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Clipper Circuit

A clipping circuit uses diodes to limit the input voltage from exceeding a predefined value. There are different types of clipping circuits like positive clipper, negative clipper, and combination clipper that use diodes in series or parallel configurations. While clipping circuits protect sensitive devices from overvoltage, they also have drawbacks. At high frequencies, signal transmission occurs through undesirable diode capacitance rather than the intended path in series clippers. In parallel clippers, the diode capacitance can attenuate the input signal. Clipping circuits find applications in limiting voltage, modifying waveforms, and reducing noise in devices like FM transmitters.

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Clipper Circuit

A clipping circuit uses diodes to limit the input voltage from exceeding a predefined value. There are different types of clipping circuits like positive clipper, negative clipper, and combination clipper that use diodes in series or parallel configurations. While clipping circuits protect sensitive devices from overvoltage, they also have drawbacks. At high frequencies, signal transmission occurs through undesirable diode capacitance rather than the intended path in series clippers. In parallel clippers, the diode capacitance can attenuate the input signal. Clipping circuits find applications in limiting voltage, modifying waveforms, and reducing noise in devices like FM transmitters.

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Clipper Circuit

• A clipping circuit or a clipper is a device used to ‘clip’ the input voltage


to prevent it from attaining a value larger than a predefined one
Positive Clipper
Negative Clipper
Biased Positive Clipper
Biased Negative Clipper
Combination Clipper
Drawbacks of Series and Shunt Diode
Clippers
• In series clippers, when the diode is in ‘OFF’ position, there will be no
transmission of the input signal to output. But in the case of high-
frequency signals transmission occurs through diode capacitance
which is undesirable. This is the drawback of using the diode as a
series element in such clippers.
• In shunt clippers, when the diode is in the ‘off condition, the
transmission of the input signal should take place to output. But in
the case of high-frequency input signals, diode capacitance affects the
circuit operation adversely and the signal gets attenuated (that is, it
passes through diode capacitance to the ground).
Applications of clipping circuits
• Used in FM transmitters to reduce noise
• To limit the voltage input to a device
• To modify an existing waveform to the desired output
Advantages
• Clipping circuits serve as overvoltage protection for sensitive devices.
Disadvantages
01. The data transmitted at values outside the range of the circuit will
be clipped as the signal transmission is considered.
02. In high-frequency signals, transmission occurs through the diode
capacitance which is undesirable.

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