Electronic Design

Class AB Op Amps: The Solution for Low-Iq Audio

Different classes of amplifiers. What are the benefits of class AB amplifiers? Patents that address the quiescent current of class AB amps. Amplifiers have many classifications, and each class has its ...
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Filter-free design helps class-D audio amplifier implementations

A class-D puts out a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal instead of the typical class-AB amplifiers linear signal The PWM signal contains the audio signal and the PWM switching frequency plus harmonics ...
EDN

Assessing Class D vs AB audio amplifier thermal issues for cramped enclosures

Editor's Note: Class D amplifiers are often considered THE solution for most applications – without full engineering analysis. In this series Robert Polleros of Maxim Integrated Products Inc. takes on ...
Electronic Design

Class-D Amps Raise Low-Power Systems To The Next Level

This article was originally published in the Dec 14, 1998 issue of Electronic Design. Class-D audio power amplifiers (APAs) were first introduced nearly 50 years ago. Since then, they have been used ...