DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH

• Name of the faculty : T.Madhavi Kumari.

• Designation : Lecturer.
• Branch : Electronics & Communication
Engg.
• Institute : Govt.Polytechnic ,Vijayawada.
• Semester : III Semester.
• Subject : Electronics –I.
• Subject Code : EE-305.
• Topic : Small Signal Amplifiers
• Duration : 100 Minutes.
• Sub Topic : Frequency response of transformer

coupled amplifier.
• Teaching aids : PPT,to 73
EE-305.72 Animations, Waveforms. 1
 Recap

• Already we discussed the

• R-C coupled amplifier working

• Frequency response,
• Advantages, Disadvantages and
• Applications

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 Objectives
After the completion of this period the student will
be able to know

• The frequency response of Transformer Coupled

Amplifier.

• Why the gain falls at low frequencies as well as at high

frequencies.

• Advantages ,disadvantages and applications of

transformer coupled amplifier.

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 Low Resonant
frequency rise
High
Gain roll-off frequency
roll-off
Flat
resp
onse

fr Frequency

Frequency response of Transformer coupled amplifier

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Reactance of the coil w.r.t. Frequency

jXL

XL=2 π f L

0 Frequency

Frequency XL=2 π f L
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At Low Frequencies

• The output voltage of a TC amplifier is equal to the

product of the collector current and the reactance of
the primary winding of the coupling transformer.

• Voltage gain rolls off (decreases)

• Why?

• Reactance of primary begins to fall, resulting in

decreased gain. EE-305.72 to 73 7

At High Frequencies

• Voltage gain rolls off

(decreases)
• Why

• The capacitance
between turns of
windings acts as a
bypass capacitor
Distributed
• Reduces the output capacitance
voltage and hence gain
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Peak gain and Flat Response

• Peak gain
–It results due to the resonance effect of inductance
and distributed capacitance

• Resonant frequency
- The frequency at which the resonant occurs is called

resonant frequency fr
• Flat response
-Small as compared to that of RC coupled amplifier

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Transformer Impedance matching

I1 I2
V1 n1 I1 n1
V2
= =
V1 V2 n 2 I2 n 2
n1 n2
V1 = V 2 I1 = I2
2
n2 n1
V 1  n1  V 2
=  2
I 1  n2  I 2  n1 
RL ′ =   RL = n 2 RL
 n2 
V1/I1=RL‘=Effective input impedance
V2/I2=RL=Effective output impedance
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• If we want to match a 20 Ω speaker load to a amplifier
so that the effective load may be 8K,then the turns ratio
should be

2
 n1 
RL ′ =   R L = n 2 R L
 n2 
Given
n=20
R L=8000 Ω,
'

RL=20 Ω

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Advantages Of Transformer Coupled Amplifier

• No signal power is lost in the collector or base resistors

• Excellent impedance matching

• Higher gain

• D.C. isolation between first and second stages

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Impedance matching

CE
Amplifier

Out put Reflected Input impedance

impedance is impedance of speaker is
several only a few ohms
hundred ohms high

impedance
matching
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Disadvantages

• Poor frequency response

• The coupling transformer is bulky and costly

• Introduces hum in the circuit

• Not used for amplifying audio frequencies

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Applications

• Used for amplifying radio frequency signals

• Final stage of a multistage amplifier

• For amplifying the power level of the input signal

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Summary
• We have discussed about the

• Frequency response of transformer coupled amplifier

• Factors affecting the frequency response

• Advantages

• Disadvantages

• Applications

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 QUIZ

1. The frequency response of transformer

coupling is

(a) Good

(b) Very good

(c) Excellent

(d) Poor

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2. The final stage of a multistage amplifier uses

(a) RC coupling

(b) Transformer coupling

(c) Direct coupling

(d) Any of the above

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1. In Transistor amplifiers ,the type of transformer
used for impedance matching is

(a) Step-Up

(b) Step-Down

(c) Same turns ratio

(d) None of the above

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2. Transformer coupling is generally employed
when the load impedance is

(a) Large

(b) Very large

(c) small

(d) None of the above

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. Draw the frequency response of Transformer coupled

amplifier and Explain.

3. Explain why the gain falls at high frequencies as well

as at low frequencies?

5. List the advantages and disadvantages of Transformer

coupled amplifier

7. List the applications of transformer coupled amplifier?

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