Ripple compensation for a class-D amplifier

This paper presents the first detailed mathematical analysis of the ripple compensation technique for reducing audio distortion in a class-D amplifier with negative feedback. The amplifier converts a relatively low-frequency audio signal to a high-frequency train of rectangular pulses whose widths a...

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Main Authors: Cox, Stephen M., du Toit Mouton, Hendrik
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Published: SIAM 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30737/
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description This paper presents the first detailed mathematical analysis of the ripple compensation technique for reducing audio distortion in a class-D amplifier with negative feedback. The amplifier converts a relatively low-frequency audio signal to a high-frequency train of rectangular pulses whose widths are slowly modulated according to the audio signal (pulse-width modulation, PWM). Distortion manifests itself through unwanted audio-frequency harmonics that arise in the output due to nonlinearities inherent in the design. In this paper, we first develop a small-signal model, which describes the fate of small-amplitude perturbations to a constant input, and demonstrate how this traditional engineering tool may be extended to allow one to infer the most significant contributions to the full output in response to a general audio input. We then compute the audio output of the amplifier through a perturbation expansion based on the ratio between audio and switching frequencies. Our results explicitly demonstrate how the ripple compensation technique significantly linearizes the output, thereby reducing the distortion.
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spelling nottingham-307372020-05-04T17:13:08Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30737/ Ripple compensation for a class-D amplifier Cox, Stephen M. du Toit Mouton, Hendrik This paper presents the first detailed mathematical analysis of the ripple compensation technique for reducing audio distortion in a class-D amplifier with negative feedback. The amplifier converts a relatively low-frequency audio signal to a high-frequency train of rectangular pulses whose widths are slowly modulated according to the audio signal (pulse-width modulation, PWM). Distortion manifests itself through unwanted audio-frequency harmonics that arise in the output due to nonlinearities inherent in the design. In this paper, we first develop a small-signal model, which describes the fate of small-amplitude perturbations to a constant input, and demonstrate how this traditional engineering tool may be extended to allow one to infer the most significant contributions to the full output in response to a general audio input. We then compute the audio output of the amplifier through a perturbation expansion based on the ratio between audio and switching frequencies. Our results explicitly demonstrate how the ripple compensation technique significantly linearizes the output, thereby reducing the distortion. SIAM 2015-07-14 Article PeerReviewed Cox, Stephen M. and du Toit Mouton, Hendrik (2015) Ripple compensation for a class-D amplifier. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 75 (4). pp. 1536-1552. ISSN 1095-712X class-D amplifier mathematical model small-signal model Apostol–Bernoulli functions pulse-width modulation http://epubs.siam.org/doi/10.1137/140997695 doi:10.1137/140997695 doi:10.1137/140997695
spellingShingle class-D amplifier
mathematical model
small-signal model
Apostol–Bernoulli functions
pulse-width modulation
Cox, Stephen M.
du Toit Mouton, Hendrik
Ripple compensation for a class-D amplifier
title Ripple compensation for a class-D amplifier
title_full Ripple compensation for a class-D amplifier
title_fullStr Ripple compensation for a class-D amplifier
title_full_unstemmed Ripple compensation for a class-D amplifier
title_short Ripple compensation for a class-D amplifier
title_sort ripple compensation for a class-d amplifier
topic class-D amplifier
mathematical model
small-signal model
Apostol–Bernoulli functions
pulse-width modulation
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30737/
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