Lesson 2

Introduction to Amplifiers

An Example of Application of Amplifiers

Representation as a Two-Port Network
 Application of Thevenin’s Theorem:
Microphone

5 A peak

10 k

50 mV peak To load

Microphone
10-k output impedance
50 mV peak
Application of Thevenin’s Theorem:
Cone Speaker

3 amps peak

24 volts peak 8
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Cone speaker
Pav = ½ Vpk Ipk 36 watts RMS
Vpk = R Ipk 8 ohms nominal
Example of Application of Amplifiers

Two-port Network

5 A peak
3 A peak
10 k 

50 mV peak Amplifier 8

microphone speaker

Voltage amplification > 480 Current amplification > 6 x 105

 Example Problem 1

In the two-port system, the power output to an 8  load is

to be 72 W when the signal source produces 110 mV. The
source resistance is 10 k and the input resistance to the
two-port is 100 k. Calculate the voltage gain, the current
gain, and the power gain of the two-port.
 Example Problem 2

The input voltage to a two-port is vin(t) = 2.5 sin(2000t+) mV

and the output is vout(t) = 10sin(2000t-2) V. The load resist-
ance is 10  and the input resistance to the two-port is 100 k
Determine the voltage gain and the current gain.
Amplifier Biasing for Linear Operation