• DocumentCode
    2543204
  • Title

    Class D Amplifier with Ripple Steering

  • Author

    Mendenhall, Eric

  • Author_Institution
    Extron Electronics, 1230 South Lewis St. Anaheim, CA 92679 USA. emendenhall@extron.com
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    Feb. 25 2007-March 1 2007
  • Firstpage
    1684
  • Lastpage
    1689
  • Abstract
    This paper shows the application of ripple steering to a Class D audio power amplifier for the reduction of the switching ripple residual. Several topologies are presented for use in different applications. The ripple steering enhances the performance with respect to electromagnetic compatibility, allows reduced switching losses, and enables more accurate audio test and measurement. A method is presented to further linearize and extend the bandwidth of the Class D audio power amplifier which is made practical by switching ripple reduction.
  • Keywords
    Bandwidth; Distortion measurement; Electromagnetic compatibility; Filtering; Harmonic distortion; Nonlinear filters; Power amplifiers; Switching frequency; Testing; Topology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Applied Power Electronics Conference, APEC 2007 - Twenty Second Annual IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    1048-2334
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0713-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APEX.2007.357745
  • Filename
    4195948