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 1|25 pages

Introduction and general survey

chapter 4|42 pages

The input stage

chapter 5|21 pages

The voltage-amplifi er stage

chapter 6|56 pages

The output stage

chapter 7|21 pages

More distortion mechanisms

chapter 8|51 pages

Compensation, slew rate, and stability

chapter 9|33 pages

Power supplies and PSRR

chapter 10|29 pages

Class-A power amplifi ers

chapter 12|22 pages

Class-G power amplifi ers

chapter 13|7 pages

Class-D amplifi ers

chapter 14|10 pages

FET output stages

chapter 15|46 pages

Thermal compensation and thermal dynamics

chapter 16|12 pages

The design of DC servos

chapter 17|38 pages

Amplifi er and loudspeaker protection

chapter 18|30 pages

Grounding, cooling, and layout

chapter 19|12 pages

Testing and Safety

chapter 20|44 pages

Power amplifi er input systems

chapter 21|14 pages

Input processing and auxiliary subsystems