A class-D-tracking-rail class-A audio power amplifier
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Author(s)
Caballero, Angel A., 1981-
Advisor(s)
Byron M. Roscoe.
Date Issued
2004
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
A tracking-rail power audio amplifier was designed and partially implemented to deliver up to 100W into an 8Q load with very low signal distortion and high power efficiency. The design uses a class-A amplifier, known for its low signal distortion but low power efficiency (less than 50%), to amplify the audio signal. Class-D amplifiers, known for their high power efficiency (greater than 85%) but high signal distortion, provide a signal output that will serve as the supply voltages of the output stage of the class-A amplifier. Thus, the rails will track the audio signal, highly increasing the power efficiency of the Class-A amplifier. This amplifier can achieve a theoretical efficiency of 80%, but, in practice, it is closer to 70%.
Description
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-64).
Subjects
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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