EMRFD Message Archive 1929
Message Date From Subject 1929 2008-08-12 14:54:52 WA0ITP IC Audio Amps. Was EMRFD Fig 1.17 Audio amp
amps.
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I love this radio stuff !
72, 73 Terry, WAØITP
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1930 2008-08-12 15:31:08 Craig Johnson, AA... Re: IC Audio Amps. Was EMRFD Fig 1.17 Audio amp
I agree that an IC would provide the easiest solution for a headphone
driver. For my particular application, however, I am limiting myself
to discrete components, even if the performance is less than I could
get with an IC.
73,
-Craig, AA0ZZ1932 2008-08-12 22:25:28 Rick Re: IC Audio Amps. Was EMRFD Fig 1.17 Audio amp
interject in the spirit of "Experimental Methods in RF Design" is to keep in mind what is the
experiment. When all you need is a some low distortion audio gain and you don't want to
design the amplifier, there are many good IC choices.
But it is often possible to improve performance over available ICs with an all discrete
design. Several reasons for this are that you can choose which specs to improve and which
to relax, and you are not limited to the on-chip components available to the analog IC
designer. My discrete designs use large capacitors and transformers wherever they offer
an advantage. That permits independent bias circuits with AC coupling between stages,
exceptionally clean bias and power supplies, and just enough current to do the job, as
illustrated in the other gentleman's transformer output class A audio amplifier example.
Also, a cascade of AC coupled single-transistor class A stages may be designed1935 2008-08-13 20:02:42 Ashhar Farhan Re: IC Audio Amps. Was EMRFD Fig 1.17 Audio amp
audio module from toshiba. It has a lot of head room with a capability
to deliver 20 watts RMS (TDA 2002). I nearly lost my hearing, when by
mistake, I touched the hot lead of the volume control with my screw
driver.
there is a lesson here. better stick to QRP even on the audio side.
You will have to put up with a bit of THD and clipping once in a
while, but it will save you some hearing impairment.
- farhan
1936 2008-08-14 05:05:12 Allison Parent Re: IC Audio Amps. Was EMRFD Fig 1.17 Audio amp
for building discrete.
Can be made with part on hand at 2AM.
Its is easier to tweak the values for more power, more gain,
and bandwidth can be contoured with feedback.
The latter in receivers is important as there is no sense reproducing
all the hiss above 4khz to overload the ears.
Allison
1937 2008-08-14 07:39:56 Tom Hall Re: IC Audio Amps. Was EMRFD Fig 1.17 Audio amp
the decision is easy when the component is free. I was following a recent
discussion on audio distortion in the K3 on the Elecraft reflector and
decided to take a look at the schematic to see just what they were using for
audio. The chip is an LM4950. So I went to
http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM4950.html to view the specs and found it was
a 3.1W stereo or 7.5W mono IC. Scanning further down the page I saw that you
can order free samples and ordered 3. Within 2 days I had them in my hands.
I figure they will make pretty good amplifiers where current draw is not an
issue. There are two case styles to choose from when ordering samples. I
chose the TS version in a TO-263 case. I cut off the edge connector on a
defunct memory card and mounted the IC by slightly spreading the leads on
the IC. That's about as far as I've gotten but plan to finish it and try it
out this weekend if time permits.
Tom, AK2B
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]1938 2008-08-14 07:44:56 Jim Miller Re: IC Audio Amps. Was EMRFD Fig 1.17 Audio amp
73
jim ab3cv1941 2008-08-14 11:43:09 Kenneth Stringham Re: IC Audio Amps. Was EMRFD Fig 1.17 Audio amp
I have never seen more than about a Watt needed for transceiver audio output levels and many times much less is needed.
I agree that we should tailor the audio channel response, but this should be done ahead of the amplifier where we can control all aspects of the passband and BTW, many of the chip amplifiers can be easily adjusted even at 2am with standard parts.
Ken - AE1X1945 2008-08-14 16:03:53 Jim Miller Re: IC Audio Amps. Was EMRFD Fig 1.17 Audio amp
stereo
Pout = 50mW into 16ohms
Iq = 320uA
Isd = 50nA
Vss = 1.6 - 3.6V
8pin soic
i bought some for a project i'm planning but haven't tried them yet.
73
jim ab3cv1950 2008-08-15 09:08:53 John Levreault Re: IC Audio Amps. Was EMRFD Fig 1.17 Audio amp
designed for very low supply voltages. This is not compatible with the
many QRP designs which are designed to run off a 12 or 14V supply. To
further complicate matters, an audio power amp, whether it's driving
headphones or a loudspeaker, draws current, possibly many 10's or 100's
of milliamperes, if not more, on audio peaks. This will cause a lot of
dissipation in any circuitry used to drop the 12V down to 3.6 or 5V. Of
course, switchmode DC-DC converters can help, but their noise is a real
drawback.
Whether this tradition of 12V radios will continue is anyone's guess.
There's no reason why you can't build a receiver with very high
performance that's powered with a couple of batteries. But once your
transmitter gets above a watt or so, you really do need to consider 12V,
if not more.
Decisions, decisions.
de John NB1I
Jim Miller wrote:
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>stereo
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>Pout = 50mW into 16ohms
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>Iq = 320uA
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>Isd = 50nA
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>Vss = 1.6 - 3.6V
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>8pin soic
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>i bought some for a project i'm planning but haven't tried them yet.
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>73
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>jim ab3cv
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