Description
ECE 491: Special Topics: Vacuum Tube Amplifiers was a 1-credit course taught at Michigan State University for Electrical and Computer Engineering majors. The catalog description for this course is: Diodes. Triodes. Pentodes. Vacuum Tube Modeling. Amplifiers. The prerequisite for this course is ECE 302.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Vacuum Tube Triode
A) Triode
Pspice Model, AC Model
B) Common-Cathode Amplifier (without By-Pass)
Gain Calculations, Graphical Analysis, AC Analysis in Pspice, Distortion
C) High Frequency Model
High Frequency Response, Open-Circuit Time Constants Method, Approximating the High Frequency Corner
Chapter 2: Vacuum Tube Pentode
A) Pentode
Pspice Model, AC Model
B) Pentode Power Output Stage (with By-Pass)
Gain Calculations, DC Graphical Analysis, AC Graphical Analysis, Taylor Series Small-Signal Parameters, Distortion
C) Frequency Response
High Frequency Model, Output Stage at High Frequencies, Open-Circuit Time Constants, Low Frequency Response, Reflected Impedance, Mid-Band Model Revisited
D) Non-Inverting Amplifier
Distortion, Frequency Response
Chapter 3: Vacuum Tube Diode
A) Diode
Pspice Model
B) Power Transformers
Measurements, DC Resistance, Input Impedance, Model
C) Full-Wave Rectification
Pspice Simulation
D) Full-Wave Rectification with Smoothing Capacitor
Pspice Simulation
Chapter 4: Tube Amplifiers
A) Fender Princeton 5F2-A
Pspice Simulation, Comparison with Actual Amplifier, Distortion
B) Overdriving the Amplifier
Pspice Simulation, Comparison with Actual Amplifier
C) Further Overdrive
Pspice Simulation, Comparison with Actual Amplifier
D) AC Analysis
Pspice Simulation, Comparison with Actual Amplifier
