Transformer

Coupled Amplifier

Apac, Jerald
Arbois, Jasper

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 Transformer Coupling
 A transformer is a device used to transfer
electrical energy from one circuit to
another.
 Can be used to couple two amplifier
stages.
 Used when high frequencies are being
amplified.
 Can increase or decrease voltage or
current gains according to the turns ratio.

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A circuit example

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Advantages of Transformer
Coupled Transistor Amplifier
 There is no loss of signal power in the
collector or base resistors.
 An excellent impedance matching can be
achieved in a transformer coupled
amplifier.
 Due to excellent impedance matching,
transformer coupling provides higher gain.
A properly designed single stage
transformer coupling can provide the gain
of two stages of RC coupling.
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Disadvantages of Transformer
Coupled Transistor Amplifier
 The coupling transformers are bulky and
expensive at audio frequencies.
 Frequency distortion is higher i.e. low
frequency signals are less amplified as
compared to the high frequency signals.
 Transformer coupling introduces hum in
the output.

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COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT
TYPES OF COUPLING

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