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Ans. (A) 0.32 W. (B) 2W, (C) 16%.: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman UEEA1333 Tutorial No: 6

This document contains 10 questions about power amplifiers. Question 1 involves calculations for an emitter follower circuit including output power, power drawn from supplies, and efficiency. Question 2 determines the load resistance required for a given output power. Question 3 calculates average load power given supply dissipation and efficiency. The remaining questions ask about general power amplifier performance requirements, differences between classes, bias circuits, transfer characteristics, and a derivation.

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Ans. (A) 0.32 W. (B) 2W, (C) 16%.: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman UEEA1333 Tutorial No: 6

This document contains 10 questions about power amplifiers. Question 1 involves calculations for an emitter follower circuit including output power, power drawn from supplies, and efficiency. Question 2 determines the load resistance required for a given output power. Question 3 calculates average load power given supply dissipation and efficiency. The remaining questions ask about general power amplifier performance requirements, differences between classes, bias circuits, transfer characteristics, and a derivation.

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UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

UEEA1333 Tutorial No: 6

Q1. Consider the emitter follower shown below (left), with VCC = 10 V, I =100 mA and RL
=100 . If the output voltage is an 8-V peak sinusoid, find the following:
(a) the power delivered to the load.
(b) the average power drawn from the supplies .
(c) the power conversion efficiency.
Ignore the loss in Q3 and R.
Ans. (a) 0.32 W. (b) 2W , (c) 16%.

Q2. Given that the output vo of a Class B amplifier is a sinusoid with 12 V peak amplitude,
determine the load RL, which consumes a power of 8 W.
Ans: 9 Ω

Q3. If a Class B output stage is operating at 75% power conversion efficiency, and dissipating
an average power of 0.9 W per output transistor. Determine the average power consumed
by the load RL.
Ans: 5.4 W

Q4. For the class B output stage shown above (right), let VCC = 6 V, and RL = 4 . If the output
is sinusoid with 4.5 V peak amplitude, find
(a) the output power .
(b) the average power drawn from each supply.
(c) the power efficiency obtained at this output voltage.
(d) peak current supplied by vI assuming that N = P = 50.
(e) the maximum power that each transistor must be capable of dissipating safely.
Ans. (a) 2.53 W, (b) 2.15W, (c) 59%, (d) 22.1mA, (e) 0.91W
UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

Q5. Figure below shows a class B power amplifier output stage. The amplifier is designed to
deliver an average power of 25 W to a 4  load. Assume the power supply VCC is
approximately 2 V greater than the peak output voltage. You may neglect cross-over
distortion and assume an output sinusoidal waveform of peak amplitude Vm.

(i) Determine Vm and VCC. (For VCC, round your answer to the nearest integer value.)
(ii) Find the peak current drawn from each supply, Im.
(iii) Sketch the waveform for the collector current, iC.
(iv) By derivation, show that the average current drawn from each supply,
I C ( ave)  Vm / R L .
(v) Find the total average power drawn from the supply, PS
(vi) Hence, determine its efficiency.
Ans. (i) 16 W (ii) 3.535 A , (v) 36W (vi) 69%

iC

vo
iL

Q6. What are the three general performance requirements of power amplifiers?

Q7. Explain the differences between the power amplifier classes A, B, AB and C.

Q8. For class AB power amplifier, list two types of circuit used to bias the output transistors.

Q9. Sketch and label the transfer characteristics for class A, class B and class AB power
amplifier.

Q10. For class B power amplifier, derive the equation for worst case power dissipation
2
VCC
PDN (max)  PDP (max) 
 2 RL

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