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The document discusses different types of coupling used in amplifiers: 1) AC coupling uses capacitors to reject DC components and pass only the AC elements of a signal between amplifier stages. 2) Direct, resistance-capacitance, and transformer coupling are the main types. Resistance-capacitance coupling uses a capacitor and resistor to isolate DC levels between stages. 3) Transformer coupling uses a transformer to increase gain and impedance matching between power amplifier stages. It is the most expensive option.

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Smol Signalz

The document discusses different types of coupling used in amplifiers: 1) AC coupling uses capacitors to reject DC components and pass only the AC elements of a signal between amplifier stages. 2) Direct, resistance-capacitance, and transformer coupling are the main types. Resistance-capacitance coupling uses a capacitor and resistor to isolate DC levels between stages. 3) Transformer coupling uses a transformer to increase gain and impedance matching between power amplifier stages. It is the most expensive option.

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Module 1

Dr SATHYA P
Associate Professor
SENSE
AC Coupling
• It is also known as DC-Blocking.
• Allows to couple the ac signal to the circuit while simultaneously preventing any
DC bias or Offset voltage from the source.
• In short, AC coupling rejects any DC components within a signal, passing only the
AC elements.
• Basic element used for coupling is the capacitor.
• For cascading of multiple amplifiers, a coupling network is preferred between the
output of one stage to the input of the next stage.
It transfers the ac output of one stage to the next stage

It isolates the dc conditions of one stage to the next.


Types of Coupling
• Direct Coupling
Used in DC amplifiers

• Resistance capacitance Coupling


Used in Discrete small signal amplifiers

• Transformer Coupling
 Used in Power amplifiers
Direct Coupling
• AC output signal is fed
directly to the next stage

• Applied for amplification of


low frequency signals.

• Amplifiers using this


coupling are called as DC
amplifiers or direct coupled
amplifiers.
Resistance Capacitance (RC) Coupling
• Most commonly preferred in
discrete amplifiers.

• Amplifiers using this coupling


are called as RC coupled
amplifiers.

• The signal developed at the load


resistor (Rc) of one stage is
coupled to the next using Cc.

• It isolates the DC conditions of


one stage from the following
stage.
Transformer Coupling
• The primary winding of the transformer
acts as a load and secondary winding
transfers the AC signal to the next
stage.

• It increases overall circuit gain and the


level of inter stage impedance
matching.

• Very expensive and limited to use in


Power amplifiers where maximum
power transfer and impedance
matching are the critical requirement.

• Called as Transformer coupled


amplifiers.
Linear Amplifier
• A linear amplifier magnifies an input signal and produces an output signal whose
amplitude is larger and directly proportional to the input signal.
• The linear amplifier should satisfy the principle of superposition.
• The response of a linear circuit excited by multiple independent input signals is
the sum of the responses of the circuit to each of the input signals alone.

DC response + AC response =
Instantaneous response
Small Signal Analysis
Actual circuit DC circuit AC circuit
Small Signal Parameters
Transconductance
Base emitter Diffusion Resistance and Emitter resistance
Illustration of rπ and re
Voltage gain
Small Signal Models
Hybrid π models

Voltage controlled current source Current controlled Current Source

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