In a audio amplifier, or anything else that doesn't need to work at DC, it is common to have capacitors between stages to block DC and allow each stage its own DC operating point. You have said that ..quiescient output should be around 6 V. How can I calculate this?
On an input it prevents microphones and guitars (for example) ruining the bias levels of the amp - it won't work if you don't have the capacitor. On an output it pretty much does the same thing - any resistive load will upset the DC quiescent point and quite likely cause distortion or component failure.
This doesn't mean that capacitor coupling is not used though, and there are a surprisingly large number of amplifiers that still use an output capacitor. These are primarily low-power designs, and they are used in many consumer products because they are cheaper to build than a dual supply. The current paths are also exactly what you'd expect.
You'll see many capacitor coupled amplifiers (including the one shown here that I used for testing) that derive at least part of their negative feedback signal from after the output capacitor. This helps to minimise distortion created by the capacitor.
This is all very easy to follow. The load current is controlled by the transistors, which are within a feedback loop to ensure that the output signal is an accurate (but larger) image of the input signal. A point that's generally missed is that the power supply filter capacitors form part of the audio circuit, both for single and dual supplies.
It said, other devices like capacitors amplify signals differently for different frequencies, while opamps amplify signals irrespective of the frequency (sustained gain.) I haven't heard of amplification using capacitors. I wish to know how does it do and can we find the frequency response of amplification using capacitors?
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Every power supply has voltage change at its output under load and, for an audio signal, amplifier is dynamic load that pulls current from the PS, at the output signal frequency and load current. How much will PS voltage …
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Every power supply has voltage change at its output under load and, for an audio signal, amplifier is dynamic load that pulls current from the PS, at the output signal frequency …
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