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TDA1562Q application note
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Application note
Rev. 01.02 — 05 May 2006
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We now have the information we need to calculate the necessary heatsink.
5.7.3 Heatsink calculation
Figure 20 shows the thermal equivalent circuits for the TDA1562Q and the class AB
amplifier.
For the TDA1562Q the maximum allowable case temperature before any thermal
protection is activated is 120
°
C, so the external heatsink should be calculated so that the
case temperature will not exceed this value.
For the class AB amplifier a maximum junction temperature of 150
°
C will be used as
criterion for the calculations.
a. TDA1562Q
b. Class AB amplifier
Fig 20. Thermal equivalent circuits for calculation of the external heatsink
For this calculation we have assumed the thermal resistance from junction to case
(Rth j-c) for both devices to be 0.5K/W and thermal resistance from the case to the
external heatsink (Rth c-hs) to be 0.1K/W (thermal compound used).
When we assume that the maximum ambient temperature will be 65
°
C we can calculate
the thermal resistance for the external heatsinks for the TDA1562Q and for the class AB
amplifier.
For the TDA1562Q the thermal resistance for the external heatsink can be calculated as
follows:
Pd
T ambient
Rth j-c
0.5K/W
Rth c-hs
0.1K/W
Rth hs-a
? K/W
Pd
T ambient
Rth j-c
0.5K/W
Rth c-hs
0.1K/W
Rth hs-a
? K/W
∆
T c-a
Tcase=120
°
C
= 9.3W
∆
T j-a
Tjunction=150
°
C
= 17.5W
∆
T c-a = Tcase -Tambient