TYPES OF COUPLING IN AMPLIFIER The types of coupling used in amplifiers 1. Resistance – capacitance (RC) coupling. 2. Inductance (LC) coupling. 3. Transformer coupling (TC) 4. Direct coupling (D.C.) Visit for more Learning Resources

Two stage transformer coupled amplifier.

Advantages: Transformer coupling is mostly employed for impedance matching It is used as final stage. It is used to transfer power to the low impedance lad such as loudspeaker. For amplification of radio frequency (RF) signal. In power amplifiers.

single stage CE amplifier

Operation of Single stage CE amplifier The circuit diagram of a voltage amplifier using single transistor in CE configuration is shown in figure. It is also known as a small-signal single-stage CE amplifier or RC coupled CE amplifier. It is also known as a voltage amplifier. The potential divider biasing is provided by resistors R1, R2 and RE. It provides good stabilization of the operating point. The capacitors CC1 and CC2 are called the coupling capacitors used to block the AC voltage signals at the input and the output sides. The capacitor CE works as a bypass capacitor. It bypasses all the AC currents from the emitter to the ground and avoids the negative current feedback. It increases the output AC voltage. The resistance RL represents the resistance of whatever is connected at the output. It may be load resistance or input resistance of the next stage

Types of Coupling in Multistage In multistage amplifiers, the output signal of preceding stage is to be connected to the input of next stage. Coupling techniques: R-C coupling Transformer Coupling Direct Coupling

Two stage RC coupled amplifier

Advantages of RC coupled Amplifier Wide frequency response It is most convenient coupling It is inexpensive way of coupling distortion in output is low It is high fidelity amplifier No core distortion

Application In Public Address amplifier system Tape Recorder TV, VCR and CD player Stereo amplifiers RC coupled amplifiers are basically voltage amplifiers

Transformer Coupled Amplifier

Coupling transformer is expensive and bulky Advantages Impedance matching between the stages is possible Higher voltage gain than RC coupled amplifiers DC biasing of individual stages will remain unchanged even after cascading. Disadvantages Coupling transformer is expensive and bulky Frequency response is not perfectly flat There is possibility of core saturation Low frequency due to losses in transformer

Applications For Impedance matching For amplification of radio frequency (RF) signal In power amplifiers For transferring power to low impedance load and such as a loude speaker

Direct coupled amplifier

Advantages Due to absence of coupling capacitor, the gain does not reduce on the lower frequency side Wide frequency response This amplifier can amplify even the DC signal Reduced cost and complexity due to absence of coupling capacitor Disadvantages DC biasing conditions of the individual stages do not remain same after cascading Poor frequency response at higher frequencies Output waveform has DC shift Poor temperature stability

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