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    Voltage clipping limits the voltage to a


    device without affecting the rest of the
    waveform

    In electronics, a clipper is a circuit


    designed to prevent a signal from
    exceeding a predetermined reference
    voltage level. A clipper does not distort the
    remaining part of the applied waveform.
    Clipping circuits are used to select, for
    purposes of transmission, that part of a
    signal waveform which lies above or below
    the predetermined reference voltage level.

    Clipping may be achieved either at one


    level or two levels. A clipper circuit can
    remove certain portions of an arbitrary
    waveform near the positive or negative
    peaks or both. Clipping changes the shape
    of the waveform and alters its spectral
    components.

    A clipping circuit consists of linear


    elements like resistors and non-linear
    elements like diodes or transistors, but it
    does not contain energy-storage elements
    like capacitors.

    Clipping circuits are also called slicers or


    amplitude selectors.[1]

    Types
    Diode clipper

    Positive peak clipper circuit

    A simple diode clipper can be made with a


    diode and a resistor. This will remove
    either the positive, or the negative half of
    the waveform depending on the direction
    the diode is connected. The simple circuit
    clips at zero voltage (or to be more precise,
    at the small forward voltage of the forward
    biased diode) but the clipping voltage can
    be set to any desired value with the
    addition of a reference voltage. The
    diagram illustrates a positive reference
    voltage but the reference can be positive or
    negative for both positive and negative
    clipping giving four possible configurations
    in all.

    The simplest circuit for the voltage


    reference is a resistor potential divider
    connected between the voltage rails. This
    can be improved by replacing the lower
    resistor with a zener diode with a
    breakdown voltage equal to the required
    reference voltage. The zener acts as a
    voltage regulator stabilising the reference
    voltage against supply and load variations.

    Zener diode
    Two shunt diode clipper circuit

    In the example circuit on the right, two


    zener diodes are used to clip the voltage
    VIN. The voltage in either direction is
    limited to the reverse breakdown voltage
    plus the forward voltage drop across one
    zener diode.

    Op-amp precision clipper

    For very small values of clipping voltage on


    low-level signals the I-V curve of the diode
    can result in clipping onset that is not very
    sharp. Precision clippers can be made by
    placing the clipping device in the feedback
    circuit of an operational amplifier in a
    manner similar to precision rectifiers.

    Classification
    Clippers may be classified into two types
    based on the positioning of the diode. [2]

    Series clippers, where the diode is in


    series with the load resistance, and
    Shunt clippers, where the diode is shunted
    across the load resistance.

    The diode capacitance affects the operation


    of the clipper at high frequency and
    influences the choice between the above
    two types. High frequency signals are
    attenuated in the shunt clipper as the diode
    capacitance provides an alternative path to
    output current. In the series clipper,
    clipping effectiveness is reduced for the
    same reason as the high frequency current
    passes through without being sufficiently
    blocked.

    Clippers may be classified based on the


    orientation of the diode. The orientation
    decides which half cycle is affected by the
    clipping action.

    The clipping action can be made to happen


    at an arbitrary level by using a biasing
    element (potential source) in series with
    the diode. In the following diagrams the
    green plot is the input voltage, the orange
    plot is the output voltage, and the blue plot
    is the clipping level voltage.

    Positively biased diode clipper

    Positive peak clipping at a negative voltage.


    Positive peak clipping at a positive voltage.
    ， ，
    When ui > UB diode is conducting and uo
    In this circuit, a short circuit output will
    result in a large current being driven
    = UB. through the diode by UB and may damage
    it.

    Negatively biased diode clipper

    Negative peak clipping at a positive voltage.


    Negative peak clipping at a negative
    ，
    voltage. When ui < UB diode is
    In this circuit, a short circuit output will
    result in a large current being driven
    ，
    conducting and uo = UB. through the diode by UB and may damage
    it.

    Combinational two-level diode


    clipper

    The signal can be clipped to between two


    levels by using both types of diode clippers
    in combination. [3]
    ， ，
    When ui > UB1 D1 is conducting and uo =
    ， ，
    UB1. When ui < UB2 D2 is conducting and
    uo = UB2.

    Clamping circuit

    Main article: Clamper (electronics)

    A clamper circuit is not a clipper, but the


    simple diode version has a similar topology
    to a clipper with the exception that the
    resistor is replaced with a capacitor. The
    clamper circuit fixes either the positive or
    negative peaks at a fixed voltage
    (determined by the biasing voltage) rather
    than clipping them off.

    See also
    Amplitude gate
    Clipping (signal processing)
    Orifice plate which can function as a
    mechanical clipper for acoustic signals.
    Limiter
    Rectifier

    References
    1. ^ Graf, Rudolf F. (1999-08-11). Modern
    Dictionary of Electronics. Newnes.
    ISBN 9780080511986.
    2. ^ Salivahanan, Electronic devices and
    circuits. 2nd Edition. Tata McGraw Hill,
    2008, Page 555, ISBN 0-07-066049-2
    3. ^ Rao K Venkata, Pulse And Digital Circuits,
    Pearson, 2010, page 163, ISBN 978-81-317-
    2135-3

    Further reading
    Robert L. Boylestad, Electronic devices and
    circuit Theory. 8th Edition. Eastern
    Economy Edition, 2002, Page 83, ISBN 81-
    203-2064-6

    External links
    An overview of Clipping Circuits, Circuits
    Today

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