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BENE 3143: SYSTEM

ELECTRONICS 2

Power Amplifier



Outline

• Introduction

• The class A amplifier

•

The class B and class AB Push-Pull amplifier • The class C amplifier

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Introduction

• A power amplifier is designed to deliver a

large amount of power to the load.

• To perform this function, a power amplifier

must itself be capable of dissipating large

amount of power.

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POWER

LOAD

AMPLIFIER

Outline



• It must so designed that the heat generated

when it is operated at high current and

voltage levels is released into the

surroundings at a rate fast enough to prevent

destructive temperature buildup.

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HEAT RELEASE



• Consequently, power amplifiers typically

contain bulky component s having large

surface areas to enhance heat transfer to

environment.

• A power amplifier is often the last, or output,

stage of an amplifier system.

• The preceding stages may be designed to

provide amplification, to provide buffering to

a high impedance signal source, or to modify signal characteristics in some predictable way.

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• Power amplifier arewidely used in audiocomponent such asradio and televisionreceivers, phonographsand tape players, stereoand high fidelity system,recording-studioequipment, and publicaddress system.

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• The load of these

applications is most often a

loudspeaker (“speaker”)

which requires considerable

power to convert electrical

signal to sound waves.

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Sound Test Room!

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• It also used inelectromechanicalcontrol system to drive

electric motors.Example includecomputer disk andtape drives, roboticmanipulators,autopilots, antennarotator

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• One important aspect in the

design power amplifiers is that itdelivers a specified power to the

load efficiently.

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• Power amplifiers

are classifiedaccording to the

percent time the

outputtransistors are

conducting, or

‘turn on’.

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Outline



Class A Amplifier

• Class A operation

• Heat dissipation and Centered Q-Point

• 2 load lines

• Power Gain

• DC Quiescent Power

• Output Power

• Efficiency

• Examples

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Outline



Class A operation

• A power amplifier is a large signal amplifier

that produces a replica of the input signal on

its output. In the case shown here, the output

is an inverted replica of the input.

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V in V out A

v0 0



• Output is shown 180o out of phase with the

input (inverted)

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• The output of a class A amplifier conducts

for the full 360 of the cycle.

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Class A Amplifier



• 2 load lines

• Power Gain


• Output Power

• Efficiency

• Examples

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Outline



Notice that a class A amplifierdissipates dc power even with no

signal. The dc power dissipated is

the product of ICQ and V CEQ .

Heat Dissipation and Centered Q-point

• A class A power amplifier is a large signal amplifier that

operates in the linear region. Ideally, a class A amplifier is

designed to operate in the center of the ac load line.

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I CQ

I c(sat)

Q

AC load line

V CEQ V ce(cutoff) V CE

I C

DC load line



The Q-point is set at the middle

of the load line so that the ACsignal can swing a full cycle.

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• If the Q-point is not centered on the ac load

line, the output signal will be limited

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a) Amplitude limited by cutoff b) Transistor driven into cutoff

with an increase of the input

amplitude



• Here is shown when the Q-point is moved

away from center towards saturation.

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a) Amplitude Vce and Ic limited

by saturation

b) Transistor driven into

saturation by a further

increase in input amplitude



Class A Amplifier



• 2 load lines

• Power Gain


• Output Power

• Efficiency

• Examples

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Outline



2 Load Lines

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Class A Amplifier



• 2 load lines

• Power Gain


• Output Power

• Efficiency

• Examples

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Outline



Power Gain

• A power amplifier delivers power

to the load.

• The power gain of an amplifier is

the ratio of the output power

(power delivered to the load) to

the input power.

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in

L p

P

P A

A p is the power gain

P L is signal power delivered to the load

Pin is signal power delivered to the amplifier



Class A Amplifier



•

Power Gain• DC Quiescent Power

• Output Power

• Efficiency• Examples

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Outline



DC Quiescent Power

• The power dissipation of transistor with no

signal input is the product of its Q-point

current and voltage.

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CEQCQ DQ V I P



Class A Amplifier



•


• Output Power

•Efficiency

• Examples

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Outline



Output Power

• The maximum power from a class A amplifier

is

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EQC CQout(max) V I P 5.0



Class A Amplifier



•


• Output Power

•Efficiency

• Examples

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Outline



Efficiency

• The ratio of the output signal power supplied

to a load to the total power from the dc

supply

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P

P%

max

i(dc)

o(ac)



Increase Efficiency with Transformer

Coupling

• By using the transformer coupling, the

efficiency can be increased by 50% but there

are several drawbacks such as:

– Size of transformers

– Cost of transformers

– Potential distortion problems once the

transformer begins to saturate

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Class A Amplifier



• Power Gain


• Output Power

•Efficiency

• Examples

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Outline



Example 1

• Determine the voltage gain and the power

gain of the class A power amplifier below:

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Example 2

• Determine the efficiency of the same power

amplifier

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Example 3

• Figure below shows aCE power amplifier inwhich the collectorresistor serves also asthe load resistor.Assume

a) Determine the dc Q-

point (ICQ and VCEQ)b) Determine the

voltage gain and thepower gain.

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100 ac DC



c) The power

dissipated in the

transistor with no

load

d) The total power

from the power

supply with no loade) The signal power in

the load with a

500mV input

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Example 4

• Determine each Q-point for each amplifier

below:

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Example 5

• Find the maximum

output signal power

to the load and

efficiency for theamplifier in the figure

below with a 500 Ω

resistor.

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Example 6

• Calculate the input power, output power, and efficiency of the

amplifier circuit below for and input voltage that results in a

base current of 10mA peak.

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End of Class A Amplifier



• Power Gain


• Output Power

•Efficiency

• Examples

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