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5. Single transistor amplifiers -- 5.1 Review of two-port network basics -- 5.1.1 Circuit representation of a two-port network -- 5.2 BJT low-frequency models -- 5.2.1 Determination of hie and hfe -- 5.2.2 Determination of hre and hoe -- 5.3 Common-emitter amplifiers -- 5.3.1 Common-emitter amplifiers with non-zero emitter resistance -- 5.3.2 The effect of non-zero hoe on common-emitter amplifiers with an emitter resistor -- 5.3.3 Coupling and bypass capacitors -- 5.3.4 Summary of common-emitter amplifier properties -- 5.4 Common-collector amplifiers -- 5.4.1 The effect of non-zero hoe on common-collector amplifiers -- 5.5 Common-base amplifiers -- 5.5.1 The effect of non-zero hoe on common-base amplifiers -- 5.6 Comparison of BJT amplifier types -- 5.7 FET low-frequency models -- 5.8 Common-source amplifiers -- 5.8.1 Common-source amplifiers with non-zero source resistance -- 5.9 Common-drain amplifiers -- 5.10 Common-gate amplifiers -- 5.11 Comparison of FET amplifier types -- 5.12 Biasing to achieve maximum symmetrical swing -- 5.13 Concluding remarks -- 5.14 Problems -- References --

6. Multiple-transistor amplifiers -- 6.1 Multistage amps using simple stages cascaded -- 6.1.1 Design choices for transistor configuration in a cascade-connected amplifier -- 6.2 Darlington and other similar configurations -- 6.2.1 The Darlington configurations -- 6.2.2 The dual common-collector Darlington configuration -- 6.2.3 The common-collector--common-emitter Darlington pair -- 6.2.4 The Cascode configuration -- 6.2.5 The BiFET Darlington configuration -- 6.3 Emitter-coupled and source-coupled pairs -- 6.3.1 Emitter-coupled pairs -- 6.3.2 Source-coupled pairs -- 6.3.3 Variations on the theme -- 6.3.4 Summary -- 6.4 Transistor current sources -- 6.4.1 Simple bipolar current source -- 6.4.2 Current mirror -- 6.4.3 Current mirror with additional stability -- 6.4.4 Wilson current source -- 6.4.5 Widlar current source -- 6.4.6 Simple MOSFET current mirror -- 6.5 Active loads -- 6.5.1 Common-emitter amplifier with active load -- 6.5.2 Common source amplifier with active load -- 6.5.3 Emitter-coupled differential amplifier with active load -- 6.6 Concluding remarks -- 6.7 Problems -- References --

7. Power amplifiers and output stages -- 7.1 Power amplifier classification -- 7.1.1 Classification scheme -- 7.1.2 Limits on distortionless "small-signal" operation -- 7.2 Class A power amplifiers -- 7.2.1 Common-collector -- 7.2.2 Common-emitter -- 7.2.3 Transformer-coupled class A power amplifier -- 7.3 Class B power amplifiers -- 7.3.1 Complementary class B (push-pull) output stage -- 7.4 Class AB power amplifiers -- 7.5 Distortion -- 7.6 Thermal considerations -- 7.7 Concluding remarks -- 7.8 Problems -- References --

8. Feedback amplifier principles -- 8.1 Basic feedback concepts -- 8.2 Feedback amplifier topologies -- 8.3 Practical feedback configurations -- 8.3.1 Shunt-shunt feedback -- 8.3.2 Shunt-series feedback -- 8.3.3 Series-shunt feedback -- 8.3.4 Series-series feedback -- 8.4 Concluding remarks -- 8.5 Problems -- References -- Authors' biographies.

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This book, Amplifiers: Analysis and Design, is the second of four books of a larger work, Fundamentals of Electronics. It is comprised of four chapters that describe the fundamentals of amplifier performance. Beginning with a review of two-port analysis, the first chapter introduces the modeling of the response of transistors to AC signals. Basic one-transistor amplifiers are extensively discussed. The next chapter expands the discussion to multiple transistor amplifiers. The coverage of simple amplifiers is concluded with a chapter that examines power amplifiers. This discussion defines the limits of small-signal analysis and explores the realm where these simplifying assumptions are no longer valid and distortion becomes present. The final chapter concludes the book with the first of two chapters in Fundamental of Electronics on the significant topic of feedback amplifiers. Fundamentals of Electronics has been designed primarily for use in an upper division course in electronics for electrical engineering students. Typically such a course spans a full academic years consisting of two semesters or three quarters. As such, Amplifiers: Analysis and Design, and two other books, Electronic Devices and Circuit Applications, and Active Filters and Amplifier Frequency Response, form an appropriate body of material for such a course. Secondary applications include the use with Electronic Devices and Circuit Applications in a one-semester electronics course for engineers or as a reference for practicing engineers.

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