Clipper and clamper circuits

Differentiates between a cliiper circuit and a clamper circuit in both parallel and series connections.

1. Introduction These circuits are applications of P-N Junction diodes Clipper Circuits are used to clip off a portion of wave from an input signal It is used in two ways – series and parallel. Clamper Circuits clamp a signal to different dc level. Along with diodes, capacitors and resistors are also used.

2. Series Clipper Circuit First introduced as a half-wave rectifier for sinusoidal waveforms. However, there are no boundaries on the type of signals that can be applied to a clipper. In Series Positive Clipper, the diode is connected in series with the output in Forward Biasing. In Series Negative Clipper, the diode is connected in series with the output in Reverse Biasing. In Series Bias Clipper, a battery is connected with resistance

3. Parallel Clipper Circuit Also known as Shunt Clipper Output is in parallel with the diode & resistance ( which are, in turn, in series) Like series, there is also positive and negative shunt clipper. Like series, we have biased parallel clipper circuit wherein, battery is connected with diode