hi 345,
Post your LTS asc file, we then can compare results.
E
there is thd of 8.3%hi 345,
This what I see on Vin and Vout for a 10mV sine input,
If you measure at the Base and Collector of the transistor, you will measure the values you quote.
E
Why? In short, you see a "distortion" because the BJT's is a nonlinear device and the voltage gain is not constant but it changes together with the Ic current exponentially.Why is it distorted?
The distortion is due to the non-linear relation between the base current vs. the base-emitter voltage.there is thd of 8.3%
The distortion is due to the non-linear relation between the base current vs. the base-emitter voltage.
If you add some negative feedback (at the cost of a loss in gain), then the distortion will be smaller.
For example, adding an unbypassed emitter resistor of 100 ohms reduces the THD to <0.5% (below).
It also reduces the gain to about 50.
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Hi Jony130 - I am afraid that you have mixed Vin with the DC value Vbe.Why? In short, you see a "distortion" because the BJT's is a nonlinear device and the voltage gain is not constant but it changes together with the Ic current exponentially.
Av = Vout/Vin = - (Rc * Is)/Vt * exp^(Vin/Vt) (with CE capacitor across RE ressitor)
Where Vt = 26mV is a Thermal Voltage
But it is the task of C3 to increase the gain......that is its only purpose. If the distortion is to large, the classical method is to shunt only a part of the emitter resistor with a capacitor (the resistor must be split up in two resistors).Crutschow is right. Problem is C3. That capacitor has it reactance impedance is paralleled RE, dramatically increase AC gain and reduce negative feedback which related directly to distortion (actually it is more complicated).
Yevgeny
Yes - thats what happens very often in electronics: We have to find a trade-of between two (or more) conflicting requirements.When you split resistor, you increase total impedance (AC gain reduced).
Yevgeny.
how did the designer compute the three capacitor values?Yes - thats what happens very often in electronics: We have to find a trade-of between two (or more) conflicting requirements.
In this case: Stability of the amplification factor and THD vs. gain.
It depends, of course, on the lowest frequency to be amplified. All three capacitors cause a high-pass behaviour.how did the designer compute the three capacitor values?
They are determined by the desired low-frequency rolloff.how did the designer compute the three capacitor values?
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