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Cover; Audio Power Amplifier Design; Title page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface to the Sixth Edition; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Amplifiers and The Audio Signal; The Economic Importance of Power Amplifiers; Assumptions; Origins and Aims; The Study of Amplifier Design; The Characteristics of the Audio Signal; Amplitude Distribution with Time; Amplitude Distribution with Frequency; The Performance Requirements for Amplifiers; Safety; Reliability; Power Output; Frequency Response; Noise; Distortion; "Damping Factor"; Absolute Phase. |
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Amplifier FormatsMisinformation in Audio; Science and Subjectivism; The Subjectivist Position; A Short History of Subjectivism; The Limits of Hearing; The Limits of Hearing: Phase Perception; Articles of Faith: The Tenets of Subjectivism; The Length of the Audio Chain; The Implications; The Reasons Why; The Outlook; Technical Errors; References; Chapter 2 The Basics of Distortion; Models of Non-linearity; Cubic Distortion; Cubic + Linear Distortion; Square Law Distortion; Square Root Distortion; Soft-clipping Distortion; Hard-clipping Distortion: Symmetrical. |
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Hard-clipping Distortion: AsymmetricalCrossover Distortion Modelling; Other Distortion Models; Choosing a Distortion Model; SPICE Models for Passive Components; First-order Voltage-coefficient Distortion Model; Second-order Voltage-coefficient Distortion Model; Other Voltage Coefficient Distortion Models; Measuring Resistor Distortion; Metal Film, Metal Foil, and Wirewound Resistors; Metal Oxide Resistors; Carbon Film Resistors; Carbon Film Resistor Usage; Carbon Composition Resistors; Resistors in the Feedback Network; Modelling Distortion from other Passive Components; References. |
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Chapter 3 Negative FeedbackNegative Feedback in Amplifiers; Common Misconceptions about Negative Feedback; Negative Feedback and Amplifier Stability; Feedback Intermodulation Distortion; Maximising the Amount of Negative Feedback; Overall Feedback Versus Local Feedback; Maximising Linearity before Feedback; Positive Feedback in Amplifiers; References; Chapter 4 Amplifier Architecture, Classes, and Variations; Amplifier Architectures; The Three-stage Amplifier Architecture; The Two-stage Amplifier Architecture; The Four-stage Amplifier Architecture; The Five-stage Amplifier Architecture. |
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Power Amplifier Operating ClassesCombinations of Amplifier Classes; Class-A; Class-AB; Class-B; Class-C; Class-D; Class-E; Class-F; Class-G; Class-H; Class-S; Class XD; Edwin Amplifiers; The Limits of Classification; Amplifier Variations; Error-correcting Amplifiers; Auxiliary Amplifiers; Non-switching Amplifiers; The Blomley Principle; Ribbon Loudspeaker Amplifiers; Power Amplifiers Combined with Tone-controls; Opamp Array Amplifiers; Current-drive Amplifiers; Amplifier Bridging; Fractional Bridging; Eliminating the Bridging Inverter; Increasing Bridging Reliability. |
| Summary |
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. Cro. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Audio amplifiers -- Design and construction.
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Power amplifiers -- Design and construction.
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Audio amplifiers -- Design and construction |
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Power amplifiers -- Design and construction |
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Print version: Self, Douglas. Audio Power Amplifier Design Handbook. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9780240526133 |
| ISBN |
9781136123825 (electronic bk.) |
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1136123822 (electronic bk.) |
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1136123814 |
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9781136123818 |
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YE22670 |
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9780240526133 |
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10.4324/9780240526140 doi |
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