MEC_L3
MEC_L3
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Outline
• Review
• Voltage Amplifiers
• Cascade Amplifiers
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Gain in dB(Decibels)
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Non Linear T.F and Biasing
• Amplitude of vi(t) should be sufficiently small
for linear operation
• The time varying output vO(t) is
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Non Linear T.F and Biasing
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Voltage and Current Sources
Circuit Symbols
Vbattery Isource
12 V 1A
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Different Types of Amplifiers
•Voltage Amplifier
•Current Amplifier
•TransConductance Amplifier
•TransResistance Amplifier
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Four Different Types of Amplifiers
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Four Different Types of Amplifiers
Voltage
Amplifier
Current
Amplifier
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Four Different Types of Amplifiers
Transconductance
Amplifier
Transresistance
Amplifier
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Ideal Input and output impedance
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Voltage Amplifier
Input resistance Ri
Output resitance R0
Open circuit voltage gain AVo
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Voltage Amplifier (Input section)
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Voltage Amplifier (Input section)
• Inorder not to lose a significant portion of the
input signal in coupling the signal source to
the amplifier input ,the amplifier must be
designed to have input resistance Ri must
greater than Rs
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Voltage Amplifier (Input section)
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Voltage Amplifier (Input section)
Ri >> Rs
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Voltage Amplifier (Output section)
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Voltage Amplifier (Output section)
• Using voltage divider rule
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Problem
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Solution
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Solution
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Solution
Voltage gain of second stage
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Solution
Voltage gain of output stage
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Solution
Total gain of the three stages of cascade
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HOMEWORK
• Calculate Current Gain
• Calculate Power Gain
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Frequency Response of Amplifiers
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Frequency Response of Amplifiers
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Frequency Response of Amplifiers
Two plots w.r.t frequency on X-axis
• Magnitude plot
• Phase plot
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Magnitude plot
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Phase Plot
• Phase plot
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Amplifier Bandwidth
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