I'm an electrical engineer with 40 years experience and I watch videos like this to help me understand how I can help my students better and you know I just saw your video man this is awesome
A nice journey back in time to my apprentice years. I had already forgotten a lot of things, so I watched the entire learning lesson. Well explained, down to the last detail (necessary transistor tables, etc.). As an apprentice back then, a course like this would have made a lot of things easier for me. Thank you for the “excursion” into the technical youth ☺️. It appears that this knowledge is actually still taught today (according to some comments here). 👍🏻
Thankyou! I am an electronics novice and I get very frustrated by so called "learning" channels who don't explain what functions individual components are doing in the circuit. This is brilliant! I have subbed.
I remember these days of lecturing. This fellow really knows the subject. He shows it by telling us (his students) practical uses for the information. Most would just say, "The signal is amplified through the addition of a resistor here, and then one here on the negative side of this AC input." He could just stop there, smile, and take a sip of coffee. But, no - he really does know, and he wants us to know too... so he shows things would be like if this shorts, or this opens. I was enthralled through this entire lecture, and certainly plan to see as many as I can. Thank you.
Any aspiring novice getting started in electronics should see this video. As a former instructor and engineer I was absolutely taken aback at how elemental and complete basic instruction this video is. This is the epitome of Transistor Design 101. Takes me back to my days in 1962 when I started my transistor engineering classes. Great work.
Excellent demonstration and lecture. Thank you very much for your contribution. I studied Electrical and Electronic Engineering at my undergraduate degree, about 25 years ago. You are the first lecturer, I have ever heard, that actually clearly explained why a transistor arrangement like this, actually has inverting characteristic of the input signal voltage. You are a brilliant teacher, as far as I am concerned. Thank you again!
Oh wow, this was the explanation of transistor amplifiers that I've been waiting for my whole life. I've seen some great explanations about the math and calculating the values, but I've never really understood why any of these resistors are even there in the first place and what effect they actually have on the circuit.
Excellent lesson, master! Thank you. A supposedly week long lecture about transistor biasing was discussed by you in this almost an hour video. Very clear and concise. I also learned new, why that capacitor on the emitter side should be there. All the best!
Great lecture! A natural teacher. Awesome explanation of the DC blocking properties of a capacitor, you often hear of isolation and ac coupling in instrumentation . I spent much of my career in the lab dealing with instrumentation, various transducers, and digital signal processing. Instrumentation amplifiers are so important in testing and prototyping systems. Luckily I could just pick out an Instrumentation Amplifier IC from Analog Devices. Usually requires positive and negative voltages to power the chip
I studied electronics about 30 years ago and graduated with honors. I can honestly tell you that you are one in a billion. The way you explain the circuit and answer all the questions that pop into my mind as I am listening to your lecture, leaves all my teachers in shame. E😊xcellent description of what is going on in the circuit. Thank you.
I highly recommend your videos to anyone who needs to establish a solid base for learning. Very refreshing and informative to watch.. I especially enjoyed the problem solving which reinforces the learning. After 60 years (at 81) I still truly love electronics!!!
Turning 69 this month, with a newly-rekindled, though not quite free of external crabby people getting in the way of my rebuilt workbench, two9 power supplies arriving soon for Analog and ESP32 & maybe some other stugg. Back in 2020 I re-arranged my budget, managed the most severe case of G.A.S. {Gear Acquisition Syndrome, part being an echo from '69 or so, '72ish more likely, "Yes"'s use of Eventide's massively impressive "Musical Instrument Effects", Harmonizer, Pitch-Shifter. all that. Now I just had to get all four of their "Factor Stompboxes", ZOIA & Beebo & Mbira w/pickups. and a Dobro, all sorts of MIDI Controller gizmos, i went crazy four ars straight, Reverb banned me for life., two three years to learn it all now. phew/ my mom always said I was not raised right. well once ;-) Alll just so I can have this huge driving force, "Get the workbench together, nobody sells the matrix mixer I need to loop them. So qty 100 LM13700 and a whole bunch of supporting cast members. KiCad 8 being out now, larn that to PCB. My Childish Grandiosity Gland is nearly as big as my Empathy Gland is. Underneath all this is this Conspiracy that I invented, 50Hz & 60Hz the AC Power Grid runs on has been hypnotizing folks for ages and ADHD has me doing nothing but watching videos or reading articles of other folks doing it, So, now I have to dig around and kick-out the 'living vicariously on others' successes" or worse Take Care What sorts of experiments do you do? RISC V is gardangblang tempting to switch to. after 2/3 of my life's avocation was in Micro$oft's pocket, literally for 13-14 years tech support then device testing testing the tests that test the devices . in closing, since Apriil 12, 1861, then re-doubled January 6, 2020 The Central Column of OUR Flag Pole has Indelibly Etched upon its Entire Surface; “The Preservation of Life, & Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness” The Right Face of OUR Flag has Indelibly Etched upon its Entire Surface; “The Preservation of Liberty, & Happiness, & the Pursuit of Life” The Left Face of OUR Flag has Indelibly Etched upon its Entire Surface, “The Preservation of Happiness, & Life, & the Pursuit of Liberty,” Formerly-United State Of America HAS NO CONSTITUTION beware the fake XR2206 function generators on eBay, Aliwhatchits, temu, all fake, most likely the close-cousin ICL8038 function generators are phony as well. i saw a couple by one guy that nearly had them sorted-out, beginning like always, "Datasheet(s)? Check, BOM in this kit? WTF! some parts are 10x what they aare specced to use., but it remains more a document to his gradually realizing, "something just ain't right with these chips." lm13700 are for the VCA at each of the two by eight inputs mixed through 8x8 Crosspoint VCAs here Outputting to a pair of eight Attenuverters, for Audio & CV for modular synth use. a thing stuck in my todo list for twenty-plus years, we'll see , but there are plenty of tools & parts, not like '82 when the Heathkit Analog and Digital Electronics kits had me integrating Boolean Algebra in with the language bits shifting bits in Venn Diagrams and Karnaugh Maps. a note to close on shhhhh i got to press play on this teacher, thanks be safe
Thank you very much. In my retirement I am making a hobby of fixing radios' amps and sometimes old computers. You have explained clearly the circuits to me.
I sure do know a lot more about small signal amplifiers than I did before watching this video. Thanks for this great lesson, consider me subscribed! You really do have a way of explaining what is going on in these circuits. The circuit really makes sense now, remarkable! Thanks again!
This 1000 times better than what I went through. I am beginning to believe our lectures never mastered what they taught us. They were just teaching by memorizing
I've always believed the same. Many teachers explain things mathematically because, I believe, they don't truly understand conceptually.. This guy is incredible...
I have watched many, many hours of electronics tutorials and this is the best at explaining what the components in a common emitter amplifier actually do and why they're needed. I'd enjoy seeing videos on the negative feedback circuit and differential pairs.
I like that after all the explanation of the amplifier circuit at about 1/2 way through the video he stops, looks at the camera for a moment and states "except it can't work".
It’s important to understand that voltage does not flow. It is just a measure of potential energy between 2 points. Usually between a node in the circuit and ground or between 2 points. Current is the flow of electrons (or holes depending on how you were taught EE). You must have a potential (voltage) between the 2 points in order for current to flow from the first point to the other. A load is usually placed between the 2 points to perform some function. A resistor is a load used, for example, to keep the current between the two terminals of the battery from quickly draining the battery. So when he says there is 10 volts at some point in the circuit, he is implicitly saying there is a potential of 10 volts between the point and ground.
Great lecture. And I’m so impressed at how, in a video delivered more or less like a real lecture with almost no editing in postproduction, how infrequently the speaker says “um” or “er”. Master level public speaking and teaching skills!
This is a really great lecture to understand how transistor amplifiers work and the potential design problems associated with them. Simple and easy to understand. Thank you very much.
Clear and concise presentation. I particularly like the way you reinforce the understanding by briefly revisiting an earlier explanation of the said part. Probably the best explanation of small signal amplifiers that I have come across. Excellent!
Finally someone who takes the extra time to explain 'every' component and how/what it does. While most watching these type of videos probably know the basics of how each component works, most presenters assume a lot and are more 'hand wavey' with their explanations or just focus on a particular component (like the transistor in this case). I had more than a few light bulb moments watching this (finally!), excellent job and thanks!
The straw is such an excellent analogy of the transistor because what you're doing is pinching the bass diner in majority carriers and I like your fact that I really like the example of the minus sucking instead of the positive pushing makes a lot more sense
I've been trying to learn about audio effects, starting with transistor based circuits for boosting a signal, overdrive, etc. It has been surprisingly complicated! This is one of the best explanations I've found in the last 3-4 months. Your explanations are outstanding.
Finally a good video that explains a circuit, and what happens when you put certain devices into it and what effects it has! I think most of us know the single devices and how they work, but only if they are alone, not if they are matched together!
Very useful lecture. Thank you! I was a little puzzled by the positive current flow perspective at the beginning. I was taught that electrons go from the cathode/emitter/source to the plate/collector/drain and are attracted to (sucked to, so to speak) the positive terminal of the B+ battery. Hearing that the current was sucked towards ground got me confused for a few seconds while I sorted out your perspective.
No words to describe how grateful i am . Ave been dying to make my own fm/am transmitter to switch things wireless n have some fun but failed terribly.after watching this content,my hopes resurrected I got a revelation. do me a favour pliz, continue to the fm /am modulation part. I can now amplify my mic signal n the colpitts ascillator effectively, thanks alot
Ive been busting my brain trying to figure out transistors as amps, turns out most of my issues were using a circut like the one in the first half of this video. Not a single other person has told me its almost impossible to calculate predictable repeatable results using the first circut shown here.. Best explatation of common emitter ive watched!
Thank you very much for this luminous exposition of the subject. I have taken electronics courses in college quite some time ago, got excellent grades, but never reached this level of deep comprehension of the topic after listening to your lecture. My understanding was based more on rote mathematical heavy guns rather than the pragmatic simple method you use. A testimony that a good teacher is hard to come by and he can make a big difference.
This is very good. I have minimal electronics knowledge, never understood much about amplifiers beyond basic transistor operation. The tutorial was easy to follow and I now know a lot more. The logical step-by-step build up of the circuit is an excellent approach.
Another advantage of the emitter resistor is that it dramatically increases the input impedance looking into the base. This is really important when trying to amplify a signal from a device with a high output impedance, such as a dynamic or ribbon microphone.
Really well explained. I subbed. You are a great teacher. I'm 4 years into learning electronics, so am always regoing over what i've learnt. You help make this clearer.
I loved the lesson, total flashback for me of when I enrolled at ITT-Technical Institute for an EET Degree back in 89". You reminded me of my Electronics fundamentals teacher Mr. Kotwika, who was a long-time Navy instructor and began teaching in the private sector at ITT.
Hes a natural teacher of electronics, I like the way he cleans up and explains really well with clear graphs. Razavi the legendary Stanford lecturer is great at teaching, but sometimes even he doesnt realise how cluttered his diagrams can be. Razavi is great at everything else, except the clutter ;)
Thankyou for your time in sharing yr knowledge. Fully explained. explained. Ill have to rewatch with more time and care as my mind was thinking if you had the bottom side resistor and not the top then it would be in phase. Im wondering about mosfets. And thinking of a circuit that switches at a frequency say 50khz and feeds the ac signal through most then shorts out the 50khz - im thinking how they do band width modulation. Ill have to check yr site, but if not can you do such a comprehensive vid on bass and trebble, Ive always hated the graphic equalizers as in the studios they like have a hundred etc... so here is public joe pissing around with his 5 or 7 band wheres the old bass and trebble with loudness sounded much better and quicker / simple to adjust without screwing the sound completely up. Also - the "magnetic amplifier" Ive always dreamed of building my own amp with something like six amps, 2 bass / 2 mid and 2 trebble with the two amps split, one value and the other amp transistor and being able to adjust between the two and I figure you adjust the three twins with the balance of tone between valve and mosfet with a Master Volume.
This is You tube university ,and you are our professor. I did assemble a mic (wireless) some years ago and it was a good learning experience. This video reminds me of that.
Great class, thank you. If you ever decide to use a signal generator and oscilloscope to demonstrate gain and distortion, etc. that would be a welcome addition to an already great class. Thank you.
Excellent explanation. I remember learning the same principles from stogy texts explained by stuffy professors. This is much more clear and simple. Of course I would rather use FET's, but I always struggled with BJT circuits. Thank god for op-amps.
great video. like others i started in the 60s, was making circuit boards for amplifiers in the early 70s, hours on end. back then record players were everything. then cassette but the stereo, the amp specs. Classes were about theory, I did the hands on long before the theory, would wonder how it worked and why, started at about age 6. its the fascination with it, the interest in it that fuels learning. I went thru school, worked and later worked fixing tv's and things at the circuit level. would get training from the 3 old timer tv techs in the area, each had their own approach but the theory/math is #1 and shop safety. doing tv set repair helps to learn how circuits behave, lots of little circuits that are made a certain way. watching now to refresh is interesting, used to know this stuff well. what was it 1991 went for an interview they had a multi choice test, one was an op amp circuit, I designed those alot, told the guy none of the answers on the test are right. he checked and came back and said when can u start. but now being broken emotionally, i watch a little and its not easy to follow anymore. am too hurt to really want to. never in my life Id say such a thing. learning things is important, do it while you can.
thank you for this master piece and i really dont understand why you dont have more subs! you should have above 100k but unfortunately people tend to follow an instagram influencer with useless videos more than someone that deserves it!!!! thanks again
he must of had the radio shack 130 & 1 science kit. and wondered why those resistors and capacitor are always on terminals of the NPN and PNP transistor's in the circuit amplifiers you build . They gave explanations ,some times, but in this depth.
seriously. ……..this 50 times the quality lecture than ANYTHING i ever got in college! time well spent watching this incredible video !
Sometimes the the best things in life are paid by someone else/free to you!
Absolutely. Also no amplifier circuit design text books explain these.
Yet, he is unable to make a decent mic setup for himself. I suppose it has to do with the cobbler's son syndrome.
This was by far the best small signal amplifier lecture I've ever listened too!!
This is brilliant. The fact that you even mention the different faults in the end helps so much.
I have very rarely met a person whose concept is so clear in teaching, master of his subject, full regards
He's absolutely incredible..
No textbook would go so much in depth as this professor. Great lecture, electronics is an art.
I'm an electrical engineer with 40 years experience and I watch videos like this to help me understand how I can help my students better and you know I just saw your video man this is awesome
Thank you for your service
A nice journey back in time to my apprentice years. I had already forgotten a lot of things, so I watched the entire learning lesson. Well explained, down to the last detail (necessary transistor tables, etc.). As an apprentice back then, a course like this would have made a lot of things easier for me.
Thank you for the “excursion” into the technical youth ☺️.
It appears that this knowledge is actually still taught today (according to some comments here). 👍🏻
This guy is criminally underrated, he isn’t even using auto tune, and he doesn’t give a damn who’s watching in 2024. 😂😂😂😂
Thankyou! I am an electronics novice and I get very frustrated by so called "learning" channels who don't explain what functions individual components are doing in the circuit. This is brilliant! I have subbed.
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"Except it can't work" This is a fantastic video. Thanks so much
Best practical description of amplifiers I've heard yet. The troubleshooting was icing on the cake.
I remember these days of lecturing. This fellow really knows the subject. He shows it by telling us (his students) practical uses for the information. Most would just say, "The signal is amplified through the addition of a resistor here, and then one here on the negative side of this AC input." He could just stop there, smile, and take a sip of coffee. But, no - he really does know, and he wants us to know too... so he shows things would be like if this shorts, or this opens. I was enthralled through this entire lecture, and certainly plan to see as many as I can. Thank you.
That's because this lecture isn't aimed at circuit designers, it is aimed at technicians who will be troubleshooting the circuits.
As everybody else has said; A 'brilliant-lecture' that is 'highly-informative'! Bravo!!
Any aspiring novice getting started in electronics should see this video. As a former instructor and engineer I was absolutely taken aback at how elemental and complete basic instruction this video is. This is the epitome of Transistor Design 101. Takes me back to my days in 1962 when I started my transistor engineering classes. Great work.
This is real expertise in electronics and in teaching. Congratulations Sir.
Wow. What a teacher. Absolutely stunned at how simple you made this to understand
Amazing lecture. Starting from scratch until the full circuit. Congratulations. I wish I had you as a teacher years ago 🙂
Excellent demonstration and lecture. Thank you very much for your contribution. I studied Electrical and Electronic Engineering at my undergraduate degree, about 25 years ago. You are the first lecturer, I have ever heard, that actually clearly explained why a transistor arrangement like this, actually has inverting characteristic of the input signal voltage. You are a brilliant teacher, as far as I am concerned. Thank you again!
You are really good with it. Best lecturer on the planet.
Excellent explanation, I learned small signal amplifier design 40 years ago. This was a great refresher. Thanks again
this is the most descriptive explanation of the a transistor amp i have found so far. thank you for making this video.
Oh wow, this was the explanation of transistor amplifiers that I've been waiting for my whole life. I've seen some great explanations about the math and calculating the values, but I've never really understood why any of these resistors are even there in the first place and what effect they actually have on the circuit.
This is the best description of transistor operation I have seen.
Excellent lesson, master! Thank you. A supposedly week long lecture about transistor biasing was discussed by you in this almost an hour video. Very clear and concise. I also learned new, why that capacitor on the emitter side should be there. All the best!
I have been using the 2N2222 for years as a switch and now I find how 8t works as an amp. Thanks for a great explanation.
Also look at 2N3904. It has the same gain as the 2222 but at lower current.
Great lecture! A natural teacher. Awesome explanation of the DC blocking properties of a capacitor, you often hear of isolation and ac coupling in instrumentation . I spent much of my career in the lab dealing with instrumentation, various transducers, and digital signal processing. Instrumentation amplifiers are so important in testing and prototyping systems. Luckily I could just pick out an Instrumentation Amplifier IC from Analog Devices. Usually requires positive and negative voltages to power the chip
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I studied electronics about 30 years ago and graduated with honors. I can honestly tell you that you are one in a billion. The way you explain the circuit and answer all the questions that pop into my mind as I am listening to your lecture, leaves all my teachers in shame. E😊xcellent description of what is going on in the circuit. Thank you.
Can you shut up
I highly recommend your videos to anyone who needs to establish a solid base for learning. Very refreshing and informative to watch.. I especially enjoyed the problem solving which reinforces the learning. After 60 years (at 81) I still truly love electronics!!!
Turning 69 this month, with a newly-rekindled, though not quite free of external crabby people getting in the way of my rebuilt workbench, two9 power supplies arriving soon for Analog and ESP32 & maybe some other stugg.
Back in 2020 I re-arranged my budget, managed the most severe case of G.A.S. {Gear Acquisition Syndrome, part being an echo from '69 or so, '72ish more likely, "Yes"'s use of Eventide's massively impressive "Musical Instrument Effects", Harmonizer, Pitch-Shifter. all that.
Now I just had to get all four of their "Factor Stompboxes", ZOIA & Beebo & Mbira w/pickups. and a Dobro, all sorts of MIDI Controller gizmos, i went crazy four ars straight, Reverb banned me for life., two three years to learn it all now. phew/ my mom always said I was not raised right. well once ;-)
Alll just so I can have this huge driving force, "Get the workbench together, nobody sells the matrix mixer I need to loop them.
So qty 100 LM13700 and a whole bunch of supporting cast members.
KiCad 8 being out now, larn that to PCB. My Childish Grandiosity Gland is nearly as big as my Empathy Gland is. Underneath all this is this Conspiracy that I invented, 50Hz & 60Hz the AC Power Grid runs on has been hypnotizing folks for ages and
ADHD has me doing nothing but watching videos or reading articles of other folks doing it, So, now I have to dig around and kick-out the 'living vicariously on others' successes" or worse
Take Care
What sorts of experiments do you do? RISC V is gardangblang tempting to switch to. after 2/3 of my life's avocation was in Micro$oft's pocket, literally for 13-14 years tech support then device testing testing the tests that test the devices .
in closing, since Apriil 12, 1861, then re-doubled January 6, 2020
The Central Column of OUR Flag Pole has Indelibly Etched upon its Entire Surface;
“The Preservation of Life, & Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness”
The Right Face of OUR Flag has Indelibly Etched upon its Entire Surface;
“The Preservation of Liberty, & Happiness, & the Pursuit of Life”
The Left Face of OUR Flag has Indelibly Etched upon its Entire Surface,
“The Preservation of Happiness, & Life, & the Pursuit of Liberty,”
Formerly-United State Of America
HAS NO CONSTITUTION
beware the fake XR2206 function generators on eBay, Aliwhatchits, temu, all fake, most likely the close-cousin ICL8038 function generators are phony as well.
i saw a couple by one guy that nearly had them sorted-out, beginning like always, "Datasheet(s)? Check, BOM in this kit? WTF! some parts are 10x what they aare specced to use., but it remains more a document to his gradually realizing, "something just ain't right with these chips."
lm13700 are for the VCA at each of the two by eight inputs mixed through 8x8 Crosspoint VCAs here Outputting to a pair of eight Attenuverters, for Audio & CV for modular synth use. a thing stuck in my todo list for twenty-plus years, we'll see , but there are plenty of tools & parts, not like '82 when the Heathkit Analog and Digital Electronics kits had me integrating Boolean Algebra in with the language bits shifting bits in Venn Diagrams and Karnaugh Maps. a note to close on
shhhhh
i got to press play on this teacher, thanks
be safe
Could have done better, but the lesson was well done; in any event.
Absolutely the best video I've found on this topic!
You just cleared up decades of fuzziness on those small-signal amplifiers. Spelling out the individual component functions helps a lot. Thanks.
Thank you very much. In my retirement I am making a hobby of fixing radios' amps and sometimes old computers. You have explained clearly
the circuits to me.
As an eletrical student this is by far the best video I have ever watched, thank you!
Thank you, the first video that actually explained it in depth.
I really appreciate the Troubleshooting part at the end,
troubleshooting is where the thinking and understanding happens.
I sure do know a lot more about small signal amplifiers than I did before watching this video.
Thanks for this great lesson, consider me subscribed! You really do have a way of explaining what is going on in these circuits. The circuit really makes sense now, remarkable!
Thanks again!
Great job! You're a very good teacher. Best Video that I have watched on amplification...shed a lot of light on the subject. Keep it up.
He is going so deep on the topic... Wonderful
This 1000 times better than what I went through. I am beginning to believe our lectures never mastered what they taught us. They were just teaching by memorizing
I've always believed the same. Many teachers explain things mathematically because, I believe, they don't truly understand conceptually.. This guy is incredible...
Crystal clear lecture, couldn't be better. Good to do a recap of things you learned (or thought you learned) many years ago.
This video is by far your most complex, Bob. Especially, since you said trial and error, is the best way to determine the component values!
This is great. Thankyou. After years spent try😅ng to understand this stuff you bring a real clarity to the subject.
Best explanation about the working of an ssa I ever heared! Great video!!!
I have watched many, many hours of electronics tutorials and this is the best at explaining what the components in a common emitter amplifier actually do and why they're needed. I'd enjoy seeing videos on the negative feedback circuit and differential pairs.
I like that after all the explanation of the amplifier circuit at about 1/2 way through the video he stops, looks at the camera for a moment and states "except it can't work".
That guy explains everything, great lecture.
Like my father explaining how life works... Then says ..
Waiting for that😊😅
Yeah that was funny
It’s important to understand that voltage does not flow. It is just a measure of potential energy between 2 points. Usually between a node in the circuit and ground or between 2 points. Current is the flow of electrons (or holes depending on how you were taught EE). You must have a potential (voltage) between the 2 points in order for current to flow from the first point to the other. A load is usually placed between the 2 points to perform some function. A resistor is a load used, for example, to keep the current between the two terminals of the battery from quickly draining the battery. So when he says there is 10 volts at some point in the circuit, he is implicitly saying there is a potential of 10 volts between the point and ground.
I used this circuit with a coil and variable capacitor to make a simple radio back in 1967. Thanks for the lecture.
You're truly a well-seasoned educator sir. Thank you!
Great lecture. And I’m so impressed at how, in a video delivered more or less like a real lecture with almost no editing in postproduction, how infrequently the speaker says “um” or “er”. Master level public speaking and teaching skills!
This is a really great lecture to understand how transistor amplifiers work and the potential design problems associated with them. Simple and easy to understand. Thank you very much.
Clear and concise presentation. I particularly like the way you reinforce the understanding by briefly revisiting an earlier explanation of the said part. Probably the best explanation of small signal amplifiers that I have come across. Excellent!
Finally someone who takes the extra time to explain 'every' component and how/what it does. While most watching these type of videos probably know the basics of how each component works, most presenters assume a lot and are more 'hand wavey' with their explanations or just focus on a particular component (like the transistor in this case).
I had more than a few light bulb moments watching this (finally!), excellent job and thanks!
As an electronics engineer that spent countless hours over circuits on breadboards and in PSpice I totally love this!!
The straw is such an excellent analogy of the transistor because what you're doing is pinching the bass diner in majority carriers and I like your fact that I really like the example of the minus sucking instead of the positive pushing makes a lot more sense
I've been trying to learn about audio effects, starting with transistor based circuits for boosting a signal, overdrive, etc. It has been surprisingly complicated! This is one of the best explanations I've found in the last 3-4 months. Your explanations are outstanding.
Amazing! Impressive! I've never seen anyone "reason" circuits this way! Thank you very much.
Finally a good video that explains a circuit, and what happens when you put certain devices into it and what effects it has!
I think most of us know the single devices and how they work, but only if they are alone, not if they are matched together!
This is by far the best explantion I have ever seen on this topic. Thank you very much.
Very useful lecture. Thank you! I was a little puzzled by the positive current flow perspective at the beginning. I was taught that electrons go from the cathode/emitter/source to the plate/collector/drain and are attracted to (sucked to, so to speak) the positive terminal of the B+ battery. Hearing that the current was sucked towards ground got me confused for a few seconds while I sorted out your perspective.
This is brilliant. A super practical lecture from an experienced one telling the the things with a simple and intuitive words. Admired.
Can't find more likes to thank this lecture. Its soo imformative. Thank you. +1 new subscriber
No words to describe how grateful i am . Ave been dying to make my own fm/am transmitter to switch things wireless n have some fun but failed terribly.after watching this content,my hopes resurrected I got a revelation. do me a favour pliz, continue to the fm /am modulation part. I can now amplify my mic signal n the colpitts ascillator effectively, thanks alot
This is an absolutely excellent lecture - well done
Ive been busting my brain trying to figure out transistors as amps, turns out most of my issues were using a circut like the one in the first half of this video. Not a single other person has told me its almost impossible to calculate predictable repeatable results using the first circut shown here..
Best explatation of common emitter ive watched!
Absolutely excellent. Such an INCREDIBLE teacher.. Just wow!
Thank you very much for this luminous exposition of the subject. I have taken electronics courses in college quite some time ago, got excellent grades, but never reached this level of deep comprehension of the topic after listening to your lecture. My understanding was based more on rote mathematical heavy guns rather than the pragmatic simple method you use.
A testimony that a good teacher is hard to come by and he can make a big difference.
Sir, Thanks a lot. For this great lecture. Keep posting such greatful lecture. God bless you.
This is very good. I have minimal electronics knowledge, never understood much about amplifiers beyond basic transistor operation. The tutorial was easy to follow and I now know a lot more. The logical step-by-step build up of the circuit is an excellent approach.
Another advantage of the emitter resistor is that it dramatically increases the input impedance looking into the base. This is really important when trying to amplify a signal from a device with a high output impedance, such as a dynamic or ribbon microphone.
A great summary of amplifier design principles.
Really well explained. I subbed. You are a great teacher. I'm 4 years into learning electronics, so am always regoing over what i've learnt. You help make this clearer.
Wow, finally understand how transitor work!!!!
highly qualitative and helpful content - 10 thumbs up to you Sir!
I loved the lesson, total flashback for me of when I enrolled at ITT-Technical Institute for an EET Degree back in 89". You reminded me of my Electronics fundamentals teacher Mr. Kotwika, who was a long-time Navy instructor and began teaching in the private sector at ITT.
Hes a natural teacher of electronics, I like the way he cleans up and explains really well with clear graphs. Razavi the legendary Stanford lecturer is great at teaching, but sometimes even he doesnt realise how cluttered his diagrams can be. Razavi is great at everything else, except the clutter ;)
your presentation was very clear, especially for those of us who don't speak English daily.
one of the lectures i have ever had on small signal amplifiers.IT HAS NEARLY ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS IN JUST ONE LECTURE
Thanks for displaying the phase inversion fault at the end!
Thank you. Guys like this make this world just a little better! One learning video at a time...
Wow, outstanding explanation! Thank you so much professor. I can finally understand this concept.
Thank you for your generous giving of your knowledge. Awesome video.
great video.the whiteboard and eraser is a game changer by taking away components that are not necessary for the instruction at the moment.
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Thankyou for your time in sharing yr knowledge. Fully explained. explained. Ill have to rewatch with more time and care as my mind was thinking if you had the bottom side resistor and not the top then it would be in phase. Im wondering about mosfets. And thinking of a circuit that switches at a frequency say 50khz and feeds the ac signal through most then shorts out the 50khz - im thinking how they do band width modulation. Ill have to check yr site, but if not can you do such a comprehensive vid on bass and trebble, Ive always hated the graphic equalizers as in the studios they like have a hundred etc... so here is public joe pissing around with his 5 or 7 band wheres the old bass and trebble with loudness sounded much better and quicker / simple to adjust without screwing the sound completely up. Also - the "magnetic amplifier" Ive always dreamed of building my own amp with something like six amps, 2 bass / 2 mid and 2 trebble with the two amps split, one value and the other amp transistor and being able to adjust between the two and I figure you adjust the three twins with the balance of tone between valve and mosfet with a Master Volume.
That was a lot of information and insightful. I learnt a lot. I am saving this in my electronic folder.
This is an absolute masterclass.
You are the Greatest teacher ever. Thank you very much
This is You tube university ,and you are our professor. I did assemble a mic (wireless) some years ago and it was a good learning experience. This video reminds me of that.
some people were born to teach this is amazing!
Excellent, thanks. Your education skill is amazing.
Great class, thank you. If you ever decide to use a signal generator and oscilloscope to demonstrate gain and distortion, etc. that would be a welcome addition to an already great class. Thank you.
Just brilliant! I've been looking for such a video for many many years!
..from last comment, Yes Its a amazing explanation, any people can learn from your channel Mr Teacher!!, very nice to listen!, thank you!
Excellent explanation. I remember learning the same principles from stogy texts explained by stuffy professors. This is much more clear and simple. Of course I would rather use FET's, but I always struggled with BJT circuits. Thank god for op-amps.
wow sir, you are a legend. the way you teach the concept is amazing.
Thank you! We all see these circuits with resistors and capacitors, but no one explain their function in the circuit.
great video. like others i started in the 60s, was making circuit boards for amplifiers in the early 70s, hours on end. back then record players were everything. then cassette but the stereo, the amp specs. Classes were about theory, I did the hands on long before the theory, would wonder how it worked and why, started at about age 6. its the fascination with it, the interest in it that fuels learning. I went thru school, worked and later worked fixing tv's and things at the circuit level. would get training from the 3 old timer tv techs in the area, each had their own approach but the theory/math is #1 and shop safety. doing tv set repair helps to learn how circuits behave, lots of little circuits that are made a certain way.
watching now to refresh is interesting, used to know this stuff well. what was it 1991 went for an interview they had a multi choice test, one was an op amp circuit, I designed those alot, told the guy none of the answers on the test are right. he checked and came back and said when can u start.
but now being broken emotionally, i watch a little and its not easy to follow anymore. am too hurt to really want to. never in my life Id say such a thing. learning things is important, do it while you can.
Very good explanation. Thank you! You've earned my subscription.
Best lecture on small signal analysis
This is so good. I'm beginning to like electronics again
thank you for this master piece and i really dont understand why you dont have more subs! you should have above 100k but unfortunately people tend to follow an instagram influencer with useless videos more than someone that deserves it!!!! thanks again
Very Very interesting and informative video.
Thank You Sir. 😊😊
I remember learning this way back in 1973 in 1st year college.
he must of had the radio shack 130 & 1 science kit. and wondered why those resistors and capacitor are always on terminals
of the NPN and PNP transistor's in the circuit amplifiers you build . They gave explanations ,some times, but in this depth.