I have to design an audio preamplifier as a project, need help with OrCad simulation

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Crisu Cris

Joined Oct 10, 2019
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I have received an example schematic of how an audio preamplifier should look like. Based on that and a set of data(input voltage(7V), input resistance(60 ohms), output resistance(8 ohms) and amplification(2.1) ) I have to design my own schematic(which shouldn't be a lot different at the end of the day), but I don't quite understand how to do it.

Note: this is the 1st time I am designing a circuit, so I really don't know much about it.

My questions are:

*First, why is an AC power supply used as an input for the circuit?
*Which exactly are the values of the input and output voltage in this image(so I can calculate the amplification); The reason I am asking this is because I see those "0V" values
*Is there any simple way to explain how changing the circuit(adding resistors, changing a resistor to a very high value etc.) influences the circuit?
I am assuming the 81.54mV is the ouput voltage(still need an answer). All my attempts to modify the circuit (using my parameters and other transistor(we have to use a different one from BC109C) ) led to attenuation instead of amplification.

 

Jony130

Joined Feb 17, 2009
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First, why is an AC power supply used as an input for the circuit?
Because someone wants to do the AC sweep analysis (frequency response/domain ).
The reason I am asking this is because I see those "0V" values
What you see is a DC voltage at a given point in a circuit, this is what you get when finished DC operating point analysis.
For example a DC voltage at Q1 collector is 1.425V. And you have 0 volts at the output because the capacitor blocks any DC voltage.
So, this is not the AC output voltage from the amplifier. You need to turn-on AC-sweep analysis to be able to see the amplifier AC gain.
Is there any simple way to explain how changing the circuit(adding resistors, changing a resistor to a very high value etc.) influences the circuit?
No.
I am assuming the 81.54mV is the ouput voltage
No, this is a DC voltage level at Q1 emitter (arross R3).
 

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Crisu Cris

Joined Oct 10, 2019
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Because someone wants to do the AC sweep analysis (frequency response/domain ).

What you see is a DC voltage at a given point in a circuit, this is what you get when finished DC operating point analysis.
For example a DC voltage at Q1 collector is 1.425V. And you have 0 volts at the output because the capacitor blocks any DC voltage.
So, this is not the AC output voltage from the amplifier. You need to turn-on AC-sweep analysis to be able to see the amplifier AC gain.

No.

No, this is a DC voltage level at Q1 emitter (arross R3).
So then whre should I read the Vin and Vout?
 

JoeJester

Joined Apr 26, 2005
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*First, why is an AC power supply used as an input for the circuit?

Audio is alternating current. Typically audio is 20-20000 kKz Here are two examples


Audio-Frequencies-2.png

audio_spectrum[1].jpg
 
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