CLASS A AMPLIFIER

A- Class A double ended push , push audio amplifier This amplifier do not have any capacitor. All the stage is connected directly. power voltage 12V power current 0.25A power source 3W maximum output power 250mW voltage gain 21dB input impedance 10kohm* frequency response from 20Hz to 60kHz ( 0.5dB) output noise cannot be measured (less than 1mV) 1.The first stage is source grounded zero bias amplifier. Generally speaking, the FET can deal not only minus input on the gate but also plus input voltage on it*s gate. Especially, Y class 2SK241 (2SK241Y) is classified as small Idss (zero bias drain current) but it has wide range for it*s plus side. The voltage drop of the resister on the drain of the 2SK241 is decided by the Idss, we must tune the voltage drop by tuning the potentiometer. Please tune it the static voltage of drain of 2SK241 to be about 4.5V. B- 2. Next stage 2SC381 is the signal divider. The static voltage of 2SC381 is minus 0.5V from it's base. And the phase of the signal on the emitter of the 2SC381 is the same with the base of the 2SC381 (0drgree). On the other hand, On the collector of 2SC381 is connected the same resister with the emitter of 2SC381. And the current of collector of 2SC381 is almost the same with the current of emitter of 2SC381. Therefore the voltage drop of the resister on the collector of 2SC381 is the same with the voltage drop of the resistor of the emitter of 2SC381. Therefore the static voltage of the collector of 2SC381 becomes 12 Volt minus 3.87 volts, equal 8.13volt. real voltage became 7.21 volts. I think the difference is because of the difference of the resistor. On the collector of the 2SC381 comes the inverted signal from the base of 2SC381 (180 degree). C- 3. Next stage of 2SC2749 is only the emitter follower. The voltage of the emitter of 2SC2749 becomes 0.5 volt lower than the base of the 2SC2749. The signal phase of the emitter of the 2SC2749 is the same phase from the base of the 2SC2749. Therefore the phase of the 2SC2749 is 180 degree from the base of the 2SC381. D- 4. 2SB772 works also as only emitter follower. It is PNP type. Therefore the emitter of 2SB772 becomes 0.5 volt higher than the base of the 2SB772. The signal phase of emitter of 2SB772 is same with the base of the 2SB772. Therefore the phase of the emitter of 2SB772 becomes 0 degree from the base of 2SC381. E- 5. 8 ohm speaker is connected between the emitter of 2SC2749 and emitter of 2SB772. The each voltage of it is decided from the voltage of collector and emitter of 2SC381. That is 6.55V and 4.58V statically. 8 ohm speaker has 8 ohm impedance and 8 ohm static resistance. Therefore the static current of the speaker is decided by the voltage (between the emitter of 2SC2749 and 2SB772, 6.55V-4.58V=1.97V ) and the static resistance of the speaker ,8 ohms.

The current of the speaker becomes 1.97V/ 8 ohm = 0.25A. It becomes also the current of 2SC2759 and 2SB772. Therefore these transistor has power loss 5V*0.25A=1.25watt. Therefore these transistors should be attached on the 5W class heat sink. 2SC2749 and 2SB772 are driven by opposite phase. Therefore this circuit should be called as push , push circuit, while the normal single ended circuit are called as push pull circuit. F- This circuit do not have any "Time factor". Therefore the frequency character of this amplifier is excellent. You must tune the voltage of the drain by tuning the potentiometer , but only the rough tuning is enough. All stage of this circuit works Iin Class A. Therefore this amplifier has low power efficiency. Power source needs 3W. And maximum output power is 250mW. Power efficiency is lower than 10%. But it is normal with A class amplifier. If you want to get more power output, you can tune the potentiometer , and make the voltage drop between the speaker be bigger. But then you need more power source current. G- Schematic:

H- 2SK241: Toshiba FM, VHF: Idmax = 30mA 200mW: gm= 10 mS typical: Crs= 0.035pF typical: Nf=1.7dB at100MHz: Power gain is 28dB on 100MHz I- 2SC381: Toshiba: RF: Vcbo = 40V: Icmax = 20mA 100mW: hfe= 25 to 140: ft= 250MHz J- 2SC2749: NEC Switching: Vcbo = 500V: Icmax = 10A 100W: hfe= 35 : ton=1uS 2SB772: NEC Power amp, Switching: Vcbo = -40V: Icmax = -3A 10W: hfe= 160 ft=80MHz