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Date of release: 14 February 2000
Document order number: 9397 750 06861
Contents
NXP Semiconductors
TDA8944J
2 x 7 W stereo BTL audio amplifier
General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Quick reference data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Ordering information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Pinning information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Pinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Pin description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Functional description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Input configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Power amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Output power measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Headroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Mode selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Switch-on and switch-off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Supply Voltage Ripple Rejection (SVRR) . . . . . 6
Built-in protection circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Short-circuit protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Thermal shutdown protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Limiting values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Thermal characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Static characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Dynamic characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Internal circuitry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Application information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Printed-circuit board (PCB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Layout and grounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Power supply decoupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Thermal behaviour and heatsink calculation . 15
Test information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Quality information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Test conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Package outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Soldering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Introduction to soldering through-hole mount
packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Soldering by dipping or by solder wave . . . . . 17
Manual soldering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Package related soldering information . . . . . . 17
Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Data sheet status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Disclaimers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19