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Class B Complementary Symmetry Amplifier

This document describes an experiment to construct a Class B complementary symmetry power amplifier. The aim is to observe the waveforms with and without cross-over distortion and calculate the maximum output power and efficiency. The circuit uses an NPN and PNP transistor in a common collector configuration. Without diodes, there is a period of no conduction between transistor half cycles, causing distortion. Adding diodes provides a fixed bias to eliminate cross-over distortion. The experiment involves observing waveforms, calculating output power and efficiency, and analyzing the results.

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Class B Complementary Symmetry Amplifier

This document describes an experiment to construct a Class B complementary symmetry power amplifier. The aim is to observe the waveforms with and without cross-over distortion and calculate the maximum output power and efficiency. The circuit uses an NPN and PNP transistor in a common collector configuration. Without diodes, there is a period of no conduction between transistor half cycles, causing distortion. Adding diodes provides a fixed bias to eliminate cross-over distortion. The experiment involves observing waveforms, calculating output power and efficiency, and analyzing the results.

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CLASS – B COMPLEMENTARY SYMMETRY POWER AMPLIFIER

EXP NO: DATE:

AIM: To construct a Class B complementary symmetry power amplifier and observe the
waveforms with and without cross-over distortion and to compute maximum output power and
efficiency.

APPARATUS REQUIRED:

[Link] NAME RANGE QUANTITY


1 TRANSISTORS CL100 1
BC558 1
2 RESISTORS 15K 1
4.7K 2
3 CAPACITORS 100uF 2
4 DIODES 1N4007 2
5 CRO 30MHZ 1
6 FUNCTION GENERATOR 1MHZ 1
7 REGULATED POWER SUPPLY 0-30V 1
8 BREAD BOARD 1

THEORY:

A power amplifier is said to be Class B amplifier if the Q-point and the input signal are selected such that
the output signal is obtained only for one half cycle for a full input cycle. The Q-point is selected on the
X-axis. Hence, the transistor remains in the active region only for the positive half of the input signal.
There are two types of Class B power amplifiers: Push Pull amplifier and complementary symmetry
amplifier. In the complementary symmetry amplifier, one n-p-n and another p-n-p transistor is used. The
matched pair of transistor are used in the common collector configuration. In the positive half cycle of
the input signal, the n-p-n transistor is driven into active region and starts conducting and in negative
half cycle, the p-n-p transistor is driven into conduction. However there is a period between the crossing
of the half cycles of the input signals, for which none of the transistor is active and output, is zero

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:
OBSERVATION:

OUTPUT SIGNAL:

AMPLITUDE:

TIME PERIOD:

CALCULATION:

POWER, PIN = 2VCC Im/л

OUTPUT POWER, POUT = VmIm/2

EFFICIENCY, η = ( л/4)( Vm/ VCC) x 100

PROCEDURE:

1. Connections are given as per the circuit diagram without diodes.


2. Observe the waveforms and note the amplitude and time period of the input signal and
distorted waveforms.
3. Connections are made with diodes.
4. 4. Observe the waveforms and note the amplitude and time period of the input signal and
output signal.
5. . Draw the waveforms for the readings.
6. Calculate the maximum output power and efficiency. Hence the nature of the output signal
gets distorted and no longer remains the same as the input. This distortion is called cross-
over distortion. Due to this distortion, each transistor conducts for less than half cycle rather
than the complete half cycle. To overcome this distortion, we add 2 diodes to provide a fixed
bias and eliminate cross-over distortion.
MODEL GRAPH:

RESULT:

Thus the Class B complementary symmetry power amplifier was constructed to observe
crossover distortion and the circuit was modified to avoid the distortion. The following parameters were
calculated:

a)Maximum output power=

b)Efficiency=

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