations before coming to the Lab. PSpice simulation of part B can be done after you have completed your Lab work. Note: For all experiments, OpAmps are powered with 15 V supplies. Part A Inverting Amplier: Consider the circuit below with R1 = 10 k and R2 = 100 k. What is the gain of this amplier circuit? Lab Exercise: 1) Assemble the circuit on the proto-board. Set the function generator to produce a sinusoidal wave with an amplitude of 1 V (peak-to-peak), zero DC oset, and frequency of 1 kHz. Attach the function generator to the input and attache scopes channels A and B to input and output respectively. Measure the gain of the amplier circuit. 2) Increase the amplitude of the input. At some point, the output saturates. Measure + the upper and lower saturation voltages (Vsat and Vsat ). Compare them to the supply voltages. 3) Set the input to be a square wave with an amplitude of 1 V (peak-to-peak), zero DC oset, and frequency of 5 kHz. Due to slew-rate limit, the output is not exactly a square wave. Expand the time scale on the scope and measure the rise time of the output accurately. Calculate the slew-rate limit of your circuit. Change the frequency to 10 kHz and repeat the experiment. Does slow-rate limit depend on the input frequency?
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ECE53B, Lab 3 Assignment Part B Low-Pass Filter:
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Design: Design an active low-pass lter with a gain of -10 and a cut-o (corner) frequency of 1.6 kHz. Use R1 = 10 k and nd R2 and C2 to meet the design specications. PSpice Simulation: Use PSpice to simulate this circuit and obtain the frequency response for the frequency range of 100 Hz to 100 kHz. Attach the Bode plot to your lab report. From the Bode plot, nd the lter gain and cut-o frequency. Do they match design specications? Lab Exercise: Build the circuit. Set up the function generator to produce a sinusoidal wave with an amplitude of 0.1 V (peak-to-peak). Scan the frequency range of 100 Hz to 100 kHz and measure the output voltage at each selected frequency. Take sucient data points to make meaningful plots. (You need at least 3 points per decade and measurements about every 500 Hz between 1 and 3 kHz that brackets the cut-o frequency). Be watchful of the shape of the output signal. If it departs form sinusoidal wave (becoming triangular due to slew rate limit), note the frequency, reduce the amplitude of the input signal and continue your measurements. Report the data in tabular form and plot the Bode plots. Compare the Bode plot and the cut-o frequency with your PSpice simulations and analytical calculations. Write down your observations from this set of experiments and calculations.
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ECE53B, Lab 3 Assignment Part C High-Pass Filter:
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Design: Design an active high-pass lter with a gain of -1 and a cut-o (corner) frequency of 1.6 kHz. Use R2 = 100 k and nd R1 and C1 to meet the design specications. PSpice Simulation: Use PSpice to simulate this circuit and obtain the frequency response for the frequency range of 100 Hz to 100 kHz. Attach the Bode plot to your lab report. From the Bode plot, nd the lter gain and cut-o frequency. Do they match design specications? Lab Exercise: Build the circuit. Set the function generator to produce a sinusoidal wave with an amplitude of 0.1 V (peak-to-peak). Scan the frequency range of 100 Hz to 100 kHz and measure the output voltage at each selected frequency. Take sucient data points to make meaningful plots. (You need at least 3 points per decade and measurements about every 500 Hz between 1 and 3 kHz that brackets the cut-o frequency). Be watchful of the shape of the output signal. If it departs form sinusoidal wave (becoming triangular due to slew rate limit), note the frequency, reduce the amplitude of the input signal and continue your measurements. Report the data in tabular form and plot the Bode plot. Compare the Bode plot and the cut-o frequency with your PSpice simulations and analytical calculations. Write down your observations from this set of experiments and calculations.
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