
| Amplifiers are used to increase
the voltage or power amplitude of signals.
They have many applications. AUDIO VOLTAGE amplifiers
boost the amplitude of signals between the frequency range 20 Hz to 20
KHz. This is the range of human hearing.
AUDIO POWER amplifiers provide the power necessary to drive loudspeakers. They also amplify a frequency range from 20Hz to 20 KHz. INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY (i.f.)
amplifiers are used in radio receivers.
RADIO FREQUENCY amplifiers
amplify a selected band of frequencies.
WIDE BAND amplifiers are designed to amplify a very wide band of frequencies, say from a few Hertz up to several hundred MHz. VIDEO amplifiers are used in television cameras, receivers, vcr's etc. The bandwidth extends from DC up to about 6MHz. DIRECTLY COUPLED amplifiers have no coupling capacitors between stages so that they are able to amplify DC signals. DIFFERENTIAL amplifiers have
two inputs and amplify the DIFFERENCE between the two input voltages.
See the page on FREQUENCY RESPONSE for more information. |