Shomu Mukherjee died at the age of 64.
The linear range is that range of input or output values for which an electronic amplifier produces an output signal that is a direct , linear function of the input signal .. electronic. Electronics. amplifier. amplifier. signal. signal ( information theory ). linear. linear. That is , the output can be represented by the equation  :. Output = Input × Gain. When operating in the linear range , no clipping occurs .. linear. linear. clipping. Clipping ( audio ). If an amplifier were perfectly linear , no distortion -LRB- harmonic distortion or intermodulation distortion -RRB- would occur -LRB- although random noise may still be introduced -RRB- .. amplifier. amplifier. linear. linear. distortion. distortion. harmonic distortion. Total harmonic distortion. intermodulation distortion. intermodulation distortion. noise. noise. harmonic. harmonic. Vacuum tube amplifiers tend to exhibit soft clipping ; as they approach the maximum possible output value , the gain tends to drop , rounding the tops of the signal waveform .. signal. signal ( information theory ). clipping. Clipping ( audio ). Vacuum tube. Vacuum tube. waveform. waveform. Transistor amplifiers , by comparison , tend to produce hard clipping ; the gain remains approximately the same until the maximum possible output voltage is reached ; at that point , hard clipping occurs and the waveform never exceeds that value .. clipping. Clipping ( audio ). waveform. waveform. Transistor. Transistor. The sharp inflection points thus produced in the output waveform tend to have many more high-order harmonics .. waveform. waveform. This is alleged to be the basis of the `` transistor sound '' that some audiophiles find offensive -LRB- although this would not have occurred if they would not have been driving their amplifiers beyond the linear range in the first place -RRB- .. linear. linear