1. Basic Electronics Ninth Edition Grob Schultz
©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies

2. Basic Electronics Electronic Circuits 29 Ninth Edition CHAPTER
©2003 The McGraw-Hill Companies

3. Topics Covered in Chapter 29
Analog and Digital Signals
Amplifier Gain
Characteristics of Amplifier Circuits
Oscillators and Multivibrators

4. Topics Covered in Chapter 29
(continued)
Modulation
Diode Rectifiers
Troubleshooting the DC Supply Voltage

5. Types of Signals
Analog signals have continuous variations in voltage or current level.
Digital signals usually have only two levels.

6. Digital and Analog Signals
2 levels
 levels
Analog signal
Digital signal

7. Amplification
An amplifier circuit increases the amplitude of a signal.
The gain of an amplifier is the ratio of output signal level to input signal level.
The voltage gain of an amplifier is given by: Av = output voltage/input voltage
The current gain of an amplifier is given by: Ai = output current/input current

8. Amplification (gain) Av = output voltage/input voltage
Ai = output current/input current

9. Cascaded Amplifiers
Amplifiers are said to be cascaded when the output of one amplifier is fed to the input of the next amplifier.
The overall gain of cascaded amplifiers is equal to the product of the individual amplifier gain values.

10. Cascade Amplifiers
VOUT
VIN
AV1
AV2
VOUT = AV1x AV2 x VIN

11. Active Components in Amplifiers
Active components include:
Transistors
Integrated circuits
Active components can increase signal levels.
Active components require a power supply in addition to an input signal.

12. Passive Components in Amplifiers
Resistors are used to provide IR voltage drops in amplifier circuits.
Capacitors are used for signal coupling and bypass circuits.
Inductors are used as chokes and transformers.
Capacitors and inductors are combined in resonant circuits.

13. Transistor Amplifier IC IB IE

14. Oscillator Circuits
An oscillator is an amplifier with positive feedback.
No input signal is required.
An oscillator generates an ac output when energized by a dc supply.

15. RF Feedback Oscillators
Tuned circuits determine the operating frequency.
A Hartley oscillator uses a tapped coil as an ac voltage divider for feedback.
A Colpitts oscillator uses a capacitive voltage divider for feedback.

16. Transistor Colpitts Oscillator
Tuned Circuit
Positive Feedback

17. Multivibrators
A multivibrator produces an output voltage that alternates between a HIGH and LOW level.
An astable multivibrator produces a continuous train of pulses.
A bistable multivibrator is stable at the HIGH or LOW state, but can be triggered to the opposite state.

18. Transistor Astable Multivibrator

19. Modulation
Modulation is the process of modifying one signal according to the variations of another signal at a lower frequency.
Amplitude modulation (AM) varies the amplitude of the RF carrier signal.
Frequency modulation (FM) varies the frequency of the RF carrier signal.

20. Amplitude Modulation X
400 Hz
1 MHz X
The instantaneous amplitude of the 1 MHz carrier is controlled by the 400 Hz input signal.

21. Frequency Modulation VCO
400 Hz
VCO
The instantaneous frequency of the voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is determined by the 400 Hz input signal.

22. DC Power Supplies
A dc power supply converts 60 Hz ac power to a dc level.
The dc level from a power supply is needed as a source of power for amplifiers, oscillators, and other types of active circuits.
A half-wave power supply uses only one-half of each ac waveform.
A full-wave rectifier uses both alternations the input ac waveform.

23. Half-Wave Rectification
Half-wave pulsating dc

24. Half-Wave Rectifier with Filter
Filtered Pulsating dc