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claytonworkman
modified 10 years ago

BJT Class B Amplifier with reduced cross over distortion

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BJT Class B Amplifier with reduced cross over distortion
published 10 years ago
indianachones
10 years ago
How do you get a 4V input ?
WTFCircuit
10 years ago
With a real speacker (8ohm) this is useless
kaivanveldhoven
10 years ago
Use an 8 ohm resistor instead of a 10k ohm resistor to simulate a genuine speaker. Then check the 'reduced' distortion again...
claytonworkman
10 years ago
I had an error in the circuit before. I've fixed it and also simulated an 8 ohm load (speaker). Works much better now! (Thanks for pointing out that there was an issue!)
WTFCircuit
10 years ago
Still useless, the input is bigger than the output
claytonworkman
10 years ago
You're only looking at voltage! This is a common collector (or emitter-follower) amp, so voltage gain is always going to be a little less than 1. It loses a little voltage due to the Vbe of each transistor (about 0.7V or so for silicon.) What this amp does give us (besides a higher input impedance) is current gain. I've highlighted the signal current and the load current to show this. By extension, we also get power gain. Admittedly, this circuit only gives a current gain of about 5.5 and a power gain of about 5. However, this can be increased easily by increasing the biasing resistor values (just keep them equal to each other.) In summary, not useless. :)
WTFCircuit
10 years ago
But, try to not use this amplifier. You'll get more voltage and more current with the same load than your amplifier and that mean more power. A little bit more, but still more that your amplifier.

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