Tuned amplifiers are used to amplify narrowband signals at a specific resonant frequency. They use a parallel LC tuned circuit as the load which acts as a high impedance resonant filter at the resonant frequency. The impedance of the tuned circuit is maximum at the resonance frequency. Tuned amplifiers provide high gain at the resonant frequency and reject signals above and below resonance. Common tuned amplifier circuit topologies include single tuned, double tuned, and stagger tuned amplifiers which use inductive or capacitive coupling between stages. The quality factor Q determines the selectivity and bandwidth of the tuned circuit.
Tuned amplifiers are used to amplify narrowband signals at a specific resonant frequency. They use a parallel LC tuned circuit as the load which acts as a high impedance resonant filter at the resonant frequency. The impedance of the tuned circuit is maximum at the resonance frequency. Tuned amplifiers provide high gain at the resonant frequency and reject signals above and below resonance. Common tuned amplifier circuit topologies include single tuned, double tuned, and stagger tuned amplifiers which use inductive or capacitive coupling between stages. The quality factor Q determines the selectivity and bandwidth of the tuned circuit.
Tuned amplifiers are used to amplify narrowband signals at a specific resonant frequency. They use a parallel LC tuned circuit as the load which acts as a high impedance resonant filter at the resonant frequency. The impedance of the tuned circuit is maximum at the resonance frequency. Tuned amplifiers provide high gain at the resonant frequency and reject signals above and below resonance. Common tuned amplifier circuit topologies include single tuned, double tuned, and stagger tuned amplifiers which use inductive or capacitive coupling between stages. The quality factor Q determines the selectivity and bandwidth of the tuned circuit.
Tuned amplifiers are used to amplify narrowband signals at a specific resonant frequency. They use a parallel LC tuned circuit as the load which acts as a high impedance resonant filter at the resonant frequency. The impedance of the tuned circuit is maximum at the resonance frequency. Tuned amplifiers provide high gain at the resonant frequency and reject signals above and below resonance. Common tuned amplifier circuit topologies include single tuned, double tuned, and stagger tuned amplifiers which use inductive or capacitive coupling between stages. The quality factor Q determines the selectivity and bandwidth of the tuned circuit.
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UNIT II TUNED AMPLIFIERS K.Aruna Kumari Assistant Professor ECM Dept SNIST Tuned Amplifiers • Definition: Tuned amplifiers are used for the amplification of a specific frequency signal or a narrowband frequency signal. Basically high frequency or radio frequency signals are amplified using tuned amplifiers. Tuning (i.e., selecting) of frequency is done by using a tuned or resonant circuit at the load. Tuned amplifier uses a parallel LC circuit as load to tune to resonant frequency. • Series Tuned Circuit The inductor and capacitor connected in series make a series tuned circuit
• Parallel Tuned Circuit
The inductor and capacitor connected in parallel make a parallel tuned circuit • At resonant frequency, a parallel resonant circuit offers high impedance. • The resonance frequency is
• The impedance of tuned circuit is
Resonance Frequency Curve • The response of tuned amplifiers is maximum at resonant frequency and it falls sharply for frequencies below and above the resonant frequency. • At resonance, inductive and capacitive effects of tuned circuit cancel each other. • As a result, circuit is like resistive and voltage and current are in phase. • For frequencies above resonance circuit is capacitive and for frequencies below resonance is like inductive. • Since tuned circuit is purely resistive at resonance it can be used as load for amplifier. • When an amplifier circuit has its load replaced by a tuned circuit, such an amplifier can be called as a Tuned amplifier circuit. Quality (Q) Factor
• The Q is the ratio of reactance to resistance.
• It is the measure of how pure or real an inductor. • The Q factor also can be defined as the measure of efficiency with which inductor can store the energy. • Dissipation Factor(D): It can be referred to as the total loss within a component is defined as 1/Q • Series circuit • Parallel circuit
• Inductive impedance
• Inductive admittance BW=
• Quality factor equation
• Relation between Q Factor and Bandwidth
• Unloaded Q: – When the parallel LC circuit is assumed to be not connected to any external circuit or load, Q accounts for the internal losses and is called unloaded Qu • Loaded Q : – In practice the parallel LC circuit will be connected to a generator and load . Hence energy dissipation should be calculated taking in external load and the tuned circuit. – The loaded quality factor is QL • Single tuned amplifiers: uses one parallel tuned circuit as load in each stage and all these tuned circuits in different stages are tuned to the same frequency. single tuned multistage amplifier • Double tuned amplifiers: uses two inductively coupled tuned circuits in each stage of the amplifier. Both the tuned circuits are tuned to the same frequency to get sharp response. • Stagger tuned amplifiers: uses number of single tuned stages in cascade . The successive tuned circuits are tuned slightly to different frequencies. Single Tuned Capacitive Coupled Amplifier
• Single tuned multistage amplifier circuit uses one parallel tuned circuit as a load in each stage tuned circuits in all stages tuned to the same frequency. • The tuned circuit formed by L and C acts as collector load and resonates at frequency of operation. • Resistors R1 ,R2 and RE along with capacitor Ce provides self bias for the circuit. + • The effective quality factor including load can be calculated looking at the simplified equivalent output circuit for single tuned amplifier. • From the output circuit • VO=-gmVb’e Z • Where Z is the impedance of C, L and Rt in parallel. 3dB bandwidth Tapped Single Tuned Capacitance Coupled Amplifier • The above circuit is the tuned circuit which is part of amplifier. • Coils L1 and L2 are continuous winding in which point b is a tapping point. • The total inductance is • The parallel connection of Ri and can be resolved into the series circuit as shown in fig (b) where • The resistance RP is
• Small value of Ri can be transformed to much larger
value of RP in shunt with the tuned circuit. • This will allow a higher Q value to be obtained and Q of the resonant circuit can be adjusted by tap location this allows control of bandwidth. Single Tuned Transformer Coupled or Inductively Coupled Amplifier • In this circuit, the voltage developed across the tuned circuit is inductively coupled to the next stage. Coil L, of the tuned circuit, and the inductor coupling the voltage to the II stage, L2 form' a transformer with mutual coupling M. • This type of circuit is also used, where the input Z of the II stage is smaller or different from the tuned circuit. So Z matching is done by the transformer depending on its turns ratio. In such requirements, this type of circuit is used. • The resistors RI, R2 and R; and R2 are the biasing resistors. The parallel tuned circuit, • L and C resonates at the frequency of operation. Fig. Equivalent output circuit Fig. Simplified circuit
Ro gives the value of M for maximum power
transfer. Substitute eqn. M in the eqn. Ro we get
Therefore from above equation , for a given value
of Ro and coefficient of coupling K and Ri, we can determine L2 for maximum transformer of power. Under conditions of maximum transfer of power, total resistance appearing in shunt with the coil equals Ro/2. • Since it is resonant circuit, at resonance, Z = resistance only. maximum power, R = Rl2.
• We know that From the above equations
IZI of the output circuit at any frequency ‘w' close
