If the conduction angle is less than 180 degrees it is class C. Note that I said "you move into class C" this means the amplifier isn't always running as class C. It only runs in class C with large signals. Since the large signal case is were the losses really matter, this sort of design will work quite a bit better than a simple class AB circuit.
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Toobz? I was talking of transistors. Many tranny designs for Class C RF utilize self-bias, too, but there is still no quiescent current!
-- "What is now proved was once only imagin'd." - William Blake, 1793.
Burridge?
-- Keith
He said surgeon, not sturgeon.
John
-- But most of what he sources _is_ fishy.
I read in sci.electronics.design that John Larkin wrote (in ) about 'How to bias a MOSFET amp?', on Mon, 30 Aug 2004:
But, being male, PB is not even a potential source of caviar.
-- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. The good news is that nothing is compulsory. The bad news is that everything is prohibited. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk
Hey ladies, gimme a break will ya? Don't make your PMS my problem. ;-)
-- "What is now proved was once only imagin'd." - William Blake, 1793.
OTOH, he's a good source of other slime. If you want ot go there, be my guest!
-- Keith
Paul's Miserable Shit?
-- Keith
Psychotic Male Syndrome.
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