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Class A Operating Mode Time I out One device conducts for the whole of the a.c. cycle. Conduction angle = 360 .

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1 Class A Operating Mode Time I out One device conducts for the whole of the a.c. cycle. Conduction angle = 360 .

2 Class A Output Stage Transistors only conduct current in one direction. 360  conduction angle therefore requires a d.c. bias so that the collector current does not try to go negative. Common circuit design is the Emitter Follower or Common Collector Amplifier.

3 Emitter Follower

4 Emitter Follower Basics As long as the collector current is positive, V BE  0.7 V. V E, therefore equals V B – 0.7 V, i.e. unity voltage gain. Input current will be approximately  times smaller than output current though – i.e. current gain.

5 Emitter Follower Analysis Quiescent Conditions

6 A.C. Response To relate v out to v in, must relate base voltage, v b to v in and v out to v b. vbvb

7 (I) – v out vs. v b vbvb veve

8 (II) - v in vs. v b Potential divider is formed between R S and r in. i IN iBiB i RB

9 Voltage Gain

10 Current Gain

11 Bias Current Two possible ways of approximating the 15 mA current source : ResistorCurrent Mirror

12 Resistor Biasing When the output voltage is at its lowest possible value, the output transistor has just turned off : i.e. maximum output signal has 7.5 V peak amplitude

13 Current Mirror Biasing Again, when the output transistor has just turned off :

14 Resistor vs. Current Mirror Resistor biasing is simpler and cheaper than building a current mirror, however… Maximum output swing is limited using a resistor. The extra resistor appears in parallel with R L, thereby lowering r in. Power dissipation is increased.

15 Microcap simulation #1 EEM3A-1.CIR

16 Summary A class A output stage can be realised by an emitter follower circuit. Voltage gain is approximately unity. Current gain is high. Ideally, a current mirror is required to bias the emitter follower.


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