Compare clipper and clamper

Compare clipper and clamper
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Sr. No
Parameter
Clipper
Clamper
1 Components used
Diode, Resistors 
Diode, Capacitors, Resistors
2 Function
To remove a part of input waveform
To add a DC shift to the input waveform
3 Frequency of input
Not important as capacitor is not used 
The value of C needs to be chosen on the basis of input frequency
4 Application
Diode clamp, wave shaping circuits 
Voltage Multipliers 
5 Configuration
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