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Application Note 948 - Linear Power Amplifier Using Complementary HEXFETs

Started by Unknown July 9, 2008
Fascinating reading:
http://www.irf.com/technical-info/appnotes/an-948.pdf

(found from here:  http://sound.westhost.com/articles/hexfet.htm)

I've heard that the 2SK1058 is superior for audio, and is the only
MOSFET spec'ed in Slone's book, but that this MOSFET is currently now
unobtanium.

What is the purpose of the inductor L1 (3 uH, air core) in series with
the speaker?

Any comments in general on the schematic, performance, ???

Michael
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:44:16 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design
mrdarrett@gmail.com wrote:

>Fascinating reading: >http://www.irf.com/technical-info/appnotes/an-948.pdf > >(found from here: http://sound.westhost.com/articles/hexfet.htm) > >I've heard that the 2SK1058 is superior for audio, and is the only >MOSFET spec'ed in Slone's book, but that this MOSFET is currently now >unobtanium. > >What is the purpose of the inductor L1 (3 uH, air core) in series with >the speaker? > >Any comments in general on the schematic, performance, ??? > >Michael
R7, should that be 100nF or .1uF martin
On Jul 9, 1:54 pm, Martin Griffith <mart_in_med...@yah00.es> wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:44:16 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design > > > > mrdarr...@gmail.com wrote: > >Fascinating reading: > >http://www.irf.com/technical-info/appnotes/an-948.pdf > > >(found from here: http://sound.westhost.com/articles/hexfet.htm) > > >I've heard that the 2SK1058 is superior for audio, and is the only > >MOSFET spec'ed in Slone's book, but that this MOSFET is currently now > >unobtanium. > > >What is the purpose of the inductor L1 (3 uH, air core) in series with > >the speaker? > > >Any comments in general on the schematic, performance, ??? > > >Michael > > R7, should that be 100nF or .1uF > > martin
Wow, how did you know the value of 4.7 ohms was wrong? Also I noticed that the amplifier is powered between -Vdd and -Vdd. Now that is unusual... ;-) And I also noticed that the featured MOSFETs, IRF532 and IRF9532 are not available through mouser. Grr... Michael
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:01:21 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design
mrdarrett@gmail.com wrote:

>On Jul 9, 1:54 pm, Martin Griffith <mart_in_med...@yah00.es> wrote: >> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:44:16 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design
> >Wow, how did you know the value of 4.7 ohms was wrong?
I'm old. Nah, I always look at the ratio of the feedback resistors on everything...even on my wok
> >Michael
martin
On Jul 9, 2:12 pm, Martin Griffith <mart_in_med...@yah00.es> wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:01:21 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design > > mrdarr...@gmail.com wrote: > >On Jul 9, 1:54 pm, Martin Griffith <mart_in_med...@yah00.es> wrote: > >> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:44:16 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design > > >Wow, how did you know the value of 4.7 ohms was wrong? > > I'm old. > > Nah, I always look at the ratio of the feedback resistors on > everything...even on my wok > > > > >Michael > > martin
Wait a minute now I'm thoroughly lost. Did you mean C2 should be 100 nF instead of 100 uF? Or R2 should be something else (but surely not in Farads ??? !!! !!! ???) Or that both R2 and C2 are wrong... ??? M
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:20:31 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design
mrdarrett@gmail.com wrote:

>On Jul 9, 2:12 pm, Martin Griffith <mart_in_med...@yah00.es> wrote: >> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:01:21 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design >> >> mrdarr...@gmail.com wrote: >> >On Jul 9, 1:54 pm, Martin Griffith <mart_in_med...@yah00.es> wrote: >> >> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:44:16 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design >> >> >Wow, how did you know the value of 4.7 ohms was wrong? >> >> I'm old. >> >> Nah, I always look at the ratio of the feedback resistors on >> everything...even on my wok >> >> >> >> >Michael >> >> martin > > >Wait a minute now I'm thoroughly lost. Did you mean C2 should be 100 >nF instead of 100 uF? Or R2 should be something else (but surely not >in Farads ??? !!! !!! ???) Or that both R2 and C2 are wrong... ??? > >M
No, it was a sideway reference to thread Subject: 100nF vs. 0.1uF but the 4.70R gives the ratio to R6 of 1000:1 ie 60dB, and this is not a mic amp, so 470 is more reasonable. I'm not that good on power amps, but think it could be improved, s/c protection etc. martin
On Jul 9, 2:34 pm, Martin Griffith <mart_in_med...@yah00.es> wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:20:31 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design > > > > mrdarr...@gmail.com wrote: > >On Jul 9, 2:12 pm, Martin Griffith <mart_in_med...@yah00.es> wrote: > >> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:01:21 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design > > >> mrdarr...@gmail.com wrote: > >> >On Jul 9, 1:54 pm, Martin Griffith <mart_in_med...@yah00.es> wrote: > >> >> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:44:16 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design > > >> >Wow, how did you know the value of 4.7 ohms was wrong? > > >> I'm old. > > >> Nah, I always look at the ratio of the feedback resistors on > >> everything...even on my wok > > >> >Michael > > >> martin > > >Wait a minute now I'm thoroughly lost. Did you mean C2 should be 100 > >nF instead of 100 uF? Or R2 should be something else (but surely not > >in Farads ??? !!! !!! ???) Or that both R2 and C2 are wrong... ??? > > >M > > No, it was a sideway reference to thread > > Subject: 100nF vs. 0.1uF
oh... ha ha ha
> but the 4.70R gives the ratio to R6 of 1000:1 ie 60dB, and this is not > a mic amp, so 470 is more reasonable. > I'm not that good on power amps, but think it could be improved, s/c > protection etc. > > martin
The inductor in series with the speaker is for... ??? -MD
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:46:35 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design
mrdarrett@gmail.com wrote:

>On Jul 9, 2:34 pm, Martin Griffith <mart_in_med...@yah00.es> wrote: >> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:20:31 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design >> >> >> >> mrdarr...@gmail.com wrote: >> >On Jul 9, 2:12 pm, Martin Griffith <mart_in_med...@yah00.es> wrote: >> >> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:01:21 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design >> >> >> mrdarr...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >On Jul 9, 1:54 pm, Martin Griffith <mart_in_med...@yah00.es> wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:44:16 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design >> >> >> >Wow, how did you know the value of 4.7 ohms was wrong? >> >> >> I'm old. >> >> >> Nah, I always look at the ratio of the feedback resistors on >> >> everything...even on my wok >> >> >> >Michael >> >> >> martin >> >> >Wait a minute now I'm thoroughly lost. Did you mean C2 should be 100 >> >nF instead of 100 uF? Or R2 should be something else (but surely not >> >in Farads ??? !!! !!! ???) Or that both R2 and C2 are wrong... ??? >> >> >M >> >> No, it was a sideway reference to thread >> >> Subject: 100nF vs. 0.1uF > > >oh... ha ha ha > > >> but the 4.70R gives the ratio to R6 of 1000:1 ie 60dB, and this is not >> a mic amp, so 470 is more reasonable. >> I'm not that good on power amps, but think it could be improved, s/c >> protection etc. >> >> martin > > >The inductor in series with the speaker is for... ??? > >-MD
3uH is SFA at audio frequencies, so it has to be to do with stopping RF getting back in to the fets at RF from pick up with long speaker cables, another thing, often stated here in sed, is that fets love to oscillate, and everybody sez put 22Rish in series with the gate as close as possible. One more thing, the psu, if one fuse blows, it's DC coupled, hmmm, speaker smoke, yum. I'll wait for phil from Oz to fill in some more stuff, I find power amps boring, they are just reasonably fast, low distortion AC power supplies that people masturbate over when listening to mp3's through coathanger cables martin
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> On Jul 9, 1:54 pm, Martin Griffith <mart_in_med...@yah00.es> wrote: >> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:44:16 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design >> >> >> >> mrdarr...@gmail.com wrote: >> >Fascinating reading: >> >http://www.irf.com/technical-info/appnotes/an-948.pdf >> >> >(found from here: http://sound.westhost.com/articles/hexfet.htm) >> >> >I've heard that the 2SK1058 is superior for audio, and is the only >> >MOSFET spec'ed in Slone's book, but that this MOSFET is currently now >> >unobtanium. >> >> >What is the purpose of the inductor L1 (3 uH, air core) in series with >> >the speaker? >> >> >Any comments in general on the schematic, performance, ??? >> >> >Michael >> >> R7, should that be 100nF or .1uF >> >> martin > > > Wow, how did you know the value of 4.7 ohms was wrong? > > Also I noticed that the amplifier is powered between -Vdd and -Vdd. > Now that is unusual... ;-) > > And I also noticed that the featured MOSFETs, IRF532 and IRF9532 are > not available through mouser. Grr...
I can't imagine actually building this amplifier, when you can get a much better one in a single chip package that costs less than 25 cents a watt and has built-in protection circuitry and other goodies. If you really must build a MOSFET amplifier, presumably as a learning experience, I would suggest simulating it first, as I did. I was also able to use all NMOS for the power output stage, by using a PMOS to drive it. The simulation shows flat response 20 Hz to 20 kHz. I have not built it yet, but I think it should work, and the MOSFETs do not seem to be critical. 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Martin Griffith wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:20:31 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design > mrdarrett@gmail.com wrote: > >> On Jul 9, 2:12 pm, Martin Griffith <mart_in_med...@yah00.es> wrote: >>> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:01:21 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design >>> >>> mrdarr...@gmail.com wrote: >>>> On Jul 9, 1:54 pm, Martin Griffith <mart_in_med...@yah00.es> wrote: >>>>> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:44:16 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design >>>> Wow, how did you know the value of 4.7 ohms was wrong? >>> I'm old. >>> >>> Nah, I always look at the ratio of the feedback resistors on >>> everything...even on my wok >>> >>> >>> >>>> Michael >>> martin >> >> Wait a minute now I'm thoroughly lost. Did you mean C2 should be 100 >> nF instead of 100 uF? Or R2 should be something else (but surely not >> in Farads ??? !!! !!! ???) Or that both R2 and C2 are wrong... ??? >> >> M > No, it was a sideway reference to thread > > Subject: 100nF vs. 0.1uF > > but the 4.70R gives the ratio to R6 of 1000:1 ie 60dB, and this is not
Shouldn't that be written "4R7"? -- Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK Remote Viewing classes in London