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Fifth Edition
By
Douglas Self, Senior designer of high-end audio amplifiers and contributor to Electronics World magazine
Description
This book is the essential reference for audio power amplifier designers and engineers. Author Douglas Self covers all the issues of
distortion and linearity, power supplies, protection, reliability and layout. He also tackles unusual forms of compensation and unexpected
sources of distortion such as capacitors and fuses.
This much expanded and updated Fifth Edition includes four NEW chapters, one
of them dedicated to the XD crossover-displacement principle, invented by the author, and used by Cambridge Audio. The book has a wealth
of new material on four-stage amplifier architectures, current-mirrors, power transistors with internal sensing diodes, amplifier bridging,
subtle distortion mechanisms, input stage common-mode distortion, double input stages, amplifier stability, output stages with gain,
transformers and hum fields, inrush current suppression, DC servo design, thermal protection, the subtleties of cooling fan control,
advanced line input stages, ultra-low-noise design, high and low-pass filtering, testing and safety, infra-red control, signal activation,
12V trigger, level indication and much more. There is significantly expanded material on professional power amplifiers as used in sound
reinforcement and PA applications.
This book is a must-have for audio power amplifier professionals and audiophiles, amateur constructors
and anyone with intellectual curiosity about the struggle towards technical excellence.
Audience
Professional audio engineers, sound system designers, sound technicians,. Professional Audio Amplifier Designers and Engineers; High-end
Audio / Hi-Fi Enthusiasts; Advanced Electronics Hobbyists advanced audio engineering students
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: History Architecture & Negative Feedback
Chapter 3: The General Principles of Power Amplifiers
Chapter 4: The Small Signal Stages
Chapter 5: The Output Stage 1
Chapter 6: The Output Stage 2
Chapter 7: The XD Principle
Chapter 8: Compensation, Slew Rate & Stability
Chapter 9: On Crosstalk, Hum, and Noise
Chapter 10: Power Supplies &
PSRR
Chapter 11: Class-A Power Amplifiers
Chapter 12: Class-G Power Amplifiers
Chapter 13: Class-D Amplifiers
Chapter
14: FET Output Stages
Chapter 15: Thermal Compensation and Thermal Dynamics
Chapter 16: The Design of DC Servos
Chapter 17:
Amplifier and Loudspeaker Protection
Chapter 18: Power Amplifier Input Systems
Chapter 19: Microcontrollers in Amplifiers
Chapter
20: Grounding and Practical Matters
Chapter 21: Testing and Safety
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Paperback, 608 pages, publication date: JUN-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-52162-6
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS
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