ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

ACADEMIC SESSION I: 2022/2023

DEE30071 – ELECTRONIC COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN

PRACTICAL WORK 4 AC ANALYSIS

PRACTICAL WORK DATE :

1.
LECTURER’S NAME:
2.

CLASS

DATE SUBMIT

STUDENT NAME STUDENT ID

1.

2.

LEARNING OUTCOME CLO1 CLO2

Q1(a) /12

DISCUSSION /15 Q1(b) /6

Q2(a) /12
RESULT
Q2(b) /6

CONCLUSION /10 Q3(a) /12

Q3(b) /6

TOTAL /25 TOTAL /54

TOTAL MARKS /20% TOTAL MARKS /80%

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 RUBRIC PRAKTICAL WORK 4
Course Learning
Very Poor Satisfactory Very Good
Outcomes(CLO)/
Circuit Skills / Aspects Marks
Learning Domain
1 2 3
Cluster (CLS)
Edit title block:
Able to edit the title Good to edit the title Excellent to edit the
Student able to edit
block correctly with block correctly with title block /3
the title block
assistance. minimum assistance. effectively.
correctly.
Good to draw the
Draw circuit: Student Able to draw the Excellent to draw
circuit moderately
able to draw the circuit with the circuit /3
with minimum
PART A circuit same as given. assistance. effectively.
assistance.
Low Pass Simulation setting: Able to set all the Good to set all the Excellent to set all
Filter Student able to set simulation settings simulation settings the simulation
/3
Circuit simulation settings correctly with correctly with settings correctly
correctly. assistance. minimum assistance. and effectively.
Waveform : Student
Good to produce the Excellent to
able to produce the Able to produce the
waveform correctly produce the
waveform with waveform correctly /3
CLO 1: Apply with minimum waveform correctly
correct axis labels and with assistance.
the simulation assistance and effectively.
values.
results for the
various types of /12
simulation Edit title block: Able to edit the Good to edit the title
analysis based Excellent to edit
Student able to edit title block block correctly with
on the the title block /3
the title block correctly with minimum
electronic effectively.
correctly. assistance. assistance.
circuit theory
Draw circuit: Good to draw the
and operations. Able to draw the Excellent to draw
Student able to draw circuit moderately
circuit with the circuit /3
PART B the circuit same as with minimum
CLO 2: assistance. effectively.
given. assistance.
Construct the
High Pass Good to set all the
simulation and Simulation setting: Able to set all the Excellent to set all
Filter simulation settings
the PCB layout Student able to set simulation settings the simulation
Circuit correctly with /3
for digital and simulation settings correctly with settings correctly
analogue minimum
correctly. assistance. and effectively.
circuits using a assistance.
schematic Waveform : Student Able to produce Good to produce the Excellent to
capture able to produce the produce the
the waveform waveform correctly
software. waveform with waveform /3
correctly with with minimum
correct axis labels correctly and
and values. assistance assistance effectively.
CLS 1:
Knowledge & /12
Understanding
Edit title block: Able to edit the Good to edit the title
Excellent to edit
CLS3a: Practical Student able to edit title block block correctly with
the title block /3
skill the title block correctly with minimum
effectively.
correctly. assistance. assistance.
Draw circuit: Good to draw the
Able to draw the Excellent to draw
Student able to draw circuit moderately
circuit with the circuit /3
the circuit same as with minimum
PART C assistance. effectively.
given. assistance.
Amplifier Good to set all the
Simulation setting: Able to set all the Excellent to set all
Circuit simulation settings
Student able to set simulation settings the simulation
correctly with /3
simulation settings correctly with settings correctly
minimum
correctly. assistance. and effectively.
assistance.
Waveform : Student Excellent to
Able to produce Good to produce the
able to produce the produce the
waveform with the waveform waveform correctly waveform /3
correct axis labels correctly with with minimum correctly and
and values. assistance. assistance effectively.
/12

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1 LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO):

Apply the simulation results for the various types of simulation analysis based on the electronic
circuit theory and operations (C3, PLO1)

2 OBJECTIVE:

Upon completion of this practical session, students should be able to:

i. Explain AC analysis and AC sources.
ii. Do the AC analysis setup.
iii. Simulate and display the simulation result for AC analysis.

3 THEORY:

Theory AC Analysis
Introduction to AC simulation
1. Learn about frequency variation analysis and simulation, these include AC
sources, AC analysis and their setup.
2. To run AC analysis, the circuit to be simulation has to have AC source. No AC analysis
can be done to a circuit without an AC sources connected to it.
3. AC analysis produces frequency response curve for a given circuit

AC source
1. An AC source generated sinusoidal waveforms at several frequencies but having
the same magnitude and phase
2. Attributes of an AC sources is as follows
 ACMAG: magnitude of the AC source
 ACPHASE: phase of the AC source

Filter Theory
The filter network dB gain is calculated from the actual voltage gain (Av) as follows: -
dB = 20log Av
the cutoff frequency (fc) on the gain-frequency plot is the frequency where the voltage gain
has dropped by dB )0.707) from the dB gain at mid frequency. The expected cutoff
frequency (fc) based in the circuit component values for the one-pole and two-pole low-
pass filter.

4 EQUIPMENT / TOOL / SOFTWARE:

i. PC workstation
ii. Related software (PROTEL)

5 PROCEDURE:

5.1 Create a new project. File  New  PCB Project. Save it in the following folder: -
C:\Documents\DEE30071\[Your Class]\[Student Matrix Number]\Lab 4.prjpcb

5.2 Create a new schematic file. File  New  Schematic. Save it in the following folder: -
C:\Documents\DEE30071\[Your Class]\[Student Matrix Number]\Lab 4.schdoc

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PART A: Low Pass Filter

1. Construct and simulate the circuits 1 in Figure 1 (Low Pass Filter Circuit). Sketch and label
completely the frequency response curve/ Bode Plot in Result section.

Figure 1: Circuit 1 Low Pass Filter Circuit

2. Step simulation (refer Figure 2)

i. Click Design  Simulate  Mixed sim
ii. Tick (√) the AC Small Signal Analysis & choose Decade at Sweep Type. Click OK

Figure 2: Parameters for AC Small Signal Analysis

2. To get Frequency response curve/Bode Plot, click graph of AC Analysis, choose the edit wave
(click right mouse at point ‘out’) as in figure 3(a), click Edit Wave and edit waveform will
appear as in figure 3(b), then tick Magnitude (Db) and click Create.

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 (a) (b)
Figure 3: Edit wave and Edit waveform

3. To determine the frequency of the Frequency response curve/Bode Plot, at graph of AC

Analysis, choose the edit wave (click right mouse at point ‘out’) as in figure 3(a), click Cursor
A or Cursor B and drag the cursor to get frequency at - 3Db at the Frequency response
curve/Bode Plot (depends on type of filter/amplifier circuit).

PART B: High Pass Filter

1. Construct and simulate the circuits in Figure 4 (High Pass Filter Circuit). Sketch and label
completely the frequency response curve/ Bode Plot in Result section.

Figure 4: High Pass Filter Circuit

PART C: Amplifier Circuit

1. Construct and simulate the circuits in Figure 5 (Amplifier Circuit). Sketch and label
completely the frequency response curve/ Bode Plot in Result section.

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 Figure 5: Amplifier Circuit

6 RESULT:

QUESTION 1 (PART A: Low Pass Filter)

a. Construct and simulate the circuits in Figure 1 (Low Pass Filter Circuit). (12 marks)

b. Sketch/ print screen output waveform, Frequency response curve/Bode Plot for Figure 1:
Low Pass Filter Circuit. (6 marks)

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QUESTION 2 (PART B: High Pass Filter)

a. Construct and simulate the circuits in Figure 4 (High Pass Filter Circuit). (12 marks)

b. Sketch/ print screen output waveform, Frequency response curve / Bode Plot for Figure 4:
High Pass Filter Circuit. (6 marks)

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QUESTION 3 (PART C: Amplifier Circuit)

a. Construct and simulate the circuits in Figure 5 (Amplifier Circuit). (12 marks)

b. Sketch/ print screen output waveform, Frequency response curve /Bode Plot for Figure 5:
Amplifier Circuit. (6 marks)

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7 DISCUSSION
(15marks)

a. Calculate the Output Gain (AV) for the circuit in Figure 1, then write your result in Table
1. (4 marks)

Table 1: Simulation result

1
Xc =
2πf𝑐1C

Maximum voltage gain, Av (dB) R

Av =
√R2 + Xc2

Av(dB) = 20 log Av

1
Theory Cut off frequency, fc1 f𝑐1 =
2πRC

Simulation Cut off frequency1, fc1 f𝑐1 = 15 Hz

b. Calculate the Output Gain (AV) for the circuit in Figure 4, then write your result in Table 2.
(4 marks)
Table 2: Simulation result

𝑋𝐿 = 2πf𝑐1L

R𝑇
Maximum voltage gain, Av (dB) Av =
√R𝑇2 + XL2

Av(dB) = 20 log Av

R
Theory Cut off frequency, fc1 f𝑐1 =
2πL
Simulation Cut off frequency1, fc1 f𝑐1 = 15 Hz

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 c. Calculate the Output Gain (AV) for the circuit in Figure 5, then write your result in Table 3.
(7 marks)

Table 3: Simulation result

X𝑐1 = 1
2πf C1
𝑐1

R
Maximum voltage gain, Av1 (dB) 𝐴𝑉1 =
√R + X𝑐12
2

𝐴𝑉1 (𝑑𝐵) = 20 log 𝐴𝑣

1
Theory Cut off frequency1, fc1 f𝑐1 =
2πRC

Simulation Cut off frequency1, fc1 f𝑐1 =

X𝑐2 = 1
2πf C2
𝑐2

R
Maximum voltage gain, Av2 (dB) 𝐴𝑉2 =
√R + X𝑐22
2

𝐴𝑉2 (𝑑𝐵) = 20 log 𝐴𝑣

1
Theory Cut off frequency1, fc2 f𝑐2 =
2πRC

Simulation Cut off frequency1, fc2 f𝑐2 =

8 CONCLUSION
(10marks)

From this experiment, variation of frequency analysis and simulation is learned. These include
AC source, AC analysis and their setup. To run AC analysis, the circuit must have ac source.
AC analysis produces frequency response curve for a given circuit. AC source generates
sinusoidal waveform at several frequencies but having the same magnitude and phase.
Attributes of an AC source are ACMAG which is the magnitude of the ac source and
ACPHASE which is the phase of the ac source. Before simulating, the AC source need to be
setup first. This is done by editing the attributes of the ac source. The AC magnitude and
phase are prompted. Upon completing the circuit, the ac analysis is performed. In the setup for
ac analysis, the ac small signal features is activated and the setting of the sweep is change into
decade. Since these circuit reflected the low pass, high pass and amplifier circuit, the graph is
the frequency response for each filter.The filter network dB gain is calculated from the actual
the cutoff frequency (fc) on the gain-frequency plot is the frequency where the voltage gain
has dropped by three dB from the dB gain at mid frequency. The expected cutoff frequency
(fc) based in the circuit component values for the one-pole and two-pole low-pass filter.

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The frequency bandwidth is the frequency range between two specified frequency cut-off points.
Many devices that communicate via electric signals, such as telephones, radios, televisions, and
satellites employ filter circuit. Filter is designed to pass signal with desired frequencirs and reject
or attenuates others. In this experiment, VSIN and VSRC are used as AC source in the analysis.

Prepared by: Course Lecturer Verified By: Course Coordinator

SENARAI SEMAK PENILAIAN SEMAKAN (√)

ITEM
Akur agihan AST/CIST √
Alizawati Bt Md Zim Sesuai aras domin taksonomi √
Sesuai pembahagian markah √
Date: 22/8/2022 Date: 22/8/2022

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