Power Amplifier
Power Amplifier
What is a Power Amplifier?
A power amplifier is an electronic amplifier designed to increase the magnitude of power of a given input signal.
The power of the input signal is increased to a level high enough to drive loads of output devices like speakers, headphones, RF transmitters etc. Unlike voltage/current amplifiers, a power amplifier is designed to drive loads directly and is used as a final block in an amplifier chain.
The input signal to a power amplifier needs to be above a certain threshold. So, instead of directly passing the raw audio/RF signal to the power amplifier, it is first pre-amplified using current/voltage amplifiers and is sent as input to the power amp after making necessary modifications.
