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What does a totem pole output stage require that a complementary one does not?

  • A.Emitter ballast resistors in each device
  • B.A phase splitter to drive the two devices
  • C.A larger supply voltage for the same output
  • D.A transformer to couple to the load

Answer: B

With both devices of the same polarity, one must be driven in antiphase to the other, so a phase splitter or an inverting driver is needed. Supply voltage, transformer coupling and ballast resistors are not what distinguishes the arrangements. The complementary pair's advantage is precisely that opposite-polarity devices respond naturally to the two halves of one signal, which removes a whole stage.

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