Sunday, May 26, 2019

How does an amplifier in class A operate?


The continuous flow of electrons (electric current) is modulated by the incoming signal.


Like rotating the tap of water a few times until water flows adequately (this is a bias point) and then turning your hand clockwise anti clockwise following the input signal to be amplified. For example at a rate of 440 times per second clockwise anticlockwise clockwise if the input signal were 440Hz.


The grid of an electron tube behaves like a valve of flow. See other posts.


Similar arguments apply to the base of a transistor or the gate of a FET.


Power supply is the electric field potential difference creating the contineous electron flow, presure difference in the case of water flow.


Further reading:


Applied Electronics - T. S. Gray - MIT


Electronics - Neil Storey


A practical introduction to electronic circuits - Martin Hartley Jones






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