HW 20

Section 7– 2 The Class B and Class AB Push- Pull Amplifiers

15. Refer to the class AB amplifier in Figure 7– 46 operating with a single power supply.
( a) Determine the dc parameters VB( Q1), VB( Q2), VE, ICQ, VCEQ( Q1), VCEQ( Q2).
( b) Assuming the input voltage is 10 V pp, determine the power delivered to the load resistor.

Figure 7– 46

16. Refer to the class AB amplifier in Figure 7– 46.

( a) What is the maximum power that could be delivered to the load resistor?
( b) Assume the power supply voltage is raised to 24 V. What is the new maximum power that
could be delivered to the load resistor?
Section 7– 3 The Class C Amplifier
19. A certain class C amplifier transistor is on for 10 percent of the input cycle. If Vce(sat) = 0.18
V and Ic(sat) = 25 mA, what is the average power dissipation for maximum output?

20. What is the resonant frequency of a tank circuit with L = 10 mH and C = 0.001 uF?

21. What is the maximum peak-to-peak output voltage of a tuned class C amplifier with VCC =
12 V?

22. Determine the efficiency of the class C amplifier described in Problem 19 if VCC = 15 V and
the equivalent parallel resistance in the collector tank circuit is 50 Ω. Assume that the transistor
is on for 10% of the period.

Based upon:
FLOYD, THOMAS L., ELECTRONIC DEVICES (CONVENTIONAL CURRENT VERSION), 9th Ed., © 2012. Reprinted by
permission of Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ.