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Where is class C used?

  • A.Low-level microphone preamplifiers
  • B.Tuned radio-frequency power amplifiers
  • C.Audio output stages driving a loudspeaker
  • D.Direct-coupled instrumentation amplifiers

Answer: B

Class C conducts for well under half a cycle and is grossly non-linear, so it is usable only where a tuned circuit restores the sine wave from the pulses it delivers - which means constant-envelope radio transmission. Audio, instrumentation and preamplifier stages all need linearity. That an amplifier can be useful while distorting badly, provided a filter follows it, is worth understanding, since the same idea underlies the switching classes. Checking the units of each quantity catches a wrong formula before the arithmetic begins.

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