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THEORY OF OPERATION
7. Protection Mechanism Summary
Fault Detection
What
shuts
down
Indicator
Output
Recovery when
fault is removed
Notes Fault
LED
Input Signal
Level
Clipping
Output signal level re:
0.865 of amplifier DC
supply
Per channel
None
Immediate
Detection
threshold tied to
DC over/under
voltage threshold
NO
Output
Signal
Current
Limit
Output MOSFET 'on'
voltage
Per MOSFET None
Immediate
FET is shut off for
short time (1.25
usec) then
restored causing
"self-oscillation"
NO
Output
Over-current
/O.C. (short
circuit,
saturation)
Detects output
current limit over a
settable time
constant
Per channel
OC
Time settable by
resistor value
Time constants
shared with Zobel
protection
RED
Zobel
Protection
Over-voltage across
Zobel resistor
Shutdown
per channel
OC Time
settable
by
resistor value
Shared time
constant with OC
RED
Thermal
External Negative
Temperature
Coefficient resistor -
threshold detection
with hysteresis
Both
amplifiers
TH System
turns
back on when
NTC when
voltage above
threshold
(depends on
thermal constant
of system)
One NTC resistor
per system - will
be two
RED
Amp DC
voltage
over/under
Percentage of
amplifier DC supply
voltage (typically
135%). Under voltage
detection optional to
insure controlled
startup.
Both
amplifiers
EN Capacitors
are
given a discharge
path to prevent
long recovery
time - but enable
circuit has long
recovery
Detection
threshold tied to
input signal
clipping threshold
NO
Control
Voltage
(5 Vdc) DC
over / under
Percentage of 5V
voltage
Both
amplifiers
EN Immediate
NO
Converter
Over-current System
None
Immediate
NO
Converter
Thermal System
None
Depends
on
thermal constant
of system
NO