Questions tagged [amplifier]
An amplifier can be used to adapt the range of the signal to a requirement, to make it more robust for transmission, or to satisfy interface requirement (like input/output impedance)
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Cutoff frequency of class A common-emitter amplifier
I'm trying to understand the operation of a class A common-emitter amplifier,
but I'm struggling to understand how the equivalent resistance for the cutoff frequency of C1 is determined. I also can't ...
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How to get the gain for this MOSFET amplifier?
This is a common drain MOSFET amplifier:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
This is its small signal model at low frequency:
simulate this circuit
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Need help with level shifting and amplifying a signal
I have a 1V pk to pk analogue signal and need to shift and amplify the voltage to 0.5-2V.The supply into the amplifier is ±10V. The frequency of the signal is 500 - 1000Hz.
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Finding voltage gain and current gain using the load line in a common emmitor transistor amplifier
So this question is really annoying me for a while so I needed some help.
I am given the output characteristics curve for a CE transistor amplifier. I also managed to draw the load line. They have ...
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How to obtain a high precision mV signal within a specific interval using a variable resistor?
I want to design a circuit which outputs a signal ranging from 0-70 mV using a variable resistor ranging from 80.51 Ohm - 183.05 Ohm and a supply voltage of 12 V. My idea so far has been to make a ...
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Sony Home Theatre Reciever producing high frequency constant volume noise while powered on
Equipment: Sony Digital Audio Control Center (Digital Cinema Sound)
Model No: STR-KG700
Problem: High Pitch Buzzing coming from speaker output and headphone output (when plugged in).
I have tried:
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Op - Amp: Linearity, Negative Feedback and Virtual Short
I need some explanations about Linearity, Negative Feedback and Virtual Short for an ideal Operational Amplifier.
Precisely, I have been always told that an operational amplifier with negative ...
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Choosing Collector Current for Transistor Amplifer
I see in the guides to standard Bipolar Transistor circuits (emitter-follower, common emitter amplifier), they always say: Choose a quiescent current of 1mA.
How is this value chosen? I look at the ...
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amplify/increase current from 9v battery
I have a working circuit that generates a signal (a range of slow and fast tones) and sends them to a speaker. I tried to switch to a piezo driver and speaker and was successful using the MAX9788 as ...
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Why noise when increasing amplification of last cascade of transistor amplifier?
I've made small amplifier for hand-made electric guitar - it is just two transistor cascades - and I've found one curious effect when increasing amplification. Some annoying noise (just typical ...
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Building an amplifier out of diodes
It is quite obvious that we can't build an amplifier out of resistors (because of their linearity). But is there a circuit theorem that states the impossibility of building an amplifier out of diodes (...
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Non-inverting amplifier with variable gain from 1 to 15
I need to design a non-inverting amplifier with gain from 1 (unity) to 15. From what I read, in theory this can be achieved by using a pot as the feedback resistor, but in practice this will only work ...
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Charging a battery bank [closed]
I am trying to build a battery bank charger with a 5 V solar cell. I am connecting the solar cell to the battery bank that says 5 V/1A input on it. I get 5 V out from the cell in the sun. But the ...
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Hand contacting op amp photodiode circuit causes interference - what ist the physic behind it?
I am new to analogue electronics and I am still learning about op-amps.
I use the most common circuit for amplifying a photodiode's signal to measure it with an ADC:
Amplification gain is 1M, the ...
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How can I get/build a current controller/amplifier?
Background:
I have a Lorenz-actuator (coil+magnet) that I need to control precisely using a computer. The computer signal is output from a dSpace microLab box as an analog ±10V signal. This signal ...
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Question regarding Transresistance Amplifier Circuit
Something that makes me confused while reading a tutorial on the Transresistance amplifier circuit.
Here is the picture of the circuit. It basically measures the current across the photo device and ...
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Microphone Pre Amp Book? [closed]
I'm wondering if there's a book that discusses resistors, capacitors, inductors, transistors, transformers, impedance, op amps, power supplies, and the general circuitry of a microphone pre amp. Thank ...
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Prevent click/pop from transient when bluetooth receiver disconnects?
I have a Logitech bluetooth receiver connected to my hifi to allow kids etc to play music from iPhones/ipads.
However, it seems that the receiver itself has a sleep mode when no signal is being sent,...
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Speakers Power and Quality Difference Factor
I started tinkering with speakers (mostly amplifier circuits) and I learned a lot about how sound and amplifying works but I don't understand how to increase quality
I have several kind of speakers , ...
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How to get stereo and mono signals simultaneously?
I have PAM8403 circuit module to drive my two 3W speakers. I want to drive a subwoofer with a different amplifier. I have a 3 inch subwoofer, and I'll get an amplifier for that. My question is how do ...
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Split Audio lineout into two different amps
I am using a 3116d with a lpf and a 7498 for the mid range.
The audio signal comes from a common source. The cables are split and soldered, so that both amps receive the same input.
However, doing so ...
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Amplify a sinking signal
I'm working with the DRV103 PWM driver chip; this chip generates an initial long pulse followed by PWM and is useful for driving coils/solenoids. The problem is, this chip operates at 8-32V, while the ...
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Active Mixer RF Input Power and Input IP3i, P1dB Question
I am new and learning in this field.
The received signal is first amplified with SKY65404 LNA and secondly with HMC313 Amplifier. Lastly it is connected to Active Mixer ADL5801's RFIN pins.
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LM386L does not amplify the microphone signal
I've encountered a problem. I recently bought a condenser microphone and I wanted to have some fun, so that if I said something into the microphone, I'd hear myself in the small 8 Ohm 0.5W speaker.
I ...
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Amplifier for pulsed Radar motion sensor
I have a radar motion sensor, IPM-170.
The output of the sensor is as follows:
The AC motion signal is -+300uv and there is a DC bias around 150mv.
I am applying the following circuit so I can run ...
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Thevenin Resistance in a op amp circuit
I created this circuit and I am struggling on trying to figure out the Thevenin resistance for this circuit.
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Audio amplifier output bypass capacitor
I'm currently designing a single rail power supply audio amplifier and just wondering what the benifits are (if any) and if its worth including a film/poly capacitor in parallel with the large ...
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pam8403 using low wattage speaker
I am using the output of usb sound card as an input to PAM8403 ic with specs from datasheet. However i am using 4 ohm 0.5 W speaker. So i have tried testing with that and it works but sometimes with ...
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Fixing an old radio [closed]
I am trying to fix an old radio that my girlfriend just bought. It's from around 1964. I'm just a normal electrician and I am not used to fixing things like this.
Radio model: Huldra 7-45 Skapmodell
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Operational Amplifier and Strain Gauge
My laboratory involves using a strain gauge and an instrumentation
amplifier to amplify the signal from the strain gauge. The op amp schematic is shown below:
Any assistance with the following ...
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Thermocouple amplification configuration
I am relatively new to thermocouples. We are wanting to get the temperature of fire ball blast. We are using a Type-K thermocouple and a Phoenix Contact mini signal conditioner to amplify the signal. ...
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OP Amp 0-5 VDC Output
I have the circuit pictured below. I need to change the potentiometer from a 20K to a 5K and still get the 0-5 VDC output. VCC = 5V
Is this possible?
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Electret micrphone amplification noise
I am building a circuit that amplifies an electret microphone with the use of an op amp. It does work, but I am getting a lot of noise at the output side of the op amp when I connect it to a pair of ...
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Successive Detection Logarithmic Amplifier
let's consider this logarithmic Amplifier:
I do not understand why at the terminal LOG OUTPUT there is a current which is proportional to log(Vinput). The current flowing on each diode is equal ...
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Input impedance of High - Frequency Amplifiers
I have a question about the choice of the input impedance of a high frequency amplifier.
In general I know from elementary analog electronics courses that it is good for an amplifier (for instance an ...
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Envelope Tracking Power Amplifiers
Do power amplifiers that use a dynamic power supply operate in the active region, i.e. as a voltage controlled current source? or do they operate in the saturation region? and how do the current and ...
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Using a double-gate MOSFET to design a class AB amplifier
I am currently tasked with building a class AB amplifier using double-gate MOSFETs.
Since there isn't much literature available on the MOSFET itself (regarding biasing and actually using the device ...
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Input range for TPA311x
I'm reading through the datasheet of the TPA311x family.
I'm looking for the input range for pins INPR and INPL but I cannot find this information. I see the absolute maximum ratings, but it's not ...
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TPA3118: coils and op-amp getting warm
I designed a simple board based upon the ds of the TPA3118.
Here the actual schematic:
When I power the device, even with no input signals, coils (L1..L4) and op-amps (IC1..IC2) reach a quite warm ...
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Calculate VI limiter in audio amplifiers
straight to the problem: I want to use VI limiter protection for the audio amplifier output.
Here is a basic configuration:
(Picked from: sound-au.com/vi.htm)
As I understand it, using a resistor ...
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150V voltage follower
I am working on a datalogger to measure the voltage of a series of solar modules. I have 4 solar modules in series, let say 35V each. I am using an ADS1115 for the measurements. First I wanted to do ...
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Function Generator amplifier to drive resonance circuit help
I have a model resonance circuit that is excited with an auxiliary winding and I need to build an amplifier to be able to amplify the current from the function generator in order to drive the ...
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amplify the ac signal from fpga 3.3v to 5v with placing coupling capacitor at the input and output
In the above schematic I have reduced my negative voltage in the op amp , so that I get output voltage from 0 to 5v, otherwise I am getting the voltage from negative side. please suggest me the right ...
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Emitter follower for parallel LED switch
I’m trying to confirm that the solution posted in https://electronics.stackexchange.com/a/60868 will work for my application.
I have four yellow LEDs with a 2v drop (yellow) and 30mA max current I’...
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Logarithmic Multi - Stage Amplifier
let's consider this logarithmic multi - stage amplifier:
Each stage is an amplifier with this mechanism: if the input signal is small (under a certain threshold), it is amplified with high gain A; if ...
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Does input impedance of an isolation amplifier or a transformer have impact on common mode to differential mode conversion?
I have a question where I can only explain it clearly by an example. It is about conversion of common-mode interference to differential mode due to overall system imbalance.
I will use below two ...
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Definition of operational transconductance amplifier (OTA)
I'm trying to understand the definition of operational transconductance amplifier (OTA). The book on which I'm studying defines it as a class of operational amplifiers which "achieves a high voltage ...
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Can I strobe a power led with an audio power amplifier?
I'm trying to make a fast LED strobe for visual periodic measurements of mechanisms, rotating objects to be specific. I "designed" an opto-coupler/MOSFET circuit and a transistor/MOSFET circuit. I ...
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Parallel RC as a filter?
I was looking at an amplifier schematic and saw a curious portion that I realized I wasn't sure what its purpose was.
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
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Increase range of an analog voltage output
I have a sensor that produces an analog voltage on output that can vary between 1,2 V and 1,4 V. As soon as my A/D converter on my Arduino would be not so effective with only 0,2V of variations, I ...
