Philips Semiconductors
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TDA1562Q application note
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Application note
Rev. 01.02 — 05 May 2006
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there is only a small delay between connection of the supply and switching the
amplifier to the “on” condition the lifter capacitors will be charged, and the risk of this
condition occurring is minimal.
When a very inductive load is connected to the TDA1562Q and the device is driven with
a signal containing a high amount of high frequency components (>3kHz) the risk exists
that the protection circuits of the device will be activated when the input level exceeds
1.2Vrms. This may cause interruptions of the audio output signal.
Clamping the input signal to a maximum value of 1.2Vrms will prevent this
Warning: When the device is switched into the stand-by mode, the lifter capacitors
remain charged. So even when the supply is disconnected, some parts of the
circuit will still be at supply voltage level. Normally, this will not cause any
problems, not even when the supply pin of the device is connected to ground.
However, when either pin 5 or pin 13 is shorted to an adjacent pin, the charge
remaining in the lifter capacitors may cause damage.
When, in extreme conditions, the supply voltage drops rapidly and this voltage drop
exceeds 1V the negative terminals of the lifter capacitors will be pulled down to voltages
below the substrate level.
When this occurs, the amplifier can be temporarily switched off, causing plops in the
music signal.
This can be prevented by ensuring that the supply voltage will never drop more than 1V,
by using components in the supply line with a sufficiently low series resistance.
In many cases however, the series resistance in the supply line cannot be controlled, or
is a given value. For these cases, the best solution is to connect Schottky diodes
between the – terminal of the lifter capacitors and the power ground. The anodes of the
diodes should be connected to the power ground and the cathodes of the diodes should
be connected to the – terminals of the lifter capacitors (see fig.7).
With this set-up, the – terminals of the lifter capacitors will never be pulled more than
0.4V below the substrate level, which will prevent the amplifier from switching off.
5. Application description
5.1 Application schematic