In Reply to: Hmmmmmmm... posted by Steve O on August 16, 2016 at 12:44:36:
"What if the tube is isn't operated in its most linear region so that some other parameter might be optimized but is otherwise never driven to cutoff or saturation? What class might that be?"
It's the class that requires the designer to describe why he did that every time he mentions the amplifier's operating characteristics. Your question reminds me of all the times I've heard people say that a Class AB1 amplifier operates in Class A at low signal levels. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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- RE: Hmmmmmmm... - Triode_Kingdom 13:33:11 08/16/16 (63)
- RE: Hmmmmmmm... - Tre' 19:36:53 08/16/16 (0)
- Huh? (nt) - Steve O 15:31:48 08/16/16 (61)
- IOW, it's not a class (nt) - Triode_Kingdom 16:31:01 08/16/16 (60)
- Yours is not a conventional understanding of a "class" of operation... - Steve O 17:00:59 08/16/16 (59)
- Of course it is - Triode_Kingdom 06:56:26 08/17/16 (2)
- RE: Of course it is - PakProtector 09:00:40 08/17/16 (0)
- Correct?, Correct???...... - Steve O 07:56:19 08/17/16 (0)
- RE: Yours is not a conventional understanding of a "class" of operation... - Michael Samra 18:36:42 08/16/16 (55)
- Sorry, not correct... - Triode_Kingdom 07:02:03 08/17/16 (1)
- Notice had I posted a link when at the same time that I copied and pasted where I got it from - Michael Samra 00:43:30 08/18/16 (0)
- All that is not a clear, concise definition... - Steve O 20:14:28 08/16/16 (52)
- RE: All that is not a clear, concise definition... - Tre' 21:16:30 08/16/16 (16)
- RE: All that is not a clear, concise definition... - Steve O 22:19:26 08/16/16 (15)
- RE: All that is not a clear, concise definition... - Tre' 08:51:54 08/17/16 (0)
- Totally agree ... - Naz 05:42:28 08/17/16 (13)
- RE: Totally agree ... - PakProtector 09:06:43 08/17/16 (12)
- RE: Totally agree ... - Jim McShane 17:15:17 08/17/16 (11)
- LOL... - PakProtector 18:02:07 08/17/16 (10)
- RE: LOL... - Triode_Kingdom 23:07:48 08/17/16 (9)
- RE: LOL... - dave slagle 06:56:32 08/18/16 (8)
- RE: LOL... - PakProtector 13:07:19 08/18/16 (7)
- RE: LOL... - dave slagle 13:43:32 08/18/16 (6)
- RE: LOL... - Tre' 15:56:11 08/18/16 (5)
- RE: LOL... - dave slagle 16:47:07 08/18/16 (4)
- RE: LOL... - Tre' 17:34:13 08/18/16 (3)
- RE: LOL... - dave slagle 18:24:27 08/18/16 (2)
- Soft... - PakProtector 17:23:44 08/23/16 (0)
- RE: LOL... - Tre' 18:43:12 08/18/16 (0)
- "Class A, literally means 'the best class' of amplifier." - FenderLover 20:56:01 08/16/16 (34)
- That was a copy and paste from that link but I reposted in a response - Michael Samra 00:48:11 08/18/16 (0)
- RE: "Class A, literally means 'the best class' of amplifier." - Tre' 21:26:18 08/16/16 (32)
- Would Class AB be closer to X or Y-axis of that graph? - FenderLover 06:15:24 08/17/16 (30)
- RE: Would Class AB be closer to X or Y-axis of that graph? - Tre' 10:08:33 08/17/16 (29)
- Thanks! I think... - FenderLover 08:02:43 08/18/16 (1)
- RE: Thanks! I think... - Tre' 09:41:35 08/18/16 (0)
- Ah, but that's the point ... - Naz 01:13:21 08/18/16 (26)
- RE: Ah, but that's the point ... - Tre' 09:28:21 08/18/16 (17)
- Too many variables ... - Naz 16:02:36 08/18/16 (16)
- RE: Too many variables ... - Tre' 17:25:19 08/18/16 (15)
- A Modern Misconception - Triode_Kingdom 08:30:00 08/19/16 (4)
- RE: A Modern Misconception - Tre' 08:47:45 08/19/16 (3)
- RE: A Modern Misconception - Triode_Kingdom 09:14:27 08/19/16 (2)
- RE: A Modern Misconception - PakProtector 04:00:57 08/28/16 (1)
- RE: A Modern Misconception - Tre' 16:36:31 08/28/16 (0)
- I don't disagree with the main aims of Class A ... - Naz 18:00:46 08/18/16 (9)
- RE: I don't disagree with the main aims of Class A ... - Tre' 18:05:36 08/18/16 (7)
- But you haven't answered my question ... - Naz 18:21:46 08/18/16 (6)
- RE: But you haven't answered my question ... - Tre' 19:02:33 08/18/16 (5)
- RE: But you haven't answered my question ... - Naz 19:29:06 08/18/16 (4)
- RE: But you haven't answered my question ... - Tre' 08:45:16 08/19/16 (3)
- Tube curves and Class A - Naz 14:12:59 08/19/16 (2)
- Operating condition vs. bias point. - Tre' 09:21:27 08/20/16 (1)
- We are saying the same thing except for one point ... - Naz 14:31:31 08/20/16 (0)
- +1 (nt) - Steve O 18:04:43 08/18/16 (0)
- When is a V8 a V6? - Triode_Kingdom 07:09:18 08/18/16 (6)
- RE: When is a V8 a V6? - Naz 17:26:17 08/18/16 (0)
- RE: When is a V8 a V6? - Steve O 09:49:20 08/18/16 (4)
- RE: When is a V8 a V6? - PakProtector 13:12:05 08/18/16 (0)
- definitions - Tre' 12:37:29 08/18/16 (0)
- RE: When is a V8 a V6? - Triode_Kingdom 10:15:24 08/18/16 (1)
- intent of "Class A" That is my bigger point - Tre' 11:23:34 08/18/16 (0)
- RE: Ah, but that's the point ... - dave slagle 06:30:58 08/18/16 (0)
- Tre, I'll take Howard Tremaine for 500...what is quiescent?~nT - Cleantimestream 02:36:16 08/17/16 (0)