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Laboratory Title: Familiarize with engineering software as a modern simulation tool to investigate the
gggggggggggggggg fundamentals of signal and analog circuits. (Multisim Tutorial)
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Title: Familiarize with engineering software as a modern simulation tool to investigate the
fundamentals of signal and analog circuits. (Multisim Tutorial)
Introduction: National Instruments’ Multisim software is a circuit teaching application software for
analog, digital, and power electronics courses and laboratories. User can visualize circuits and reinforce
theory with simulated instruments, advanced analyses, and thousands of interactive components through
this platform. This software package is user-friendly. This software can be used in laboratory while
exercising the simulations, measurements, and designs of real-life systems. Furthermore, Multisim can be
used as an excellent replacement for many other laboratory devices, such as digital multimeters,
oscilloscopes, function generators, and etc. The objective of this experiment is to use the NI (National
Instruments) Multisim for analog circuit simulations to facilitate the analysis which enhances the
understanding of various analog electric circuits and their mode of operation.
(a) (b)
Figure: 1 Two alternative representations of a signal source: (a) Thevenin form; (b)
the Norton form.
These two representations in Fig. 1 are equivalent, their parameters are related by
𝑣𝑠 (𝑡) = 𝑅𝑆 𝑖𝑆 (𝑡)
An analog signal is a time-varying quantity that can be represented by a graph such as that shown
in Fig. 3. In fact, the information content of the signal is represented by the changes in its
magnitude as time progresses. Electronic circuits that process such signals are known as analog
circuits. Common analog processing elements include capacitors, resistors and inductors (as the
passive elements) and transistors or op-amps (as the active elements).
Figure: 2 An arbitrary analog voltage signal 𝑣𝑆 (𝑡).
Analog Amplifiers
The most fundamental signal-processing function is signal amplification. An amplifier that
preserves the details of the signal waveform is characterized by the relationship
Where 𝑣𝑖 and 𝑣𝑜 are the input and output signals, respectively, and 𝐴𝑣 is a constant representing
the magnitude of amplification, known as amplifier gain. Equation (2) is a linear relationship;
hence the amplifier it describes is a linear amplifier.
(a) (b)
Figure: 3 (a) A voltage amplifier fed with a signal vI(t) and connected to a load resistance RL. (b)
Transfer
characteristic of a linear voltage amplifier with voltage gain Av.
𝑖𝑜
𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛(𝐴𝑖 ) = ……………….[4]
𝑖𝑖
20 log|𝐴𝑣 |
Figure 5: Two examples of STC networks: (a) a low-pass network and (b) a high-pass network.
An STC network formed of an inductance L and a resistance R has a time constant τ = L/R. The
time constant τ of an STC network composed of a capacitance C and a resistance R is given by τ
=CR.
Circuit Diagram:
Components:
3 AC Power 120 V 1
4 Transistor 2N7000 7
5 Capacitor 2.2 µF, 2.2 µF ,1uF 3
6 Oscilloscope - 1
7 Connecting Wires - -
8 NI Multisim 14.0 - -
9 Breadboard - -
Simulation and Results:
Part A:
Figure: 4
Exercise Circuit
AC analysis:
Conclusion:
In this experiment, we did DC analysis of a MOSFET based on analog amplifier and AC analysis of analog
amplifiers. We used the application ‘NI Multisim 14.0’ to complete the experiment. We got our outputs and
results accurately. The result and our understanding would have been better if we could do this experiment
practically.
References:
I. Sedra, A. S., & Smith, K. C. (2010). Microelectronic circuits. New York: Oxford University Press.
II. Lab class.
III. Lab manual.