[Amps] Neutralising a tetrode amplifier with a broadband input
Alan Ibbetson
alan at g3xaq.net
Sun Jan 21 11:44:01 EST 2024
Grid driven tetrode linear amplifiers lend themselves to broadband input
circuits using a swamping resistor and, say, a pi section low pass filter
that absorbs the grid-cathode capacitance. Svetlana suggests that if the
passive grid resistance is small enough there is no need for neutralisation
but that seems like a bandaid to discard gain in exchange for stability.
How do you extract a signal from the anode when there is no tuned circuit
at the grid for the necessary phase reversal needed for conventional bridge
neutralisation? Would a bifilar ferrite loaded phase reversing transformer
across the grid resistor work? Or is there a better way?
73, Alan G3XAQ
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Alan Ibbetson
alan at g3xaq.net
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