Philips Semiconductors
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TDA1562Q application note
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© Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. 2004. All rights reserved.
Application note
Rev. 01.02 — 05 May 2006
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Especially at low frequencies, the time that the lift capacitor must act as power supply is
long, so when the amplifier is operating at low frequencies the risk of the lift capacitors
being discharged is highest.
Although operating the amplifier with discharged lift capacitors causes high distortion,
there is no further risk of damage.
Figure 3 shows the charge current vs. the voltage across the lift capacitor. As long as the
voltage is below 5V, the charge current will be limited to approximately 1A. As soon as
the voltage is higher than 5V, the charge current will increase to it’s maximum value of
5A. This has been done to limit the dissipation and heat production in the charge circuitry
to prevent overheating of the charge circuits.
This figure also shows the limitations of the charge circuit. When the lift capacitors are
fully discharged, it will take some time (in the case of 10000
µ
F capacitors approx. 60ms)
for the voltage to reach 5V. For a fully discharged 10000
µ
F lift capacitor, it takes
approximately 100ms to be recharged.
Fig 11. Charge current and voltage across the lift capacitors (10000
µ
F)
The next figures show the relationship between output signal (Vout, measured at the
output of the audio analyser), charge current (Icharge) and the voltage across the lift
capacitor (Vlift).
The measurements were taken at a supply voltage of 14.4V, with a 4
Ω
load , a signal
frequency of 30Hz and lift capacitors of 10000
µ
F.
Vlift
I charge