WHY A STEP-UP TRANSFORMER CANT BE USED AS AN AMPLIFIER?
As you can see in the above figure, for a step-up transformer the amplitude of the output waveform is greater than the input waveform (due to more number of turns on the secondary side of the transformer)
But in the case of the amplifier,
As you can see in the above figure, for a step-up transformer the amplitude of the output waveform is greater than the input waveform (due to more number of turns on the secondary side of the transformer)
But in the case of the amplifier,
the output voltage the amplifier is also greater than the input voltage.
so there is generally a confusion among most of us that both perform the same operation but in reality its not same operation.
In the transformer ratio formula, there is an inverse relationship between the current and voltage.
A step-up transformer (Ns>Np) increases the voltage in the secondary coil, at the same time the current in the secondary coil of the transformer gets decreased. (that can be seen by the transformer formula given above)
POWER aT PRIMARY COIL = POWER at SECONDARY COIL
INPUT POWER =OUTPUT POWER
(for a Transformer)
But in the case of the Amplifier, there is
amplification in both the voltage and current
so the
OUTPUT POWER > INPUT POWER
so the real amplification is taking place here