Chapter 12
Power Amplifiers
Series-fed class A amplifier
Chapter Outline
The concepts introduced in this chapter are:
- Distortion due to harmonics
- Analysis of different types of class A amplifiers
- Class B amplifier analysis with minimum harmonic distortion
- Class AB amplifier configuration
- Different types of tuned amplifiers
- Instability in tuned amplifiers
12.1 INTRODUCTION
An amplifying system consists of several stages in cascade. The input and intermediate stages amplify small signal excitations to a value large enough to drive the final device. The output stage feeds a transducer such as a cathode-ray oscilloscope, a loudspeaker, or ...
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