9.4 Basic Junction Transistor Circuit Configurations As in the case of the thermionic valve, there are a number of layouts, in addition to the simple single transistor amplifier shown in Figure 9.4 or ...

There is so much to learn about the single-transistor amplifier, that this brief tutorial hardly scratches the surface. This discussion considers only the common-emitter configuration as applied to ...

A 1 kΩ collector resistor and a 330 kΩ base resistor has never failed me for a small-signal self-biasing audio amplifier, I’m nothing if not a creature of habit.

Any audio amplifier we are likely to encounter will be far closer to a perfect linear amplifier than that, ... Many transistor amplifiers from the 1960s had noticeable flaws, ...

Published: 1 January 1959 Abstract This monograph is concerned with the application of transistors to the audio-frequency amplifiers employed in sound broadcasting for which a high standard of ...

The audio transistor used in a linear amplifier’s output stage typically is a fairly high-voltage device. Most substantial amplifiers use 250-V transistors, rated for somewhere around 15 A.

By contrast, an analog amplifier that weighs less may use a smaller transformer with inadequate capacity and fewer or thinner heat sinks (heat sinks look like radiator fins and are used to dissipate ...

Back in the '60s, there was an intriguing circuit article titled "Starved-Circuit Amplifier" published in Popular Electronics magazine. It used a sharp cut-off pentode with a 3-MΩ load resistor ...