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Matt Baker
Kevin Van Dyke
Design
Three stage, 9V FM transmitter
• Audio amplification
• Oscillation
• RF amplification
Electret microphone for input
Dipole antenna – 160 cm
Circuit Diagram
Circuit Description
Radio frequency oscillator (100MHz)
Microphone picks up and amplifies audio
and then feeds it to first transistor for
amplification
Output from collector is fed into base of
the second transistor where it modulates
the resonant frequency of the tank circuit
• This is done by varying the junction
capacitance of the transistor.
• Junction capacitance is a function of the
potential difference applied to the base of the
second transistor.
Oscillation occurs
Final stage: Third transistor amplifies
the output RF signal.
Electret Microphone
What is an electret?
• It is a permanently charged dialectric.
• The diaphragm of the microphone acts
as one of the plates in the capacitor.
• The movement of the plate changes the
capacitance.
• Amplified by a FET amplifier.
First amplification stage
Standard self-biasing
common emitter
amplifier
The 22n capacitor
isolates the microphone
from the base voltage
of the transmitter by
blocking DC.
First Transistor
Amplification
800mV
400mV
0V
-400mV
0s 1ms 2ms 3ms 4ms 5ms 6ms 7ms 8ms 9ms 10ms
V(Q5:c) V(V5:+)
Time
Oscillator Stage
Oscillator necessary to generate RF carrier
waves
Feedback signal makes
as radio waves.
Final Amplification Stage
This stage amplifies the RF
signal.
A Zetex ZTX320 RF transistor
was used to do this efficiently.
L2 and the 10p capacitor in
parallel with it are designed to
reduce harmonics from the
circuit.
8V
6V
4V
2V
0s 1ms 2ms 3ms 4ms 5ms 6ms 7ms 8ms 9ms 10ms
V(C7:2) V(L6:2)
Time
Signal Power
VE 2.537 IC .0252
VC 9 VCE VC VE
P IC VCE
P 0.163 Watts