DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRAPRADESH

Name : B. Srinivas
Designation : Senior Lecturer in ECE
Branch : Electronics & Communication Engg.
Institute : Govt. Polytechnic for women warangal
Year/Semester : III Semester
Subject : Electronic circuits - I
Subject Code : EC-302
Topic : Small signal amplifiers
Sub Topic : Frequency response curve for
Transformer coupled amplifier
Duration : 150 min
Teaching Aids : PPT , Photographs , Animations
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 OBJECTIVES
On completion of this topic the student will be
able to
• Draw the frequency response curve for transformer
coupled amplifier.

• Describe the frequency response of transformer coupled

amplifier.

• Understand the reasons for frequency response curve.

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Recap

• Draw the circuit of transformer coupled amplifier?

• Mention applications , advantages and disadvantages?

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Measurement of voltage gain for plotting
frequency response curve

Vi
Vo

Transformer
oscillator Coupled
Amplifier
VTVM

Fig.1

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Frequency response curve of Transformer
Coupled Amplifier.

Gain Resonant rise

Frequency
Fig.55.2

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Frequency response curve for transformer
coupled amplifiers.

• It has a poor frequency response.

• Voltage gain is not uniform over the audio range

of frequencies .

• Gain is constant over small range of frequency.

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• Gain is low at both the low frequency and high
frequency range.

• There is a peaky response at the high frequency

response.

• The fall in gain at low frequencies is due to the

small value of inductance of the T/F primary.

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• Increasing the value of inductance increases the
size of the transformer and also increases the
inter layer capacitance .

• Moderately large primary inductance will be

used to provide adequate gain at low
frequencies.

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At HF frequencies:

• At high frequencies the distributed capacitance

existing between different turns of the winding

acts as a bypass capacitor and so reduces the

output voltage and hence the gain.

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• The fall in gain at high frequencies is due to the
shunt capacitance.

• The value of capacitance used for tuning the

primary is around 0.01 to 0.110μf.

• The peaky response is due to total shunting

capacitance coming across transformer primary
and resonating at the high frequency end.

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• Hence a capacitor is to be connected
across the primary to tune this (shunting
capacitance) to obtain required high frequency
boost.

• So there will be disproportionate amplification of

frequencies in complete signal such as music,
speech etc.

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• There is a frequency distortion , i.e all
frequencies are not amplified equally.

• In fact the flat part of the curve is very small as

compared to RC coupling.

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Comparison of various amplifiers based on coupling methods

sn Particular RC Transforme Direct coupled

o coupled r coupled amplifier
amplifier amplifier
1. Frequency Good in AF Poor Very good
response range
2. Impedance Poor Very good Good
matching

3. Space and Less More Least

weight
4. Cost Less More Least

5. Application Voltage Power Amplifying very low

amplificatio amplification frequencies
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Frequency response curve on CRO

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Summary

In these periods we discussed about :

• Plotting frequency response curve for transformer

coupled amplifier.

• Measurement setup.

• Description of frequency response curve.

• Comparison of amplifiers.

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 • The frequency response is poor i.e.. gain is constant

only over a small range of frequency.

• The output voltage is equal to the collector current

multiplied reactance of primary.

• At high frequencies the reactance of primary is high,

resulting in reduced gain.

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 • At low frequencies the reactance of primary is low,

resulting in reduced gain.

• Flat response region of the curve is small compared to R-C

coupling

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Quiz

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1).Frequency response of transformer
coupled amplifier is

A. Poor

C. Limited

E. Excellent

G. Good

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2)The gain of the transformer coupled amplifier is -----

a) More

c) less

e) equal

g) none
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3) The gain is constant only over a ----- range of
frequencies

a) Wide

c) small

e) medium

g) none
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4)The frequency response of the transformer coupled
amplifier RC coupled is----

a) Good

c) poor

e) very good

g) none
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5) The gain at low and high frequencies ----

a) Increases

c) decreases

e) constant

g) none

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Q6).Gain falls at low frequencies due to

A. Low primary reactance

C. High primary reactance

E. Capacitance

G. inductance

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Frequently Asked Questions

• Draw the frequency response of transformer

coupled amplifier ?

• Describe response at both low and high frequencies ?

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• Why the gain is constant only a small range of

frequencies?

• Discuss the frequency response of transformer coupled

amplifier over other coupled amplifiers?

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