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3 Amplifier Performance Parameters and Classification

1. The document defines performance parameters for amplifiers such as voltage gain, current gain, power gain, input resistance, output resistance, and bandwidth. 2. Amplifiers can be classified based on their output type, frequency range of the input signal, position of the operating point, coupling type, and application. 3. Key amplifier characteristics include gain expressed in decibels, infinite input resistance and zero output resistance, and frequency response defined by cutoff frequencies at the -3dB points.

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3 Amplifier Performance Parameters and Classification

1. The document defines performance parameters for amplifiers such as voltage gain, current gain, power gain, input resistance, output resistance, and bandwidth. 2. Amplifiers can be classified based on their output type, frequency range of the input signal, position of the operating point, coupling type, and application. 3. Key amplifier characteristics include gain expressed in decibels, infinite input resistance and zero output resistance, and frequency response defined by cutoff frequencies at the -3dB points.

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AMPLIFIER PERFORMANCE

PARAMETERS and classification

Archana P Ahir
Lecturer in Electronics
Government Polytechnic Khamgaon

AEL/APhir 1
COURSE OUTCOME
 CO-   
USE TRANSISTOR AS LOW  POWER
AMPLIFIER 
 LOs-

1. DEFINE PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS


OF AMPLIFIER
2. CLASSIFY AMPLIFIER

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Outline
 Pre-requisite
 Amplifier characteristics
 Classification of amplifier

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Amplifier characteristics
 Voltage Gain ,Current gain and Power Gain

The gain of an amplifier is the ratio of output quantity to the input


quantity.
• Current gain (AI) = Io/Ii
• Voltage gain (AV) = Vo/Vi
• Power Gain (AP) = Po/Pi

 Always expressed in decibels(dB)


• Gain in dB = 20log10(Vo/Vi)
• Gain: Infinite(∞)
• Power Gain in dB = 10 log10(Vo/Vi)

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Amplifier characteristics
 Voltage Gain ,Current gain and Power
Gain
 The gain of an amplifier has logarithmic
unit as human ear response is
logarithmic.

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Example
 Example  Find the gain in db in the following cases :
 (i) Voltage gain of 30 (ii) Power gain of 100

 Solution. (i) Voltage gain = 20 log ( 30 ) = 29.54 db


10
 (ii) Power gain = 10 log (100 db) = 20 db
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Multistage Amplifier-I/APAhir 6
Amplifier characteristics
 Input Resistance
• It is the equivalent resistance seen looking into the input
terminals of an amplifier with output terminals are short
circuited.
• Ri: Infinite (∞)

 Output Resistance
• It is the equivalent resistance seen looking into the output
terminals of an amplifier. with input terminals are short
circuited.
• Ro: Zero (0)

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Amplifier Frequency response
 The relationship between gain and
frequency is defined by a curve, that is
called as frequency response .

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Amplifier Frequency Response

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Amplifier characteristics
 Bandwidth:

• Range of frequencies over which gain of amplifier is


constant or

• Range of frequencies over which gain of amplifier is


satisfactory

• B.W: Infinite (∞)/Large

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Amplifier characteristics
 Bandwidth:
• Difference between Higher cut off frequency(fH) and
lower cut off frequency(fL)

• B.W=fH – fL
 These -3dB corner frequency points define the
frequency at which the output gain is reduced to
70.71% of its maximum value.
 Then we can correctly say that the -3dB point is also

the frequency at which the systems gain has reduced to


0.707 of its maximum value.
 Frequency Response -3dB Point
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Classification of Amplifiers
Depending upon Output parameter
Voltage (Small Signal) Amplifier

Power (Large Signal) Amplifier

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Classification of Amplifiers
Depending upon the frequency range of input signal

Audio frequency (AF) amplifiers


 Frequency Range: 20Hz to 20kHz
 Radio, TV, Tape recorder

Radio frequency (RF)amplifiers


 Frequency Range: 300kHz to 30MHz
 Radio and TV receiver

Wide-band amplifiers
 Frequency Range: 10Hz to 5 MHz
 VCR,TV receiver

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Classification of Amplifiers
 Depending upon the frequency range of input
signal

Audio frequency (AF) amplifiers/Low frequency


Amplifiers
 Frequency Range: 20Hz to 20kHz
 Radio, TV, Tape recorder

Radio frequency (RF)amplifiers/High frequency


Amplifiers
 Frequency Range: 300kHz to 30MHz
 Radio and TV receiver AEL/APhir 14
Classification of Amplifiers
 Depending upon the position of Q-point
 Class-A
 Position of q-point on the centre of load line.

• Class-B
 Position of q-point on the x-axis.

 Class-AB
 Position of q-point above x-axis.

 Class-C
 Position of q-point below x-axis.
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Classification of Amplifiers
 Depending upon type of coupling

 RC-coupled Amplifier

 Transformer coupled Amplifier

 Direct Coupled

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References
  “Principles
of Electronics”,Mehta, V.K., Mehta,
Rohit ,S.Chand, New Delhi, 2014 ISBN:8121924502

 “AppliedElectronics”, Sedha, R.S. S.Chand, New


Delhi,2015 ,ISBN:9788121927833

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Thank you

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