Amplifier

Amplifier

Any electronic device designed to inrease the volume of sound.

Industry: Consumer electronics

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biasing

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

The term commonly used for the practice of setting the idle current in an output tube. Preamp tubes are biased as well, but they are biased only during the initial design of the amplifier and use ...

bridge rectifier

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A set of four rectifiers arranged in a square shape. The four diodes allow full-wave rectification without the need for a center-tap on the transformer.

bright switch

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A feature that emphasizes an amp’s high-frequency range.

A capacitor that is connected from the power supply to ground. It "bypasses" the AC signals to ground, while passing the DC supply through. This is used to make the DC supply rail "clean", or free ...

capacitance

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

The "size" of a capacitor. The unit of capacitance is the Farad. The most common capacitors are sized in microfarads.

capacitor

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A device consisting of two parallel plates separated by an insulator, called the "dielectric". Capacitors are used to block DC while passing AC. They are frequency-dependent devices, which means ...