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Laboratory Experiment No. : 5

DARLINGTON PAIR CONNECTION

OBJECTIVE :

1. To be able to determine the input impedance and the output impedance of an amplifier using
the darlington pair connection.
2. To able to differentiate a darlington pair and a BJT in terms of current gain.

BACKGROUND INFORMATIONS :

A Darlington pair is a popular connection of two bipolar junction transistor for operation as one.
This is also called as a superbeta transistor. The main feature is that the composite transistors acts as a
single unit with current gain that is the product of the current of the individual transistors.
If the connection is made using two separate transistors having current gains of β1 and β2, then

βD = β1β2

If the two transistors are matched so that β1 = β2 = β, then

βD = β 2

C
1
4

B
3 B
= 5
QD

2 6

E
E

Figure 1

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MATERIALS/EQUIPMENTS :

Power Supply
Function/Signal Generator
Multi-meter ( Analog or Digital )
Oscilloscope
Transistors :
1 2N6038 or equivalent ( npn )
Resistors :
1 91 kΩ ( ½ W)
1 8.2 kΩ ( ½ W )
2 3.3 kΩ ( ½ W )
1 1 kΩ ( ½ W )
Capacitors :
3 10 µF

WIRING DIAGRAM :

0
V1
30 V
3

R4
R1 3.3kΩ
91kΩ
5 C3
Vo

10uF
C1 6
2 Q1
2N6038
10uF
XFG1 R5
4 3.3kΩ
1
R3
8.2kΩ R2 C2
1kΩ 10uF

Figure 2

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LABORATORY PROCEDURES :

1. Make sure that the equipments are properly calibrated.

2. Connect the circuit of Figure 2. Adjust the function generator input to 20 mV(peak), 60 Hz frequency
and measure the following ac currents and voltages using an analog or a digital multi-meter. Record
your data in column 2 of the table below.

Parameters Bypassed RE Unbypassed RE

Ii
Io
Vi
Vo

3. Connect the oscilloscope probes of Channel A and Channel B at the output terminals and input
terminals of the common-emitter configuration. Set the oscilloscope to dual mode, and adjust the
horizontal scale to 10 ms/div. Adjust the vertical scale of Channel A to 200 mV/div and the vertical scale
of Channel B to 500 mV/div. Adjust the vertical position of the two and determine the phase difference
between the input and the output voltages. Draw the waveform below.

Graph

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OBSERVATIONS :

CONCLUSION :

QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS :

1. Compute Zi, Zo, Ai, and Av using the values obtained from procedure 1 on a separate sheet of bond
paper.

2. What parameter is the main advantage of a Darlington connection than using a BJT ?

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