{"id":360,"date":"2020-03-04T23:26:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T20:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomorrow82.ru\/?page_id=360"},"modified":"2020-03-04T23:26:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T20:26:38","slug":"the-second-stage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tomorrow82.ru\/?page_id=360","title":{"rendered":"The Second Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The diagram of the second stage is shown in Figure 1. Q12 and Q13 are\n complementary common-emitter stages which provide a high voltage gain \nto amplify the output voltages of the diff amps. Two transistors, which \nare part of the protection circuit, are omitted to simplify the circuit.\n They are normally cut off and have no effect on the operation of the \nsecond stage. RE12 and RE13, respectively, represent R21+R23 and R22+R24\n in the overall circuit. The block labeled «VBE Multiplier» is discussed\n below. As far as the operation of the second stage is concerned, it can\n be considered to be a dc battery that sets the dc voltage between the \ntwo outputs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 1. Circuit diagram of the second stage.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The output voltages from the diff amps in the input stage are applied\n to the bases of Q12 and Q13. The dc components of these voltages, RE12,\n and RE13 set the bias currents in Q12 and Q13 at 4.2 mA. The effective \ntransconductance of Q12 and Q13 is set by this current, RE12, and RE13 \nat 2.5 mA\/V. The ac components of the output voltages from the diff amps\n are in phase. When these voltages are increasing, the current in Q12 \ndecreases and the current in Q13 increases. This «push-pull» action \nforces the voltage at the outputs of the second stage to decrease. \nSimilarly, decreasing output voltages from the diff amps causes the \nsecond stage outputs to increase. Because the effective collector load \nimpedance on Q12 and Q13 is very high, the voltage gain of the second \nstage is very high. It is difficult to predict a value for the gain \nbecause it is so dependent on the collector-emitter resistance of Q12 \nand Q13 and the current gains of the transistors in the following driver\n and output stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C10 and C11 are compensation capacitors which set the frequency of \nthe dominant pole in the amplifier. Sometimes these capacitors are \ncalled lag capacitors or Miller capacitors. The effective value of each \ncapacitor is increased by the collector-base capacitance of Q12 and Q13.\n The total capacitance of each, in combination with R7 through R10 and \nthe diff amp bias currents, sets the gain-bandwidth product of the \namplifier at about 8.5 MHz and the slew rate at 60 V\/usec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C10 and C11 are the only compensation capacitors in the circuit. \nWithout them, the amplifier would probably oscillate. The capacitors \nconnect between the base and collector of Q12 and Q13 where they are in \nparallel with the base to collector depletion capacitance of the \ntransistors. This is the optimum place for compensation capacitors in a \nfeedback amplifier because they have a «pole splitting» action which \nforces the second pole in the stage to a higher frequency. The required \nvalue of the capacitors is very small because their effective value is \nincreased by what is called the Miller effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been asked why I did not use cascode stages (common emitter \nfollowed by common base) for the second stage. The cascode stage \nminimizes the Miller effect and exhibits a lower input capacitance than \nthe common emitter stage. It is used in applications where bandwidth is \nto be optimized. A feedback amplifier, however, must have a dominant \npole to set its gain bandwidth product. It can be shown that the optimum\n method to set this pole is to place a capacitor from output to input of\n the highest gain inverting stage. If I had used cascode amplifiers in \nthe second stage, a capacitor would have to be placed from the output to\n the input of each to set the dominant pole. Then the cascode stage \nwould have the same bandwidth as the common emitter stage. A cascode \nstage cannot be used to improve the bandwidth of a feedback amplifier if\n the gain bandwidth product is to be held constant. If the gain \nbandwidth product is not intentionally limited to some reasonable value,\n the amplifier would not be stable. That is, it would oscillate. My \nDouble Barrelled Amplifier page shows a cascode second stage with the \nMiller compensation capacitors that limit its bandwidth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R32, R33, and C13 through C16 are low-pass filter decoupling networks\n on the power supply rails. These filter the rail voltages to reduce the\n ripple voltage that reaches the input stage and second stage. The -3 dB\n cutoff frequency of each filter is approximately 20 Hz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VBE<\/sub><\/em> Multiplier Bias Circuit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The collector bias currents in Q12 and Q13 flow through the VBE<\/sub><\/em>\n multiplier circuit shown in Figure 2. Q7 is connected as a dc voltage \nregulator employing shunt-series negative feedback. The dc voltage \nacross Q7 is adjusted with P1 to set the bias currents in the output \nstage. D1 through D4 are mounted in holes in the heat sink with the \noutput transistors to provide negative thermal feedback to the VBE<\/sub><\/em>\n multiplier. The diodes cause the voltage across Q7 to decrease as the \nheat sink temperature increases to prevent thermal runaway in the output\n transistors. C12 improves the voltage regulation across Q7 at high \nfrequencies. In addition, it prevents any oscillations that might occur \nbecause of the shunt-series feedback around Q7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 2. VBE<\/sub><\/em> multiplier circuit.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Many amplifiers have the VBE<\/sub><\/em> \nmultiplier transistor on the heat sink with the output transistors. This\n eliminates the need for the diodes. The wires which run from the \ncircuit board to the transistor exhibit capacitance to ground which can \naffect the high-frequency response of the second stage. At worst, this \ncould cause oscillation problems. With the diodes on the heat sink, \nresistors on the circuit board can be used in series with the wires to \nisolate this capacitance from the second stage. These resistors are R25 \nand R26 in Figure 2. If Q7 were mounted on the heat sink, isolation \nresistors could not be used because they would affect the voltage \nregulation between the collectors of Q8 and Q9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The diagram of the second stage is shown in Figure 1. Q12 and Q13 are complementary common-emitter stages which provide a high voltage gain to amplify the output voltages of the diff amps. Two transistors, which are part of the protection circuit, are omitted to simplify the circuit. They are normally cut off and have… <\/p>\n

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