Which type of device enables an input signal to control an output signal?
Amplifier
An audio amplifier is designed to amplify frequencies between 15 Hz and what?
20 kHz
Which operating class is the amplifier if the amplifying device is biased in such a way that current flows in the device for 51% - 99% of the input signal?
Class AB
What is the process known as of transferring energy between circuits?
Coupling
What is the most commonly used coupling in amplifiers?
RC Coupling
What is accomplished by adding part of the output signal in phase with the input signal?
Positive feedback
What is caused by a small part of the signal from the amplifier output being sent back to the input of the amplifier?
Oscillation
Which type of device produces two signals that differ in phase from each other from a single input signal?
Phase splitter
What is the process of sending part of the output signal of an amplifier back to the input of the amplifier called?
Feedback
What is accomplished by adding part of the output signal out of phase with the input signal?
Negative feedback
An audio amplifier has been described as an amplifier with a frequency response from 15 Hz to what?
20 kHz
Which standard block diagram symbol is used for an amplifier?
Triangle
Which two ways can most amplifiers be classified?
Function or Frequency response
What is an amplifier in which the output signal voltage is larger than the input signal voltage?
Voltage amplifier
What is an amplifier in which the output signal power is greater than the input signal power?
Power amplifier
Audio amplifier, RF amplifier, along with what else are the three broad categories of frequency response for amplifiers?
Video amplifier
RF amplifiers are designed to amplify frequencies between 10 kHz and what?
100,000 MHz
A video amplifier is an amplifier designed to amplify a band of frequencies from 10 Hz to what?
6 MHz
How many classes of operation for an amplifier are there?
4
Which class of amplifier has the characteristics of good fidelity and low efficiency?
Class A
Which term means that the output signal is just like the input signal in all respects except amplitude?
Fidelity
What is any undesired change in a signal from input to output?
Distortion
Which type of amplifier has the worst fidelity?
Class C
Which type of amplifier uses two transistors whose output signals are added together to provide a larger gain (usually a power gain) than a single transistor could provide?