Screen LibraryDesigning audio power amplifiers /
"This comprehensive book on audio power amplifier design will appeal to members of the professional audio engineering community as well as the student and enthusiast. Designing Audio Power Amplifiers begins with power amplifier design basics that a novice can understand and moves all the way th...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Summary: |
"This comprehensive book on audio power amplifier design will appeal to members of the professional audio engineering community as well as the student and enthusiast. Designing Audio Power Amplifiers begins with power amplifier design basics that a novice can understand and moves all the way through to in-depth design techniques for very sophisticated audiophile and professional audio power amplifiers. This book is the single best source of knowledge for anyone who wishes to design audio power amplifiers. It also provides a detailed introduction to nearly all aspects of analog circuit design, making it an effective educational text. Develop and hone your audio amplifier design skills with in-depth coverage of these and other topics: Basic and advanced audio power amplifier design Low-noise amplifier design Static and dynamic crossover distortion demystified Understanding negative feedback and the controversy surrounding it Advanced NFB compensation techniques, including TPC and TMC Sophisticated DC servo design MOSFET power amplifiers and error correction Audio measurements and instrumentation Overlooked sources of distortion SPICE simulation for audio amplifiers, including a tutorial on LTspice SPICE transistor modeling, including the VDMOS model for power MOSFETs Thermal design and the use of ThermalTrakTM transistors Four chapters on class D amplifiers, including measurement techniques Professional power amplifiers Switch-mode power supplies (SMPS)"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 772 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138555457 1138555452 9781138555440 1138555444 |
| Index Number: | TK7871 |
| CLC: | TN722.1 |
| Call Number: | TN722.1/C794/2nd ed. |
| Contents: | Power amplifier basics -- Power amplifier design evolution -- Building an amplifier -- Noise -- Negative feedback compensation and slew rate -- Amplifier classes, output stages and efficiency -- Summary of amplifier design considerations -- Input and vas circuits -- DC servos -- Advanced forms of feedback compensation -- Output stage design and crossover distortion -- Output stages II -- MOSFET power amplifiers -- Error correction -- Other sources of distortion -- Output stage thermal design and stability -- Safe area and short circuit protection -- Power supplies and grounding -- Switching power supplies -- Clipping control and civilized amplifier behavior -- Interfacing the real world -- SPICE simulation -- SPICE models and libraries -- Audio instrumentation -- Distortion and its measurement -- Other amplifier tests -- The negative feedback controversy -- Amplifiers without negative feedback -- Balanced and bridged amplifiers -- Integrated circuit power amplifiers and drivers -- Professional power amplifiers -- Class D audio amplifiers -- Class D design issues -- Alternative Class D modulators -- Class D measurement, efficiency and designs |