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Nonlinear Wave Shaping and Clippers

Nonlinear wave shaping circuits use nonlinear elements like diodes to alter the shape or DC level of an input wave. Clipper circuits reject portions of an input wave above or below a cutoff voltage. Clippers are classified as diode series or shunt clippers and can clip at single or multiple levels. Applications include eliminating amplitude noise, producing new waveforms from existing signals, voltage regulation, and separating synchronizing signals. Diode series and shunt clippers can clip portions of waves for positive or negative reference voltages.

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Nonlinear Wave Shaping and Clippers

Nonlinear wave shaping circuits use nonlinear elements like diodes to alter the shape or DC level of an input wave. Clipper circuits reject portions of an input wave above or below a cutoff voltage. Clippers are classified as diode series or shunt clippers and can clip at single or multiple levels. Applications include eliminating amplitude noise, producing new waveforms from existing signals, voltage regulation, and separating synchronizing signals. Diode series and shunt clippers can clip portions of waves for positive or negative reference voltages.

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UNIT – II

NON LINEAR WAVESHAPING


Nonlinear Wave Shaping

 Along with resistors, the non-linear elements


like diodes are used in nonlinear wave shaping circuits
to get required altered outputs. Either the shape of the
wave is attenuated or the dc level of the wave is altered
in the Non-linear wave shaping.
 The process of producing non-sinusoidal output wave
forms from sinusoidal input, using non-linear elements
is called as nonlinear wave shaping.
Clipper Circuits
• A Clipper circuit is a circuit that rejects the part of the input wave specified
while allowing the remaining portion. The portion of the wave above or below
the cut off voltage determined is clipped off or cut off.
• The clipping circuits consist of linear and non-linear elements like resistors and
diodes but not energy storage elements like capacitors. These clipping circuits
have many applications as they are advantageous.
• The main advantage of clipping circuits is to eliminate the unwanted noise
present in the amplitudes.
• These can work as square wave converters, as they can convert sine waves into
square waves by clipping.
• The amplitude of the desired wave can be maintained at a constant level.
Classification of Clipper Circuits

• Diode series clippers


 Positive diode series clipper
 Negative diode series clipper
• Diode shunt clippers
 Negative diode shunt clipper
 Positive diode shunt clipper
• Transistor clippers
• Clipping at two independent levels
• Emitter coupled clipper
Applications of Clippers
• Diode Clipping Circuits are used to eliminate amplitude noise or voltage
spikes, voltage regulation.
• To produce new waveforms from an existing signal such as squaring off the
peaks of a sinusoidal waveform to obtain a rectangular waveform as seen
above.
• The most common application of a “diode clipping” is as a flywheel or free-
wheeling diode connected in parallel across an inductive load to protect the
switching transistor form reverse voltage transients.
• Commonly used in power supplies.
• In the separation of synchronizing signals existing from the composite color
picture signals.
• Frequently used in FM transmitters for removing the excess ripples in the
signals above a certain noise level.
Diode series clippers
Positive diode series clipper:
Negative diode series clipper:
Shunt Clipper for Positive Reference Voltage with transfer
characteristics
Shunt Clipper for Negative Reference Voltage with Transfer
Characteristics
Series Clipper for Positive Reference Voltage with Transfer
Characteristics
Series Clipper for Negative Reference Voltage with Transfer
Characteristics
Clamping circuits using diode with different inputs
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