Assume abrupt clipping of the amplifier, not gradualAn amplifier has output voltage limits of L- = -6 V and L+ = +4 V and has an open circuit voltage gain of Avo = -5. A sinusoidal input centered at 0 V (so no bias voltage) having a peak voltage of X volts is applied to the amplifier.
a) What is the largest peak voltage (amplitude) of the output for no clipping to occur?
b ) What then is the largest value of input voltage X to have no clipping?
c) Can the output voltage be biased such that a larger peak output voltage is obtained? If so, what is the bias and what are the new peak output and input voltages?
My intuition was that maximum output would be +4 V and max input would then be -4/5 V (by Vi = Vo/Avo), but I wasn't sure. Would greatly appreciate a detailed explanation. Thanks.
Small diagram I drew:
