Title :
Efficiency of the class B-CE and class B-CC high-voltage wideband amplifiers with a capacitive load
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic
Abstract :
The design of high-voltage wideband amplifiers for excitation of ultrasonic actuators and transmitters has problem with limited slew-rate for full range excitation. This problem is connected with value of total power dissipation of transistors, especially for the advantageous class B stage with common emitters. The power dissipation of transistor is substantially dependent on phase shift of capacitive load especially for high frequency range. This paper solves the dependency of the power dissipation and efficiency on phase shift of load and by this way it enables to solve optimum solution of problems connected with this effect. Especially, the maximum slew-rate can be attained by optimum choose of transistors.
Keywords :
ultrasonic devices; ultrasonic transmission; wideband amplifiers; capacitive load; class B-CC; class B-CE; common emitters; full range excitation; high frequency range; high-voltage wideband amplifiers; limited slew-rate; phase shift; total power dissipation; transistors; ultrasonic actuators; ultrasonic transmitters; Broadband amplifiers; Capacitance; Power amplifiers; Power dissipation; Transistors; Transmitters; Ultrasonic imaging; capacitive load; efficiency; high voltage class B amplifier; power dissipation;
Conference_Titel :
Radioelektronika (RADIOELEKTRONIKA), 2011 21st International Conference
Conference_Location :
Brno
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-325-4
DOI :
10.1109/RADIOELEK.2011.5936430