Maricopa Community Colleges  ELT240   19886-19926 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 05/26/92
ELT240 19886-19926 L+L 4 Credit(s) 6 Period(s)
Amplifier Circuits
Theory of bipolar and field effect transistor amplifier circuits. Application of AC equivalent circuits to small-signal amplifiers. Characteristics of multistage amplifiers, power, and large-signal amplifiers. Prerequisites: ELT114 and ELT139.
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ELT240   19886-19926 Amplifier Circuits
1. Calculate input and output impedances and voltage gain for a given configuration using the AC model of the three basic transistor amplifier configurations. (I, II)
2. Describe the operation of common-source, common-drain, and common-gate amplifiers and draw schematic diagrams for each. (IV)
3. Analyze small-signal BJT (bipolar junction transistors) amplifiers and small-signal FET (field effect transistor) amplifiers with hybrid and admittance parameters, respectively. (VI)
4. Determine the frequency response characteristics of BJT and FET amplifiers. (IX)
5. Determine the voltage gains and frequency-response characrteristics of RC(resistor capacitor)-coupled, transformer-coupled, and direct-coupled multistage amplifiers. (III, IV)
6. Discuss the operation, biasing, advantages, and limitations of class A, B and C power amplifiers. (VII, VIII)
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ELT240   19886-19926 Amplifier Circuits
    I. CE Amplifiers
        A. Coupling and bypass capacitors
        B. Superposition theorem for amplifiers
        C. AC resistance of the emitter diode
        D. The AC model of a CE stage
        E. The swamped stages
      II. CC and CB Amplifiers
          A. The CC amplifier
          B. The AC model of an emitter follower
          C. The common-base amplifier
        III. Other amplifier circuits
            A. Darlington amplifier
            B. Differential amplifier
          IV. Field-Effect Transistor Amplifiers
              A. Transconductance
              B. The CS amplifier
              C. The CD amplifier
              D. The CG amplifier
              E. Other application
            V. Cascaded Amplifiers
                A. RC-coupled amplifiers
                B. Transformer-coupled amplifiers
                C. Direct-coupled stages
              VI. Hybrid Parameters
                  A. Four-parameter systems
                  B. Meaning of the h parameters
                  C. Analysis formulas
                  D. CE, CC, and CB analysis
                  E. Admittance parameters and applications
                VII. Class A and B Power Amplifiers
                    A. The AC load line
                    B. Class A operation
                    C. Class B operation
                    D. Power relationships for class A and class B
                  VIII. Class C amplifiers
                      A. Class C operation
                      B. Power relations for class C
                      C. Frequency multipliers
                    IX. Frequency Effects
                        A. Lead and lag networks
                        B. Miller's Theorem
                        C. High-frequency FET analysis
                        D. High-frequency BJT analysis
                        E. Decibel power gain
                        F. Bode plots
                        G. Amplifier frequency response
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