Audio power amplifier design handbook

Based on his work at Soundcraft Electronics, Douglas Self shows how to design and build audio power amplifiers using the most up to date components and technologies

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Self, Douglas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier/Focal Press 2009
Edition:5th ed
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300 |a xxii, 583 pages  |b illustrations 
505 0 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a Nested differentiating feedback loopsAmplifier bridging; Fractional bridging; AC- and DC-coupled amplifiers; The advantages of AC-coupling; The advantages of DC-coupling; Negative feedback in power amplifiers; Some common misconceptions about negative feedback; Amplifier stability and NFB; Maximizing the NFB; Overall feedback versus local feedback; Maximizing linearity before feedback; Chapter 3 The general principles of power amplifiers; How a generic amplifier works; The advantages of the conventional; The distortion mechanisms; Distortion 1: Input stage distortion 
505 0 |a The concept of the Blameless amplifierChapter 4 The input stage; The role of the input stage; Distortion from the input stage; BJTs versus FETs for the input stage; Advantages of the FET input stage; Disadvantages of FET input stage; Singleton input stage versus differential pair; The input stage distortion in isolation; Input stage balance; The joy of current-mirrors; Better current-mirrors; Improving input stage linearity; Further improving input linearity; Increasing the output capability; Input stage cascode configurations; Double input stages; Input stage common-mode distortion 
505 0 |a ReliabilityPower output; Frequency response; Noise; Distortion; Damping factor; Absolute phase; Amplifier formats; Chapter 2 Power amplifier architecture and negative feedback; Amplifier architectures; The three-stage amplifier architecture; The two-stage amplifier architecture; The four-stage amplifier architecture; Power amplifier classes; Class-A; Class-AB; Class-B; Class-C; Class-D; Class-E; Class-F; Class-G; Class-H; Class-S; Variations on Class-B; Error-correcting amplifiers; Non-switching amplifiers; Current-drive amplifiers; The Blomley principle; Geometric mean Class-AB. 
505 0 |a Distortion 2: VAS distortionDistortion 3: Output stage distortion; Distortion 4: VAS-loading distortion; Distortion 5: Rail-decoupling distortion; Distortion 6: Induction distortion; Distortion 7: NFB take-off distortion; Distortion 8: Capacitor distortion; Distortion 9: Magnetic distortion; Distortion 10: Input current distortion; Distortion 11: Premature overload protection; Nonexistent or negligible distortions; The performance of a standard amplifier; Open-loop linearity and how to determine it; Direct open-loop gain measurement; Using model amplifiers 
505 0 |a Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface to fifth edition; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction and general survey; The economic importance of power amplifiers; Assumptions; Origins and aims; The study of amplifier design; Misinformation in audio; Science and subjectivism; The subjectivist position; A short history of subjectivism; The limits of hearing; Articles of faith: the tenets of subjectivism; The length of the audio chain; The implications; The reasons why; The outlook; Technical errors; The performance requirements for amplifiers; Safety 
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653 |a Power amplifiers / Design and construction / fast 
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520 |a Based on his work at Soundcraft Electronics, Douglas Self shows how to design and build audio power amplifiers using the most up to date components and technologies