TUNED AMPLIFIER

•Radio and TV transmission are carried on a specific

radio frequency assigned to the broadcasting
station

• The radio receiver is used to pick up and amplify

the desired radio frequency while discriminating
all others

•To achieve this , the simple resistive load is replaced

by a Tuned circuit whose impedance depends upon
frequency

•Such a tuned circuit becomes very selective and

amplifies very strongly signals of resonant
frequency and narrow band on either side
•The use of tuned circuit in conjunction with
transistor makes possible selection and efficient
amplification of particular desired frequency , such
an amplifier is known as Tuned Amplifier

•The heart of any communication system is TUNED

AMPLIFIER

• It is designed for a specific bandwidth

•A given tuned amplifier may be designed to

amplify only those frequencies that are with in
±20KHz of 1000KHz i.e b/w 980 & 1020KHz

•As long as input signal with in these range ,will be

amplified otherwise reduced
TUNED AMPLIFIER VERSUS OTHERS

• voltage and power amplifiers provide a constant gain over

band of frequencies from lower to the upper cutoff

• The tuned designed for specific and narrow bandwidth

• further details shown by the curve

IDEAL RESPONSE OF TUNED AMPLIFIER

•The Ideal Tuned Amplifier have zero Gain from

0Hz to the lower cutoff frequency(f1)

•At that point , the gain would stay at Av(mid) until

f2 reached

•At that point , the gain would be reduced

IDEAL VS PRACTICAL
ROLL OFF RATE VS BANDWIDTH

•If we decrease the roll off rate of a given amplifier ,

we increase its bandwidth

•The lower the roll off rate , the wider the bandwidth
of the circuit

•The roll of rate is controlled by a Q of the circuit

•The QUALITY (Q) of a tuned amplifier is the figure

of the merit that is equal to the ratio of center
frequency (fo) to the bandwidth
SINGLE TUNED AMPLIFIER

•Here fig shows instead

of load resistor , we have a
parallel tuned circuit ,its
impedance depends upon
frequency

• It offers very high

impedance at Resonant
frequency and very small
at all other frequencies
PARALLEL LC CIRCUITS

Tuned amplifier uses parallel LC circuit in place of

collector resistor

The parallel LC circuit determine the frequency

response characteristics of the amplifier

At 0 Hz , XL=0Ω & XC=∞Ω

As frequency increases , the value of XL increases

,while the value of XC decreases .at some frequency
both are equal , the frequency known as RESONANT
frequency
You may recall from your basic electronics that
1. The current in a capacitive branch leads the
voltage across the branch by 90o

2. The current in an inductive branch legs the

voltage across the branch by 90o

In a tank circuit , the voltage across the capacitor is

equal to the voltage across the inductor

IC & IL are 180o out of phase in tank circuit

Inet=IC –IL
•At resonance both reactance are equal ,since the
voltage across the parallel components are equal then
IC and IL are also equal

•The net current through the LC tank is 0A at resonance

• At frequencies below resonance , XL<XC thus IL>IC and

circuit act as a inductive

•At frequencies above resonance , XL>XC thus IL<IC

and circuit act as a capacitive
A.C circuit conditions

1. fin= fr
2. fin<fr
3. fin>fr
1.fin= fr

• The Tank circuit acts as an open

• RL only the path to ground in the collector circuit

it provides only the path for ac current

•At this point ac load current and amplifier

efficiency reach their maximum value
2.fin<fr

•As fin begins to drop the value of fr , IL increases and

Ic decreases , As a result Inet increases

•As the input frequency continues to decrease , Inet

also continues to increase

• At some point , increasing in current cause the

voltage gain drop by 3 db . The frequency is known as
f1
Fin>fr
QUALITY FACTOR

• Ratio of energy stored to the energy lost in the circuit

Q=Energy Stored / Energy lost

Q=Reactive Power / Resistive Power

• Reactive power is IL2 * XL

• Resistive Power is IL2 * Rw

Q= XL / Rw