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ECE 2203L Laboratory Report: Abstract

This document summarizes different classes of power amplifiers: Class A amplifiers have a conduction angle of 360 degrees and current is always flowing, providing the best output but only 25-50% efficiency. Class B amplifiers have a conduction angle of 180 degrees and 78.5% efficiency by using two transistors that conduct alternately. Class AB amplifiers have a conduction angle between 180-360 degrees to reduce crossover distortion with higher efficiency than Class A. Class C amplifiers have poor linearity and high efficiency but are only used for radio frequencies. Class D amplifiers operate with pulse signals for theoretically 100% efficiency.

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ECE 2203L Laboratory Report: Abstract

This document summarizes different classes of power amplifiers: Class A amplifiers have a conduction angle of 360 degrees and current is always flowing, providing the best output but only 25-50% efficiency. Class B amplifiers have a conduction angle of 180 degrees and 78.5% efficiency by using two transistors that conduct alternately. Class AB amplifiers have a conduction angle between 180-360 degrees to reduce crossover distortion with higher efficiency than Class A. Class C amplifiers have poor linearity and high efficiency but are only used for radio frequencies. Class D amplifiers operate with pulse signals for theoretically 100% efficiency.

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ECE 2203L Laboratory Report

Experiment 3: Large Signal Amplifier

Abstract:

Introduction:

Amplifiers obtain signals from input transducers and supplies larger amount of signal to an output. Input transducers
requires amplification for an output device to function as they only produce small signals. A power amplifier’s range is
large compared to small-signal amplifiers. Since small-signal amplifiers have small ranges of current and voltage,
their power-handling capacity and efficiency are not much considered. A power or large-signal amplifier’s application
is for low resistive devices at the output of any communication system and must be qualified of handling large
amount of voltage. Hence, it must be capable of delivering large power to the load. Characteristics of large-signal
amplifiers include the circuit’s power efficiency, the maximum amount of power a circuit is capable of handling and
the impedance of matching to the output device.

Amplifiers are categorized by class and are classified according to the various output it produces and their operating
characteristics. It represents the amount the output signal varies over one cycle of operation for a full cycle of input
signal.

*insert class a pic*

Figure 1 shows a Class A power amplifier. As seen in the figure, it functions at the center of the load line and has a
conduction angle of 360°. It operates in the active region thus current is always flowing. This gives the best output
with low clipping. However, its power efficiency is only 25-50%, making if suitable for only low signal amplification.

*insert class b pic*

Figure 2 shows a Class B power amplifier. In this case, class B circuit provides an output signal varying over one-half
(180° conduction angle) of the input AC signal and produces a power efficiency of 78.5%. Two transistors which
conducts half of the cycle is created to produce an entire AC signal. Each device is biased one by one during the
positive and negative half cycle. Current will not flow unless there is an input signal which provides the bias to turn
on.

*insert class AB pic*

Figure 3 shows a Class AB power amplifier. It produces an output greater than half of the input AC signal(180 -
360°). Though it still requires an operation similar to class B (push-pull operation) to achieve a full output cycle, the
transistor is biased in a way that makes it active for more than half of the input AC cycle. This overcomes the cross-
over distortion caused by class B.

*insert class C pic*

Figure 4 shows a Class C power amplifier, which produces an output less than 180° of the cycle. Though it has
greater efficiency than those mentioned, it has poor linearity and introduces heavy distortion of the output signal.
Class C amplifiers will only operate with circuits that supply high gain at a single frequency. Thus, it is commonly
used in special areas of tuned circuits such as radio and communications.

*insert class D pic*

Figure 5 shows a Class D amplifier. It operates using pulse signals which are on for a short period and off for a long
period of time. One major advantage include very high efficiency which can theoretically reach 100% efficiency since
there is no period where both current and voltage waveforms overlap. Another advantage of this type of operation is
that amplifier is on for only a short amount of time.

Procedure

*insert circuit*

1. The circuit shown in Figure 6 was assembled. With

Results

Analysis

Discussion and Conclusions

Additional Resources

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