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8 Frequency Characteristics of Single−Stage and Cascaded Amplifiers8.1 Properties of Signal Waveforms........................................................................8−18.2 The Transistor Amplifier at Low Frequencies..................................................8−58.3 The Transistor Amplifier at High Frequencies.................................................8−98.4 Combined Low- and High−Frequency Characteristics...................................8−148.5 Frequency Characteristics of Cascaded Amplifiers ........................................8−158.6 Overall Characteristics of Multistage Amplifiers ...........................................8−278.7 Amplification and Power Gain in Three or More Cascaded Amplifiers ........8−328.8 Summary .........................................................................................................8−348.9 Exercises..........................................................................................................8−368.10 Solutions to End−of−Chapter Exercises..........................................................8−39MATLAB ComputingPages 8−9, 8−25, 8−459 Tuned Amplifiers9.1 Introduction to Tuned Circuits..........................................................................9−19.2 Single-tuned Transistor Amplifier......................................................................9−89.3 Cascaded Tuned Amplifiers .............................................................................9−149.3.1 Synchronously Tuned Amplifiers ...........................................................9−149.3.2 Stagger−Tuned Amplifiers......................................................................9−189.3.3 Three or More Tuned Amplifiers Connected in Cascade......................9−279.4 Summary...........................................................................................................9−289.5 Exercises ...........................................................................................................9−309.6 Solutions to End−of−Chapter Exercises ...........................................................9−31MATLAB ComputingPage 9−1810 Sinusoidal Oscillators10.1 Introduction to Oscillators...........................................................................10−110.2 Sinusoidal Oscillators ...................................................................................10−110.3 RC Oscillator................................................................................................10−410.4 LC Oscillators...............................................................................................10−510.5 The Armstrong Oscillator ............................................................................10−610.6 The Hartley Oscillator .................................................................................10−710.7 The Colpitts Oscillator.................................................................................10−710.8 Crystal Oscillators ........................................................................................10−810.9 The Pierce Oscillator..................................................................................10−10viElectronic Devices and Amplifier Circuits with MATLAB Computing, Second EditionCopyright © Orchard Publications