Class D amplifier power stage with PWM feedback loop

This paper presents a Second-Order Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) feedback loop to improve Power Supply Rejection (PSR) of any open-loop PWM Class-D amplifiers (CDAs). PSR of the audio amplifier has always been a key parameter in mobile phone applications. In contrast to Class AB amplifiers, the po...

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Main Authors: Lam, C.K., Tan, M.T., Cox, Stephen M., Yeo, K.S.
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Published: IEEE 2013
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1885/
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author Lam, C.K.
Tan, M.T.
Cox, Stephen M.
Yeo, K.S.
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Tan, M.T.
Cox, Stephen M.
Yeo, K.S.
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description This paper presents a Second-Order Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) feedback loop to improve Power Supply Rejection (PSR) of any open-loop PWM Class-D amplifiers (CDAs). PSR of the audio amplifier has always been a key parameter in mobile phone applications. In contrast to Class AB amplifiers, the poor PSR performance has always been the major drawback for CDAs with half-bridge connected power stage. The proposed PWM feedback loop is fabricated using GLOBALFOUNDRIES' (GF’s) 0.18 µm CMOS process technology. The measured PSR is more than 80 dB and the measured Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) is less than 0.04% with a 1 kHz input sinusoidal test tone.
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spelling nottingham-18852020-05-04T20:20:31Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1885/ Class D amplifier power stage with PWM feedback loop Lam, C.K. Tan, M.T. Cox, Stephen M. Yeo, K.S. This paper presents a Second-Order Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) feedback loop to improve Power Supply Rejection (PSR) of any open-loop PWM Class-D amplifiers (CDAs). PSR of the audio amplifier has always been a key parameter in mobile phone applications. In contrast to Class AB amplifiers, the poor PSR performance has always been the major drawback for CDAs with half-bridge connected power stage. The proposed PWM feedback loop is fabricated using GLOBALFOUNDRIES' (GF’s) 0.18 µm CMOS process technology. The measured PSR is more than 80 dB and the measured Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) is less than 0.04% with a 1 kHz input sinusoidal test tone. IEEE 2013 Article PeerReviewed Lam, C.K., Tan, M.T., Cox, Stephen M. and Yeo, K.S. (2013) Class D amplifier power stage with PWM feedback loop. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 28 (8). pp. 3870-3881. ISSN 0885-8993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2012.2230027 doi:10.1109/TPEL.2012.2230027 doi:10.1109/TPEL.2012.2230027
spellingShingle Lam, C.K.
Tan, M.T.
Cox, Stephen M.
Yeo, K.S.
Class D amplifier power stage with PWM feedback loop
title Class D amplifier power stage with PWM feedback loop
title_full Class D amplifier power stage with PWM feedback loop
title_fullStr Class D amplifier power stage with PWM feedback loop
title_full_unstemmed Class D amplifier power stage with PWM feedback loop
title_short Class D amplifier power stage with PWM feedback loop
title_sort class d amplifier power stage with pwm feedback loop
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1885/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1885/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1885/