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Class B Push-Pull Amplifier Lab Guide

This document provides instructions for a pre-lab on constructing and analyzing a class B push-pull amplifier. The objectives are to understand how class B push-pull amplifiers operate, build one using a common-emitter voltage amplifier, and measure its performance characteristics. Class B amplifiers are more efficient than class A amplifiers for delivering power by having the transistors conduct for only half of each cycle. A push-pull amplifier combines two transistors to alternately conduct on the positive and negative halves of the input signal. Crossover distortion can be reduced using diode current mirror bias to slightly bias the transistors during their off periods.

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Class B Push-Pull Amplifier Lab Guide

This document provides instructions for a pre-lab on constructing and analyzing a class B push-pull amplifier. The objectives are to understand how class B push-pull amplifiers operate, build one using a common-emitter voltage amplifier, and measure its performance characteristics. Class B amplifiers are more efficient than class A amplifiers for delivering power by having the transistors conduct for only half of each cycle. A push-pull amplifier combines two transistors to alternately conduct on the positive and negative halves of the input signal. Crossover distortion can be reduced using diode current mirror bias to slightly bias the transistors during their off periods.

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Hemil Patel Lab -6 Class B Push pull Amplifiers Date:-03/06/2012 Pre- lab

Objectives:
1. To understand the operational characteristics of a class B push-pull amplifiers. 2. Construct a push-pull amplifier driven by a common-emitter voltage amplifier.
3. Predict and measure performance characteristics of the circuit constructed in objective

Summary of Theory:
The efficiency if a power amplifier is the ratio of the average power delivered to the load to the power drawn from the supply. Amplifiers that conducts continuously are called class A amplifiers and are not particularly efficient (about less than 25%). For small signals, this is not important, but when a larger amount of power must be delivered, class B amplifiers are much more efficient. In class B operation, a transistor is on during 50% of the cycle. By combining two transistors that alternately conduct on positive and negative half-cycles of the input waveform; a very efficiency amplifier can be made. This type of amplifiers is called a push-pull amplifier. Am example, using common-collector amplifiers, are shown in Figure 17 (a). The key to its high efficiency is
VCC

Q1 npn

v IN +
Q2 pnp

R L vO iO _

VCC

Hemil Patel Lab -6 Class B Push pull Amplifiers Date:-03/06/2012 Pre- lab

the fact that the circuit dissipates very little quiescent power because both transistors are off when no signal is present. The push-pull circuit shown uses complimentary (npn and pnp) transistor. One transistor is pushing the signal for the positive part and the other one pulling the signal for the negative portion. Crossover distortion can be eliminated by using diodes to bias the transistors into slight conduction as shown in Figure 17-1 (b). This type of bias is called diode current mirror bias. The forward diodes will each have approximately the same 0.7 V drop as the base emitter junction.

Materials/ Equipment Needed:


1. Resistors: 2. Transistors: Diodes: 3. Agilent DC power supply (variable). 4. Fluke 45 dual display digital multi-meter. 5. Solderless breadboard (protoboard)
6. Oscilloscope.

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