Transistors often find use as three-pin amplifier devices, in which the input and the output share one pin. Thus, the input and the output must have the same voltage at this pin. On the other hand, a ...

Different classes of amplifiers. What are the benefits of class AB amplifiers? Patents that address the quiescent current of class AB amps. Amplifiers have many classifications, and each class has its ...

Class AB amplifiers have been around for a long time, and even with Class D designs becoming more common, there’s still a reason many enthusiasts continue to gravitate toward AB amplification. Class D ...

The most common audio power amplifier operates in the Class-AB mode. It provides the greatest amount of output power with the least amount of distortion. The downside is that it consumes quite a bit ...

[Dino Segovis] wrote in to tell us about his “hack”, making an AB Audio Amplifier. The advantage of this particular amp is that the transistors never turn off, which would cause distortion. A full ...

Editor's Note: Class D amplifiers are often considered THE solution for most applications – without full engineering analysis. In this series Robert Polleros of Maxim Integrated Products Inc. takes on ...

If you know anything about a transistor, it’s probably that it’s a three terminal device whose output pin forms part of a potential divider whose state is dependent on what is presented to its input ...