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Vaibhav Birit · 16th March 2005, 11:32 AM

Have a look at the first two stages of an HF transmitter below which are coupled by Transformer Coupling

Vaibhav Birit · 16th March 2005, 11:33 AM

How are the no. of turns of L1 & L2 calculated ?

Russlk · 17th March 2005, 12:50 AM

There has to be enough signal at L2 to turn on Q2. If L2 has too many turns, the loading on L1 might kill the oscillator. Otherwise, the turns ratio is not critical. I think 1:1 or 2:1 would work. If it were me, I would put a coupling cap and resistor to ground on the base of Q2.

Vaibhav Birit · 17th March 2005, 04:53 AM

A resistor to the Base, is it for i/p protection of the second transistor.
Also what will be the value of this resistor.

Vaibhav Birit · 17th March 2005, 04:56 AM

A resistor to the Base, is it for i/p protection of the second transistor.
Also what will be the value of this resistor.

Russlk · 17th March 2005, 02:17 PM

The resistor controls the drive level to Q2. If the resistor is too large, Q2 output will have a small signal. You would have to experiment to see what value is best. Driving Q2 hard into saturation would not be good.
The way it works, is the coupling cap charges up when the base-emitter conducts, so the next alternation only drives the base enough to compensate for the charge lost thru the resistor.

zachtheterrible · 17th March 2005, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Russlk

The resistor controls the drive level to Q2. If the resistor is too large, Q2 output will have a small signal.

what am i missing here? you said that the larger the resistor, the smaller the output signal. isn't it the other way around? if the resistor is a small value, then wouldnt it ground the base of Q2, resulting in a smaller output? please shoot some holes in my theory so i can learn :lol:

Russlk · 18th March 2005, 01:43 AM

The output is smaller with a large base resistor because the coupling cap charges up, putting a negative bias on the base. With 1 meg base resistor in the simulation, the base voltage barely gets up to 0.8 volts; but when the base resistor is 10K, the cap discharges more and there is a larger slug of base current and larger output.

Vaibhav Birit · 18th March 2005, 04:28 AM

Thanks vey much for the info.

zachtheterrible · 18th March 2005, 05:44 PM

sometimes i feel like kicking myself, but it is physically impossible. i forgot that its a common emitter configuration. thanx though

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16th March 2005, 11:33 AM	(permalink)
Vaibhav Birit	How are the no. of turns of L1 & L2 calculated ? __________________ www.vaibhavbirit.bravehost.com

17th March 2005, 12:50 AM	(permalink)
Russlk	There has to be enough signal at L2 to turn on Q2. If L2 has too many turns, the loading on L1 might kill the oscillator. Otherwise, the turns ratio is not critical. I think 1:1 or 2:1 would work. If it were me, I would put a coupling cap and resistor to ground on the base of Q2. __________________ see my website: www.geocities.com/russlk

17th March 2005, 04:53 AM	(permalink)
Vaibhav Birit	A resistor to the Base, is it for i/p protection of the second transistor. Also what will be the value of this resistor. __________________ www.vaibhavbirit.bravehost.com

17th March 2005, 04:56 AM	(permalink)
Vaibhav Birit	A resistor to the Base, is it for i/p protection of the second transistor. Also what will be the value of this resistor. __________________ www.vaibhavbirit.bravehost.com

17th March 2005, 02:17 PM	(permalink)
Russlk	The resistor controls the drive level to Q2. If the resistor is too large, Q2 output will have a small signal. You would have to experiment to see what value is best. Driving Q2 hard into saturation would not be good. The way it works, is the coupling cap charges up when the base-emitter conducts, so the next alternation only drives the base enough to compensate for the charge lost thru the resistor. __________________ see my website: www.geocities.com/russlk

18th March 2005, 04:28 AM	(permalink)
Vaibhav Birit	Thanks vey much for the info. __________________ www.vaibhavbirit.bravehost.com

18th March 2005, 05:44 PM	(permalink)
zachtheterrible	sometimes i feel like kicking myself, but it is physically impossible. i forgot that its a common emitter configuration. thanx though ops: __________________ I'm no electronics god, i just talk too much.