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ANALYSIS OF DATA:

The experiment is all about power amplifiers. As indicated,


the objectives of the experiment are to become familiarized with
the circuits used as power amplifiers, to measure the voltage
gain, current gain and power gain, to compute the ac power and
dc power amplifiers, to determine the efficiency and to show the
conduction angle of power amplifiers.
Power amplifiers raise the power level of a signal. The output
signal builds up more power across the load than the input signal
power to the amplifier. The enhancement in output power
generally results from an increase in the output current.
As performed in every experiment, the transistors should be
biased properly before performing AC analysis to make sure that
the circuit can perform amplification. That is, the base-emitter
junction should be forward biased and the base-collector junction
should be reverse biased.
As shown in the data in single-ended power amplifier, during
AC analysis, we can clearly see that the output power is greater
than the input. These shows that the given condition promotes an
increase in the power gain. Never the less, the efficiency of using
this amplifier is very low. At this instance, we can say that the
power amplifier is of class A since the output current flows

continuously, shows an undistorted output signal and has a low


efficiency. Single-ended power amplifier has a low voltage gain.
Its high current gain makes up for it to contribute high power
gain.
The next part is the push-pull power amplifier. As shown in
the data, it still posses the characteristic of a power amplifier
because of the high power gain. This time, this power amplifier
has a higher voltage gain compared to the current gain. The
transistors in push-pull power amplifier are in class B since it has
a conduction of 180o, as shown in how the waveform is clipped.
Push-pull power amplifier has a higher efficiency compared to
single-ended power amplifier since it has a greater ratio in
comparing the output AC power with the power of DC supply.

CONCLUSION:
Conducting the experiment, I therefore conclude that :
o Power amplifiers can raise the power level of a signal.
The output signal builds up more power across the load
than the input signal power to the amplifier. The
enhancement in output power generally results from an
increase in the output current. Large-scale amplifier
handles large signals. It serves as a driver in output
stages of cascaded amplifiers.
o Power amplifiers can be classified into different classes
namely A, B, AB, and C. Class A power amplifiers
demonstrates a continuously flow of output current. It is
the least efficient class but produces also the least
distorted output signal. Class B power amplifier has a
conduction of 180o. This means that class B only allows
current during the half cycle of input signal. Class AB
power amplifier has characteristics in between class A
and class B amplifiers. Class C power amplifier has the
least period of conduction usually ranging from 120 o to
150o. It has the most distorted output signal but has the
highest efficiency.

o As performed in the experiment, power gain is acquired


simply by getting the ratio of the output power to the
input power during AC analysis. By other means, the
power gain is also equal to the product of the voltage
gain and the current gain. The efficiency of an amplifier
is the AC power of the load divided by the DC power of
the supply.
o In a single-ended power amplifier, the current gain is
greater than the voltage gain while in push-pull power
amplifier, the voltage gain is greater than the current
gain. Never the less, single-ended power amplifier has
greater power gain and therefore less efficient than the
push-pull power amplifier.
o Comparing the waveforms, the output signal produced
in single-ended power amplifier is less distorted. For the
push-pull power amplifier, the two transistors have a
conduction of 180o and thus classified as class B
amplifier.

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