The growth of in-car entertainment systems demands smart power devices, including audio power amplifiers. Despite the trend towards class-D systems, integrated class-AB amplifiers are still superior in terms of frequency response, integration level and ease of application. The market drive for lower distortion and higher stability demands good frequency compensation schemes. Still, to the best ...

Determining if audio speaker limitations are violated can be challenging when using Class-D amplifiers. To obtain valid results, it is necessary to carefully analyze and interpret the switching behavior of the output signals . Filter-free Class-D amplifiers further complicate measurement because they do not require an output filter and the speaker can be connected directly to the amplifier outp...

High Frequency Current Mode Class-D Amplifiers With High Output Power and Efficiency By Anthony Lawrence Long A 13 watt Current Mode Class-D (CMCD) with 60% efficiency is presented. This amplifier is the highest power switch mode microwave power amplifier reported to date. The CMCD architecture is an improvement over the Voltage Mode Class-D in that the parasitic reactance in the active device ...

i ABSTRACT Nowadays transducers are ubiquitous as interfaces between the increasingly digital world and the real physical world. The same holds for the power amplifiers driving them. This thesis focuses on the design and optimization of high-voltage class-D amplifiers, which are used for driving capacitive piezoelectric actuator loads in active vibration/noise control applications. The main obj...

The previous literature on tuned power amplifiers has not made clear the fundamental differences between amplifiers in which the output device acts 1) as a current source, or 2) as a switch. Previous circuits have often operated in contradiction to their design assumptions, resulting in the need for “cut-and-try” design. The new class of amplifiers deseribed here is based on a load network synt...

We describe the geometric and engineering design challenges that were overcome to create a new compact, 10-inch diameter spherical loudspeaker array with integrated class-D amplifiers and a 120 independent channel digital audio interface using Gigabit Ethernet. A special hybrid geometry is used that combines the maximal symmetry of a triangular-faceted icosahedron with the compact planar packin...