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Chapter 6 - Introduction to Small-Signal Amplifiers

Chapter Overview
This chapter deals with gain. Gain is the ability of an electronic circuit to increase the level of a signal. As you will see, gain can be expressed as a ratio or as a logarithm of a ratio.

Transistors provide gain. This chapter will show you how they can be used with other components to make amplifier circuits. You will learn how to evaluate a few amplifiers using some simple calculations.

This chapter is limited to small-signal amplifiers. As mentioned before, these are often called voltage amplifiers.

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