470 pages. ISBN 0-7506-8072-5
Published by Newnes, an imprint of Elsevier.
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Early copies of the First Edition had Fig 9.7
on p207, and Fig 9.19 on p220 corrupted.
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Fig 9.7 (19K file) . Fig 9.19 (21K file)
This is a uniquely detailed guide to the theory and practice
of audio power amplifiers, running from the elegantly simple
mathematics of the differential pair to the practicalities of
bolting down power transistors properly.
It includes the first complete explanation of the complex
business of power amplifier distortion. It shows how the many
sources of non-linearity can be eliminated or minimised,
allowing amplifiers to be designed and constructed with
performance that would have been thought impossible a few
years ago. It provides information that is indispensable
whether you are making one amplifier for the ultimate home system, or
setting up a production line to make 10,000 units a year.
THE CONTENTS INCLUDE:
New Findings in amplifier design
Science & Subjectivism
The Performance Requirements
A Short History of Amplifier Design
How Negative Feedback really works
The Eight distortion mechanisms
Diagnosis via distortion residuals
The input stage: how it can cancel distortion
The Voltage-Amplifier Stage
Output stages
Amplifiers and reactive loads
Anomalous loudspeaker behaviour
Interchannel crosstalk
Compensation, Slew-Rate, and Stability
Power Supplies and PSRR
Class-A amplifiers, with a design example
FET output stages: why they are a bad idea
Load Invariant Power Amplifiers
Thermal compensation and thermal dynamics
Amplifier and Loudspeaker protection
Grounding systems
Mechanical design constraints
Testing, Fault-finding and safety requirements
NEW MATERIAL IN THE FOURTH EDITION:
A completely new chapter on Class-D amplifiers
A completely new chapter on DC servo design
A major new section on the latest safety regulations and requirements
An in-depth study of DC offset protection
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