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Necessity for diode in clippers

Can a clipper operate without a diode of some sort? Careful how you answer this one!--Light current 17:42, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why would you not want to use a diode? Anyways, how about an operational amplifier, with a gain of 1, given a limited voltage supply. This would, in effect, clip voltages which are at or exceeds the supply voltage. Ronald Ping Man Chan (talk)

merge

I suggest merging clamper (electronics) into clipper (electronics). Some sources draw a distinction between the two. But I they are so closely related that a single article describing both of them, and the subtle distinction between them, would be better than 2 separate article, each of which re-iterate the subtle distinction between them. --68.0.124.33 (talk) 20:37, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. Clipper and clampers, while sounding somewhat similar, with both using diodes, are still quite different, I think. The distinction is not subtle. To understand clampers, an understanding of capacitors and how they charge up to remove the dc component is required. For clippers, there is a more simplistic understanding, where the diode either blocks, or shunts. Also, there are different diodes which could be used, for example, zener diodes as voltage references. Compare this with a clamper, which requires a voltage source - zener diode would not work. Ronald Ping Man Chan (talk) 04:52, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Image

Image of clipper circuit requested for shunt and series. Ronald Ping Man Chan (talk) 04:55, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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