UEENEEH113A – Trouble. amplifiers adv.
Nationally agreed nominal hours: 80
TAFE NSW hours: 72
T1. Single stage discrete amplifier d.c. characteristics
- Risk and safety
- Field effect transistors (FET) and Bi-junction transistor (BJT) circuit symbols
- Quiescent (Q) point
- Biasing methods for BJT and FETs
- Circuit theory for BJT and FETs
- Verification of performance of BJT and FET amplifier circuits
T2. Single-stage discrete amplifier small signal characteristics
- Small signal gain
- Gain measurements
- Overdrive conditions
T3. Capacitive coupling in single-stage discrete amplifiers
- Coupling capacitor functions
- Coupling capacitor effect on low frequency response
- Emitter\source bypass capacitor effect on low frequency response
- Verification of circuit operation and frequency response (eg. Bode Plot).
T4. Multistage amplifier coupling methods
- Coupling methods
- Total gain
- Bandwidth considerations
- Verification of circuit operation
T5. Differential amplifiers
- Differential amplifier concept
- Typical circuit operation
- Differential and common-mode gain
- Common mode rejection
- Constant current and voltage sources
- Verification of circuit operation
T6. Negative feedback
- Concept of negative feedback
- Effects of negative feedback
- Negative feedback configurations
- Amplifier gain and negative feedback
T7. Introduction to classes of power amplifier operation
- Power efficiency
- Classes and applications
- Crossover distortion
- Class AB operation
- Heat sinking
T8. Complimentary symmetry power amplifiers
- Biasing and crossover distortion
- Power efficiency
- Quasi-complimentary and Darlington output configurations
- Complete amplifier operation
- D.C. operating condition calculations
- Verification of circuit operation
T9. Other solid state power amplifier design
- Transformer coupled power amplifiers
- I.C. power amplifiers
- Class D power amplifiers