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Audio power amplifier design /
This book is essential for audio power amplifier designers and engineers for one simple reason ... it enables you as a professional to develop reliable, high-performance circuits. The Author Douglas Self covers the major issues of distortion and linearity, power supplies, overload, DC-protection and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Focal Press,
2013.
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| Edición: | 6th ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Audio Power Amplifier Design; Title page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface to the Sixth Edition; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Amplifiers and The Audio Signal; The Economic Importance of Power Amplifiers; Assumptions; Origins and Aims; The Study of Amplifier Design; The Characteristics of the Audio Signal; Amplitude Distribution with Time; Amplitude Distribution with Frequency; The Performance Requirements for Amplifiers; Safety; Reliability; Power Output; Frequency Response; Noise; Distortion; "Damping Factor"; Absolute Phase.
- Amplifier FormatsMisinformation in Audio; Science and Subjectivism; The Subjectivist Position; A Short History of Subjectivism; The Limits of Hearing; The Limits of Hearing: Phase Perception; Articles of Faith: The Tenets of Subjectivism; The Length of the Audio Chain; The Implications; The Reasons Why; The Outlook; Technical Errors; References; Chapter 2 The Basics of Distortion; Models of Non-linearity; Cubic Distortion; Cubic + Linear Distortion; Square Law Distortion; Square Root Distortion; Soft-clipping Distortion; Hard-clipping Distortion: Symmetrical.
- Hard-clipping Distortion: AsymmetricalCrossover Distortion Modelling; Other Distortion Models; Choosing a Distortion Model; SPICE Models for Passive Components; First-order Voltage-coefficient Distortion Model; Second-order Voltage-coefficient Distortion Model; Other Voltage Coefficient Distortion Models; Measuring Resistor Distortion; Metal Film, Metal Foil, and Wirewound Resistors; Metal Oxide Resistors; Carbon Film Resistors; Carbon Film Resistor Usage; Carbon Composition Resistors; Resistors in the Feedback Network; Modelling Distortion from other Passive Components; References.
- Chapter 3 Negative FeedbackNegative Feedback in Amplifiers; Common Misconceptions about Negative Feedback; Negative Feedback and Amplifier Stability; Feedback Intermodulation Distortion; Maximising the Amount of Negative Feedback; Overall Feedback Versus Local Feedback; Maximising Linearity before Feedback; Positive Feedback in Amplifiers; References; Chapter 4 Amplifier Architecture, Classes, and Variations; Amplifier Architectures; The Three-stage Amplifier Architecture; The Two-stage Amplifier Architecture; The Four-stage Amplifier Architecture; The Five-stage Amplifier Architecture.
- Power Amplifier Operating ClassesCombinations of Amplifier Classes; Class-A; Class-AB; Class-B; Class-C; Class-D; Class-E; Class-F; Class-G; Class-H; Class-S; Class XD; Edwin Amplifiers; The Limits of Classification; Amplifier Variations; Error-correcting Amplifiers; Auxiliary Amplifiers; Non-switching Amplifiers; The Blomley Principle; Ribbon Loudspeaker Amplifiers; Power Amplifiers Combined with Tone-controls; Opamp Array Amplifiers; Current-drive Amplifiers; Amplifier Bridging; Fractional Bridging; Eliminating the Bridging Inverter; Increasing Bridging Reliability.