Hello everyone, I’ve been working on modifying the RF Power Amplifier circuit, and I’ve made good progress (schematic is attached below). However, I’m now facing a small issue – I’m currently getting an output voltage of around 9Vpp, but I need it to be in the range of 15–18Vpp. I’ve tried...
I just bought one of these things...
described as a "Portable Rechargeable Mini Voice Amplifier for Teachers with Wired Microphone Headset and Waistband". (Not pasting the link here, but a search for the description should bring up similar generic items on Amazon). I'ts a box that comes with...
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I'm currently trying to amplify a -6 dBm 75MHz signal to at least 31 dBm by using THS3491 evaluation boards. The boards came with an attenuation circuit which I have removed, currently there is only a 50 ohm resistor in series with the output (output-6 dBm). Initially our approach was...
In the 1970s, did transistor radios have RF receive sensitivities down to the 1 microvolt level? If not, what is the highest microvolt it could resolve?
But how could it do that? Even modern amplifiers have much noises. For example, at 100kHz, and a very quiet circuit with total noise of...
For a standard non-inverting amplifier as below:
With nodal analysis, I got $$\frac {v_o} {v_i}=\frac {R_EZ_o+aZ_iR_E+aZ_iR_f} {R_ER_f + R_EZ_i + R_EZ_o + R_fZ_i + Z_iZ_o + R_EaZ_i}$$
However, with the feedback network of the amplifier converted to a h-parameter network as below:
With nodal...
Does the following simple test deduced from Nyquist criterion also apply to positive feedback or it needs to be modified?
If magnitude of loop gain i.e. |T (jω)| > 1 at the frequency where phase(T (jω))= −180◦, then the amplifier is unstable.
Reference:
Analysis and Design of Analog...
TL;DR Summary: How do we show that the dependent current source in a single-stage amplifier sinks power for ##v_{\text{out}}>0## and sources power for ##v_{\text{out}}<0##
I am trying to solve a problem set from MIT OpenCourseWare's 6.002 "Circuits and Electronics" course.
There is a problem...
I purchased this vibration generator to construct a Chladni plate. I was hoping to use it with my existing oscilloscope (which appears to be very old). It seems the oscilloscope is not giving me a signal strong enough to drive the generator. Any suggestions for a different amplifier or power...
I'm getting this type of device in mail, it is a passive microwave signal downconverter that converts a signal of up to 3.5 GHz to something that can be received with an RTL-SDR of upper frequency limit less than 1.5 GHz. Is it expected that I have to put the antenna-received high freq signal...
Hello! I have a signal at fixed frequency of 4 MHz and amplitude of 0.075 V. I need to amplify it to ~75 V with the same frequency. I checked online a bit and I found either cheap amplifier that can't amplify this much, or very expensive ones that (almost) can (I might need to use a smaller...
60 watt tube amp needs a 5k primary and 8 ohm secondary transformer. I have wound voltage transformers on my lathe many times. Audio transformer is no different. Online impedance transformer calculator says, 5k to 8 ohms in 25:1 ratio. Online info says, audio transformer should be 60w x 5 =...
Here is the circuit diagram provided in the book.
In the solution, the book has used the following approach (red markings in the image):
Input to the left transistor is 2V. Considering base-emitter junction drop to be 0.7V, the emitters are at 1.3V (left red arrow). Now, using the "virtual...
Hello. I have a question regarding an power amplifier (signal generator). I have three exciters and want to connect them to the power amplifier. One exciter have a impedance of 8ohm and power of 25 watt. The ampliefier have one output with the electical data: 4 ohm : 500watt; 6ohm: 330 watt and...
The diagram of the BJT amplifier small signal model is below. This is not really a homework question as I am self-learning electronics, but I was advised it may be better placed here than in the technical portion of the forum. Thus I do not have an "attempt" at a solution (which is given as RI...
I am currently reading about small signal analysis of a MOSFET differential amplifier. The text I am using has the below two figures for a common-mode equivalent circuit for the amplifier. The first makes sense to me except where it calls it a "Norton equivalent circuit", whereas I thought a...
Good morning Thank you very much for being part of this forum. I have a concern. I have 4 D2059 transistors and I want to build an audio amplifier, but I don't have enough knowledge of electronics. And I have one more transistor tip117. Can anyone help me by sending a simple circuit diagram how...
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I am trying to use the SR865A lock-in amplifier to measure the frequency of a pulse of a sine wave( example: waveform below), - the sinewave signal is only ON during finite time not continuously-, I am using an external reference signal that is also a pulse of a sinewave with the same...
First the hybrid model, I assume the capacitor works as a short circuit regarding the altern current:
$$A_V=\frac{v_o}{v_i}$$
$$v_i=-v_{GS}$$
$$v_o=-i_LR_L$$
$$i_L=g_mv_{GS}+\frac{v_{DS}}{r_d}$$
Now I use the Kirchhoff's law to get $v_{DS}$. I consider this close loop:
$$-v_i-v_{DS}+v_o=0$$...
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I am experimenting with audio amplifiers for a while now. I learned how to do an operational amplifier with discrete components and understand all its section and sub-circuits, recently. Then I decided to just skip the hard part and use operational amplifier and output power stage for an...
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Here is a CC amplifier
The objective is to calculate its input impedance.
Two ways are employed.
*calculating input impedance using series resistor method (manual method) (refer first two attachment)
V1 = 1mV = 0.001 V
V2 = 656.4129mV = 0.6564129 V
R = 1K
Iin = 343.83207µA =...
As you can see in the picture, 1/2vid is entered in each of Vin1 and Vin2 on the left. Assuming Vcm is 0, I need to configure this circuit with ltspice, but I am not sure how to configure this vcvs. I'd appreciate it if you could tell me how.
Here is a common CE-CC cascade amplifier-
Here, the output of the emitter amplifier is directly connected to Q2, without any coupling capacitor or any voltage divider bias. This may harm the base-emitter junction of Q2 in case of unwanted output voltage from Q1 collector. But in that case, the...
Summary:: Using a common emitter amplifier to pump up the input voltage, and studying the effects henceforth.
Here is a circuit with 0.6V pk-pk input voltage (v_in) for the CE amplifier, 1.17 kHz frequency-
For this, without C5 and R9, the AC and DC gain was -10. I was supposed to increase...
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For this little project, I'm using a LM311P. It is has a collector/emitter output. Because my circuit didn't function the way it should, I started debugging.
With the collector unconnected the emitter (pin 1) still sinks (11 mA) and sources (20 mA) current, when applying a square wave...
Hi i got a question ,how do i calculate the input resistance ,of the RS resistor ,so i would get half of the voltage of the voltage source (500mA) .I've created the circuit in ltspice and found out that its around 95K ohms to get 250mA,but how would i calculate it .
Ive also attached my...
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I'm working with a piezoelectric cell and I need to retrieve the variation of the charge of the cell as a voltage signal.
I found this circuit (a charge amplifier) with an OP Amp ( here the piezo cell is represented as the current source with the capacitor and the resistor on...
Am trying to find Effects of Feedback - Input resistance of this circuit.
Is this the formula that in need to use to find the input resistance of this circuit ?
I don’t quite understand this question. I believe I need to find the W/L values for each transistor. I don’t have any equations in my lecture notes that relate these values to the given parameters. A point in the right direction would be appreciated.
This is the circuit in question.
During lecture, when checking whether this was negative feedback, my instructor said that if the v_out increases, then v- increases as well, which would lead to the next v_out decreasing because v_out = A(v+ - v-). I get how if v- increases the next v_out would...
When detecting a muon, we can use a plastic scintillator which consists of the components in the diagram attached. I am trying to understand what exactly the "two-stage amplifier" does which is located in the top left corner in the image attached? I am unable to find any information on it online...
What I tried to do :
First I tried to calculte vb1 :
Saturation => Vds > Vgs - vth
Vds > Vgs - vth
Vd - Vs > Vgs - vth
Vd= Vb1
Vb1 > Vgs - vth + Vs
Vs= Vss
Result : Vb1 > 0.4 - vth + Vs
I don't know if it's correct and don't know what to do for the two others.
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I have a question regarding a practical CMRR calculation.
Main information:
- Signal input: 10 mV rms
- Interference input: 1.5 V rms
- In an earlier part of the question, we found that for the second stage of the instrumentation amplifier (the summation amplifier) that:
$$...
The book says that " The op-amp multiplies the potential difference between V+ and V- by the open-loop voltage gain to produce Vout."
So my first question is, since we say we assume open-loop voltage gain is infinite, so does that mean the Vout produce will be infinite too?
Then, the book says...
Hi, friends,
I have two queries.
I read somewhere that
1. In class B mode higher plate efficiency (tube amp) permits the use of smaller power supplies...and
2.For low level signals a low voltage supply is used, but as the signal level increases, so a high voltage supply is utilised.
Q1. what...
I am trying to create a receiver for a personal project I am working on. This is the RF amplifier that I was given by a book I am following. How does this circuit work? Usually for a BJT amplifier I find the DC bias point and then use the small signal model after I bias the circuit? I understand...
Summary:: Differential amplifier common mode gain derivation of forumlas
I'm having a hard time deriving for equations 10-8 -10-9.
I tried adding equation's 18-6 and 18-7 but cannot proceed with the derivation. I need help on this. Thank you!
I need to find A_v, I want to relate Vin to Vout. To do this I did KVL on the major loop:
$$V_{DD} = I_D*R_D + V_{SD1} - V_{SD2} - I_D*R_D$$
Since M1 = M2 then everything would cancel out and I would just get V_dd = 0 which is probably wrong. This is assuming V_sd1 = V_sd2, is that correct?
Im unsure if I am on the correct track or have gone off on a tangent. Any help or guidance would be appreciated.
CMRR=20log10(Adiff/Acm)
120=20log10(10^5/Acm)
120/20=log10(100,000/Acm)
6=log10(100,000/Acm)
taking antilogs 1,000,000=100,000/Acm
Acm=100,000/1,000,000
Acm=0.1Max amplified...
How can Vce vary from 0 to 2Vcc? In class, I learned that it was due to Lenz Law working in the transformer and a voltage of Vcc being induced to reverse the change in Ic. However, I cannot picture this. Can someone please explain with a diagram of how this comes about in the transformer windings.
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Let's say we have a circuit like that, and we want to find the Thevenin/Norton circuit from a and b points.
So for Vth, we calculate the Voc, in which we remove the 2K ohm resistor and calculate the Voc. I calculated it correctly. But I have problem in calculating the Norton current. So in...
I have calculated my own solution but I am struggling to work out how to use Pspice to compare my values. I am using simetrix for this - could anyone help with this part?
My solution is:
VGS = -IDS RS
Av = Vo/Vi
Vo= -gm VGS RL
Vi = VGS (1+gmRS)
gm= IDS/VGS so gm= IDS/-IDS RS = 1/RD = -1/100 =...
I have to solve a problem related with an 'invented' (non-real) MOSFET working in its saturation region (amplifier). I have solved all the questions, but I'm unable to get the last one. Basically, I need to determine the output resistance of the amplifier as a function of other given 4...
The highlighted part is what I don't understand. Due to the gate voltage increase in M1, the current in the left branch should increase. That makes sense to me. However, he then says that the voltage at node F (in other words the drain of M1) decreases? How?
Look at this plot:
As current in...
Summary:: Hi guys! I need to make a audio amplifier circuit with LM741. I have to use only resistors and capacitors. I can't built it. Can you help me please?
Hi guys! I need to make a audio amplifier circuit with LM741. I have to use only resistors and capacitors. I can't built it. Can you...
My attempt at the OTA is as follows:
The simulation circuit is as follows:
I've gotten this far largely due the nature of the handout and its hints. I'm struggling with understanding ibias
From my understanding, there is a current mirror at the top of the OTA. This creates an infinite input...
I am trying to figure out the best way to match impedance values between an amplifier (50 Ohm) which powers a number of transducers (initially 50 Ohm but could change). For one transducer I have previously used a step up transformer (SUT) device between the amplifier and transducer. Now I have...