ABSTRACT

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 reactive loading. He also tackles unusual forms of compensation and distortion produced by capacitors and fuses.

This completely updated fifth edition includes four NEW chapters including one on The XD Principle, invented by the author, and used by Cambridge Audio. Crosstalk, power amplifier input systems, and microcontrollers in amplifiers are also now discussed in this fifth edition, making this book a must-have for audio power amplifier professionals and audiophiles.

chapter Chapter 1|24 pages

Amplifiers and The Audio Signal

chapter Chapter 2|27 pages

The Basics of Distortion

chapter Chapter 3|19 pages

Negative Feedback

chapter Chapter 6|35 pages

The Input Stage

chapter Chapter 7|40 pages

The Voltage-Amplifier Stage

chapter Chapter 8|29 pages

The Push-pull Voltage-Amplifier Stage

chapter Chapter 9|24 pages

The Output Stage

chapter Chapter 10|32 pages

Output Stage Distortions

chapter Chapter 11|22 pages

More Distortion Mechanisms

chapter Chapter 13|28 pages

Compensation and Stability

chapter Chapter 14|31 pages

Output Networks and Load Effects

chapter Chapter 15|9 pages

Speed and Slew-rate

chapter Chapter 16|25 pages

Power Dissipation in Amplifiers

chapter Chapter 17|26 pages

Class-A Power Amplifiers

chapter Chapter 18|14 pages

Class XD: Crossover Displacement

chapter Chapter 19|21 pages

Class-G Power Amplifiers

chapter Chapter 20|10 pages

Class-D Power Amplifiers

chapter Chapter 21|9 pages

FET Output Stages

chapter Chapter 22|38 pages

Thermal Compensation and Thermal Dynamics

chapter Chapter 23|10 pages

The Design of DC Servos

chapter Chapter 24|39 pages

Amplifier and Loudspeaker Protection

chapter Chapter 25|25 pages

Layout, Grounding, and Cooling

chapter Chapter 26|28 pages

Power Supplies and PSRR

chapter Chapter 27|26 pages

Power Amplifier Input Systems

chapter Chapter 28|11 pages

Input Processing and Auxiliary Systems

chapter Chapter 29|10 pages

Testing and Safety