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Title: Study On Clamper Circuits.: Experiment No. 04

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Experiment No.

04:

Title: Study on Clamper Circuits.

Objective:

The main objective of this experiment is to study the behavior of different types of clamper circuits. We will
observe the output wave shapes of these circuits and compare those with the theoretical wave shapes.

Theory:

In certain instances, it may be desirable to keep the output waveform essentially unchanged, but modify its
dc level to some required value. This can be done by the use of diodes, resistors, capacitors, and voltage
sources. Such circuits are known as clampers. For example, if the input voltage signal swings from -10V to
+10V, a positive dc clamper can produce an output that keeps the signal wave shape intact but swings the
voltage from 0V to +20V. TV receivers use a dc clamper to add a dc voltage to the video signal. Here the dc
clamper is usually called a dc restorer.

Figure 3: Negative clamper circuit

In Figure 3 a negative dc clamper is shown. The clamper operates as follows: on the positive half cycle the
diode is in ON state (So its equivalent to short circuit). Assuming that RC constant is small and capacitor
charged to V volts very quickly. So the output Voltage will be 0 Volts.
On the negative half cycle the diode in OFF state (So its equivalent to open circuit). Both for the
shorted voltage across capacitor and applied signal current through cathode to anode, the output
Voltage will be : Vo= -V-V=-2V.

Figure 4: Biased Negative and Positive clamper circuit

Apparatus Requirement:

1. Diode
2. Resistance 10 k
3. Capacitor
4. Oscilloscope
5. DC power supply
6. Multimeter.

Circuit Diagram:

• Forward Bias:-
• Reverse Bias:-

Experimental Procedure:

1. Construct the circuits as shown in circuit diagram section.


2. Observe Vi and Vo simultaneously on the oscilloscope in dual mode and sketch the
waveforms for V1 = 0, V1 = V m/2, V1 = V m, Where V m is the maximum value of the input
signal.

Discussion:

A positive clamper circuit (negative peak clamper) outputs a purely positive waveform
from an input signal; it offsets the input signal so that all of the waveform is greater
than 0 V. A negative clamp is the opposite of this—this clamp outputs a purely negative
waveform from an input signal.
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