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Amplification is the conversion of a low-power signal to a higher-power signal. Normally when we think of amplification, we think of sound amplifiers for musical instruments. Indeed those are amplifiers, and we will build a sound amplifier later in this book. However, anytime you convert a low-power input to a higher-power output, you have amplified the signal, whether that was a DC signal or an AC signal. In this chapter, we will focus on amplifying DC signals.
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Bartlett, J. (2020). Amplifying Power with Transistors. In: Electronics for Beginners. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5979-5_24
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