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Amplifiers are used to
increase the voltage or
power amplitude of
signals. They have many
applications.
AUDIO VOLTAGE amplifiers
boost the amplitude of
signals between the
frequency range 20 Hz to
20 KHz. This is the
range of human hearing.
They are often used as
PRE-AMPLIFIERS before
the main amplifier.
AUDIO POWER amplifiers
provide the power
necessary to drive
loudspeakers. They also
amplify a frequency
range from 20Hz to 20
KHz.
INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY (i.f.)
amplifiers are used in
radio receivers.
High frequency radio
signals are changed to
the lower intermediate
frequency by a FREQUENCY
CHANGER circuit.
The i.f in A.M. radios
is about 455 KHz. In F.M.
radios it is 10.7 MHz.
RADIO FREQUENCY
amplifiers amplify a
selected band of
frequencies.
Radio frequencies extend
from about 30 KHz up to
several thousand MHz.
The band of frequencies
is selected by a BAND
PASS FILTER or a TUNING
circuit.
WIDE BAND amplifiers are
designed to amplify a
very wide band of
frequencies, say from a
few Hertz up to several
hundred MHz.
VIDEO amplifiers are
used in television
cameras, receivers,
vcr's etc. The bandwidth
extends from DC up to
about 6MHz.
DIRECTLY COUPLED
amplifiers have no
coupling capacitors
between stages so that
they are able to amplify
DC signals.
DIFFERENTIAL amplifiers
have two inputs and
amplify the DIFFERENCE
between the two input
voltages.
If both inputs are the
same then there is no
output from the
amplifier.
If there is an
interfering signal then
it will be picked up by
both inputs and will not
be amplified.
OPAMPS are commonly used
as differential
amplifiers.
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