Q.Why does the gain of an amplifier decreases at very low and very high frequencies?
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Low-f: coupling-capacitor reactance high. High-f: shunt-capacitance reactance low. Both cut the gain.
At low frequencies the reactance of the coupling capacitor is large, so an appreciable part of the signal is dropped across it and only a small part reaches the next stage — the gain is small. At high frequencies the inter-electrode and stray (shunt) capacitances have small reactance and act almost like short circuits to ground, diverting the signal away from the load and increasing the loading effect — so the gain again falls. Only in the mid-frequency band are both these effects negligible, giving a constant maximum gain. …
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