• Internal gain control, eliminate external components.
••
••
• 2.6W per channel output power into 3Ω load at 5V,
••
BTL mode
••
• Multiple input modes allowable selected by HP
••
/LINE pin (APA2030)
••
• Two output modes allowable with BTL and SE
••
modes selected by SE/BTL pin (for APA2030 only)
••
• Low current consumption in shutdown mode (50µ
••
A)
••
• Short Circuit Protection
••
••
• TSSOP-24-P (APA2030) and TSSOP-20-P
••
(APA2031) with thermal pad package.
Applications
••
• NoteBook PC
••
••
• LCD Monitor
••
APA2030/1 is a monolithic integrated circuit, which
provides internal gain control, and a stereo bridged
audio power amplifiers capable of producing 2.6W
(1.9W) into 3Ω with less than 10% (1.0%) THD+N.
By control the two gain setting pins, Gain0 and Gain1,
The amplifier can provide 6dB, 10dB, 15.6dB, and
21.6dB gain settings. The advantage of internal gain
setting can be less components and PCB area. Both
of the depop circuitry and the thermal shutdown pro-
tection circuitry are integrated in APA2030/1, that
reduces pops and clicks noise during power up or
shutdown mode operation. It also improved the power
off pop noise and protects the chip from being de-
stroyed by over temperature and short current failure.
To simplify the audio system design APA2030 com-
bines a stereo bridge-tied loads (BTL) mode for
speaker drive and a stereo single-end (SE) mode for
headphone drive into a single chip, where both modes
are easily switched by the SE/BTL input control pin
signal. Besides the multiple input selections is used
for portable audio system. APA2031 eliminates both
input selection and single-end (SE) mode function to
simplifying the design and save the PCB space.
Ordering and Marking Information
APA2030/1
Lead Free Code
Handling Code
Temp. Range
Package Code
APA2030/1 R :
ANPEC reserves the right to make changes to improve reliability or manufacturability without notice, and advise
customers to obtain the latest version of relevant information to verify before placing orders.
Package Code
R : TSSOP-P *
Temp. Range
I : - 40 to 85 C
Handling Code
TU : Tu be TR : Tape & R eel
TY : Tra y
Lead Free Code
L : Lead Free Device Blank : O riginal Device
Input signal for internal gain setting
Input signal for internal gain setting
Left channel positive output in BTL mode and SE mode
Left channel line input terminal, selected when HP/LINE is held low.
Right channel line input terminal, selected when HP/LINE is held low.
Left channel headphone input terminal, selected when HP/LINE is held high.
- Supply voltage only for power amplifier
Right channel positive signal input, when differential signal is accepted.
Left channel negative output in BTL mode and high impedance in SE mode
Left channel positive signal input, when differential signal is accepted.
Bypass voltage
Output mode control input pin, high for SE output mode and low for BTL
mode
Right channel negative output in BTL mode and high impedance in SE
mode
Multi-input selection input, headphone mode when held high, line-in mode
when held low
Supply voltage for internal circuit excepting power amplifier.
Right channel headphone input terminal, selected when HP/LINE is held
high.
Right channel positive output in BTL mode and SE mode
It will be into shutdown m od e when pull low
Right channel line input terminal, selected when HP/LINE is held low
- Ground connection, Connected to thermal pad.
Input signal for internal gain setting
Input signal for internal gain setting
Left channel positive output
Left channel negative audio signal input
Supply voltage only for power amplifier
Right channel positive audio signal input
Left channel negative output
Left channel positive audio signal input
Bypass voltage
No connection
Right channel negative output
Supply voltage for internal circuit excepting power amplifier
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APA2031
Pin name
RIN+ 17 I/P
ROUT+ 18 O/P
SHUTDOWN
Pin
Config. Function Description
no.
Right channel negative audio signal input
Right channel positive output
19 I/P It will be into shutdown mode when pull low
Control Input Table ( for APA2030 only)
HP/ LINE
X
L
H
L
H
X
SE/BTL
X L Disable Shutdown mode
L H Disable Line input, BTL out
L H Disable HP input, BTL out
H H Disable Line input, SE out
H H Disable HP input, SE out
X X Enable PCBEEP input, BTL out
The APA2030/1 has two pairs of operational amplifiers internally, allowed for different amplifier
configurations.
INP UT -
INP UT +
-
+
OP1
V
-
+
bias
OP2
OUT+
DIF F _A MP _C ON F IG
OUT-
Figure 1: APA2030 internal configuration (each
channel)
The OP1 and OP2 are all differential drive
configuration, The differential drive configuration doubling the voltage swing on the load compare to the
single-ending configuration, the differential gain for
each channel is 2
X(Gain of SE mode).
By driving the load differentially through outputs OUT+
and OUT-, an amplifier configuration commonly referred to as bridged mode is established. BTL mode
operation is different from the classical single-ended
SE amplifier configuration where one side of its load
is connected to ground.
A BTL amplifier design has a few distinct advantages
over the SE configuration, as it provides differential
drive to the load, thus doubling the output swing for a
specified supply voltage. Four times the output power
is possible as compared to a SE amplifier under the
same conditions. A BTL configuration, such as the
one used in APA2030/1, also creates a second advantage over SE amplifiers. Since the differential
outputs, ROUT+, ROUT-, LOUT+, and LOUT-, are biased at half-supply, no need DC voltage exists across
the load. This eliminates the need for an output coupling capacitor which is required in a single supply,
SE configuration.
Single-Ended Operation (for APA2030 only)
Consider the single-supply SE configuration shown
Application Circuit. A coupling capacitor is required
to block the DC offset voltage from reaching the load.
These capacitors can be quite large (approximately
33µF to 1000µF) so they tend to be expensive, occupy valuable PCB area, and have the additional
drawback of limiting low-frequency performance of
the system (refer to the Output Coupling Capacitor).
The rules described should be following relationship:
1
1
≤
Ω×125k Cbypass
CR
1
<<
ii
(1)
CR
L
C
Output SE/BTL Operation (for APA2030 only)
The ability of the APA2030 to easily switch between
BTL and SE modes is one of its most important costs
saving features. This feature eliminates the requirement for an additional headphone amplifier in applications where internal stereo speakers are driven in
BTL mode but external headphone or speakers must
be accommodated.
Internal to the APA2030, two separate amplifiers drive
OUT+ and OUT- (see Figure 1). The SE/BTL input
controls the operation of the follower amplifier that
drives LOUT- and ROUT-.
••
•When SE/BTL is held low, the OP2 is actived
••
and the APA2030 is in the BTL mode.
••
•When SE/BTL is held high, the OP2 is in a high
••
output impedance state, which configures the
APA2030 as SE driver from OUT+. IDD is reduced by approximately one-half in SE mode.
Control of the SE/BTL input can be a logic-level TTL
source or a resistor divider network or the stereo headphone jack with switch pin as shown in Application
Circuit.
Figure 2: SE/BTL input selection by phonejack plug
In Figure 2, input SE/BTL operates as follows:
When the phonejack plug is inserted, the 1kΩ resistor is disconnected and the SE/BTL input is pulled
high and enables the SE mode. When the input goes
high level, the OUT- amplifier is shutdown causing
the speaker to mute. The OUT+ amplifier then drives
through the output capacitor (CO) into the headphone
jack.
When there is no headphone plugged into the system,
the contact pin of the headphone jack is connected
from the signal pin, the voltage divider set up by resistors 100kΩ and 1kΩ. Resistor 1kΩ then pulls low
the SE/BTL pin, enabling the BTL function.
Input HP/LINE Operation (for APA2030 only)
the HP/LINE pin, enabling the headphone input
function.
Differential Input Operation
APA2030/1 can accepted the differential input signal,
and it’s can improve the CMRR (Common Mode Re-
jection ratio). For example: when apply differential in-
put signals to APA2031, connect positive input sig-
nals to the IN+ (LIN+ and RIN+) of APA2031 and nega-
tive input signals to the IN- (LIN- and RIN-) of APA2031.
When input signals are single-end, just connect IN+
(LIN+ and RIN+) to ground via a capacitor.
Input Resistance, Ri
The APA2030/1 provides four gain setting decided by
GAIN0 and GAIN1 input ins in Differential mode and it
become 4.1dB fixed gain when SE mode is selected
(for APA2030). In table 1,internal resistors Ri and Rf
according to BTL operation set the gain for each au-
dio input of the APA2030/1.
GAIN0 GAIN1 Ri Rf SE/BTL Av
0 0 90KΩ 90KΩ 0 6dB
APA2030 amplifier has two separate inputs for each of
the left and right stereo channels. An internal multiplexer selects which input will be connected to the
amplifier based on the state of the HP/LINE pin on
the IC.
••
•To select the line inputs, set HP/LINE pin tied to
••
low level
••
•To enable the headphone inputs, set HP/ LINE
••
pin tied to high level
Refer to the application circuit, the voltage divider of
100kΩ and 1kΩ sets the voltage at the HP/LINE pin
to be approximately 50mV when there are no headphones plugged into the system. This logic low voltage at the HP/LINE pin enables the APA2030 and
places it LINE input mode operation.
When a set of headphones is plugged into the system,
the contact pin of the headphone jack is disconnected
from the signal pin, interrupting the voltage divider set
up by resistors 100kΩ. Resistor 100kΩ then pulls-up
Table 1: The close loop gain setting resistance Ri/Rf
BTL mode operation brings about the factor 2 in the
gain equation due to the inverting amplifier mirroring
the voltage swing across the load. The input resis-
tance has wide variation (+/-10%) caused by
manufacture.
Input Capacitor, Ci
In the typical application an input capacitor, Ci, is
required to allow the amplifier to bias the input signal
to the proper DC level for optimum operation. In this
case, Ci and the minimum input impedance Ri form a
high-pass filter with the corner frequency determined
in the follow equation:
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(highpass)= (2)
f
C
1
CiRimin2
×π
The value of Ci is important to consider as it directly
affects the low frequency performance of the circuit.
Consider the example where Ri is 90kΩ when 6dB
gain is setting and the specification calls for a flat
bass response down to 40Hz . Equation is reconfigured
as follow:
Ci= (3)
Rifc21π
Consider to input resistance variation, the Ci is 0.04µF
so one would likely choose a value in the range of
0.1µF to 1.0µF.
A further consideration for this capacitor is the leakage path from the input source through the input network (Ri+Rf, Ci) to the load. This leakage current
creates a DC offset voltage at the input to the amplifier that reduces useful headroom, especially in high
gain applications. For this reason a low-leakage tantalum or ceramic capacitor is the best choice. When
polarized capacitors are used, the positive side of
the capacitor should face the amplifier input in most
applications as the DC level there is held at V
DD
/2,
which is likely higher that the source DC level. Please
note that it is important to confirm the capacitor polarity in the application.
Effective Bypass Capacitor, Cbypass
To avoid start-up pop noise occurred, the bypass voltage should be rise slower then the input bias voltage
and the relationship shown in equation should be
maintained.
1
<<
×
125kȍCbypass
ȍ 180kCi1×
(4)
The capacitor is fed from a 125kΩ source inside the
amplifier. Bypass capacitor, Cb, values of 3.3µF to
10µF ceramic or tantalum low-ESR capacitors are
recommended for the best THD and noise performance.
The bypass capacitance also effect to the start up
time. It is determined in the follow equation:
Tstart up =5x(Cbypassx125kΩ) (5)
Output Coupling Capacitor, Cc (for APA2030
only)
In the typical single-supply SE configuration, an output coupling capacitor (Cc) is required to block the
DC bias at the output of the amplifier thus preventing
DC currents in the load. As with the input coupling
capacitor, the output coupling capacitor and impedance of the load form a high-pass filter governed by
equation.
1
fc(highpass)=
π
(6)
CL
CR2
As with any power amplifier, proper supply bypassing is critical for low noise performance and high
power supply rejection.
The capacitor location on both the bypass and power
supply pins should be as close to the device as
possible. The effect of a larger half supply bypass
capacitor is improved PSRR due to increased halfsupply stability. Typical applications employ a 5V regu-
lator with 1.0µF and a 0.1µF bypass capacitors which
aid in supply filtering. This does not eliminate the need
for bypassing the supply nodes of the APA2030/1.
The selection of bypass capacitors, especially Cb, is
thus dependent upon desired PSRR requirements,
click and pop performance.
For example, a 330µF capacitor with an 8Ω speaker
would attenuate low frequencies below 60.6Hz. The
main disadvantage, from a performance standpoint,
is the load impedance is typically small, which drives
the low-frequency corner higher degrading the bass
response. Large values of CC are required to pass
low frequencies into the load.
Power Supply Decoupling, Cs
The APA2030/1 is a high-performance CMOS audio
amplifier that requires adequate power supply
decoupling to ensure the output total harmonic distortion (THD) is as low as possible.
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Power supply decoupling also prevents the oscillations causing by long lead length between the amplifier and the speaker.
The optimum decoupling is achieved by using two different type capacitors that target on different type of
noise on the power supply leads. For higher frequency
transients, spikes, or digital hash on the line, a good
low equivalent-series-resistance(ESR) ceramic
capacitor, typically 0.1µF placed as close as possible
to the device VDD lead works best. For filtering lowerfrequency noise signals, a large aluminum electrolytic
capacitor of 10µF or greater placed near the audio
power amplifier is recommended.
Shutdown Function
In order to reduce power consumption while not in use,
the APA2030/1 contains a shutdown pin to externally
turn off the amplifier bias circuitry. This shutdown feature turns the amplifier off when a logic low is placed
on the SHUTDOWN pin. The trigger point between a
logic high and logic low level is typically 2.0V. It is
best to switch between ground and the supply VDD to
provide maximum device performance.
By switching the SHUTDOWN pin to low, the amplifier
enters a low-current state, IDD<50µA. APA2030 is in
shutdown mode, except PC-BEEP detect circuit. On
normal operating, SHUTDOWN pin pull to high level to
keeping the IC out of the shutdown mode. The SHUTDOWN pin should be tied to a definite voltage to avoid
unwanted state changes.
PC-BEEP Detection ( for APA2030 only)
APA2030 integrates a PCBEEP detect circuit for
NOTEBOOK PC used. When PC-BEEP signal drive
to PCBEEP input pin, and PCBEEP mode is active.
APA2030 will force to BTL mode and the internal gain
fixed as -10dB. The PCBEEP signal becomes the
amplifier input signal and play on the speaker without
coupling capacitor. If the amplifier in the shutdown
mode, it will out of shutdown mode whenever PCBEEP
mode enable. The APA2030 will return to previous
setting when it is out of PC-BEEP mode.
Circuitry has been included in the APA2030/1 to minimize the amount of popping noise at power-up and
when coming out of shutdown mode. Popping occurs
whenever a voltage step is applied to the speaker. In
order to eliminate clicks and pops, all capacitors must
be fully discharged before turn-on. Rapid on/off
switching of the device or the shutdown function will
cause the click and pop circuitry. The value of Ci will
also affect turn-on pops. (Refer to Effective Bypass
Capacitance) The bypass voltage rise up should be
slower than input bias voltage. Although the bypass
pin current source cannot be modified, the size of
Cb can be changed to alter the device turn-on time
and the amount of clicks and pops. By increasing the
value of Cb, turn-on pop can be reduced. However,
the tradeoff for using a larger bypass capacitor is to
increase the turn-on time for this device. There is a
linear relationship between the size of Cb and the
turn-on time.
In a SE(for APA2030) configuration, the output coupling capacitor, CC, is of particular concern. This ca-
pacitor discharges through the internal 10kΩ resistors.
Depending on the size of CC, the time constant can
be relatively large. To reduce transients in SE mode,
an external 1kΩ resistor can be placed in parallel
with the internal 10kΩ resistor. The tradeoff for using
this resistor is an increase in quiescent current.
In the most cases, choosing a small value of Ci in the
range of 0.33µF to 1µF, Cb being equal to 0.47µF and
an external 1kΩ resistor should be placed in parallel
with the internal 10kΩ resistor should produce a virtually clickless and popless turn-on.
A high gain amplifier intensifies the problem as the
small delta in voltage is multiplied by the gain. So it
is advantageous to use low-gain configurations.
BTL Amplifier Efficiency
An easy-to-use equation to calculate efficiency starts
out as being equal to the ratio of power from the power
supply to the power delivered to the load. The following equations are the basis for calculating amplifier
efficiency.
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O
P
Efficiency = (7)
SUP
P
Where:
×
OO
PO = =
rmsVrmsV
L
R
P
V
2R
×
PP
VV
L
VOrms = (8)
2
P
Psup = V
DD
* I
AVG =
DD
2V
π
L
R
Efficiency of a BTL configuration:
O
P
= (
SUP
P
×
PP
VV
2R
) / (V
L
DD
2V
x
π
R
π
P
) =
L
4V
P
V
DD
(10)
Table 2 calculates efficiencies for four different output
power levels. Note that the efficiency of the amplifier
is quite low for lower power levels and rises sharply as
power to the load is increased resulting in a nearly flat
internal power dissipation over the normal operating
range. Note that the internal dissipation at full output
power is less than in the half power range. Calculating
the efficiency for a specific system is the key to proper
power supply design. For a stereo 1W audio system
with 8Ω loads and a 5V supply, the maximum draw
on the power supply is almost 3W.
Po (W) Efficiency (%) IDD(A) VPP(V) PD (W)
0.25 31.25 0.16 2.00 0.55
0.50 47.62 0.21 2.83 0.55
1.00 66.67 0.30 4.00 0.5
1.25 78.13 0.32 4.47 0.35
**High peak voltages cause the THD to increase.
Table 2. Efficiency Vs Output Power in 5V/8Ω BTL
Systems
A final point to remember about linear amplifiers (either
SE or BTL) is how to manipulate the terms in the efficiency equation to utmost advantage whenpossible.
Note that in equation, VDD is in the dominator. This
indicates that as VDD goes down,efficiency goes up. In
other words, use the efficiency analysis to choose the
correct supply voltage and speaker impedance for the
application.
Power Dissipation
Whether the power amplifier is operated in BTL or SE
modes, power dissipation is a major concern. In equation11 states the maximum power dissipation point
for a SE mode operating at a given supply voltage and
driving a specified load.
2
DD
SE mode : PD,MAX =
V
(11)
2
L
π
R2
In BTL mode operation, the output voltage swing is
doubled as in SE mode. Thus the maximum power
dissipation point for a BTL mode operating at the same
given conditions is 4 times as in SE mode.
2
4V
BTL mode : P
D,MAX
DD
= (12)
2
R2
L
ʌ
Since the APA2030/1 is a dual channel power
amplifier, the maximum internal power dissipation is
2 times that both of equations depending on the mode
of operation. Even with this substantial increase in
power dissipation, the APA2030/1 does not require
extra heatsink. The power dissipation from equation12,
assuming a 5V-power supply and an 8Ω load, must
not be greater than the power dissipation that results
from the equation13:
AJ.MAX
−
PD,MAX = (13)
TT
θ
JA
For TSSOP-24 (APA2030) and TSSOP-20 (APA2031)
package with and without thermal pad, the thermal
resistance (θJA) is equal to 45oC/W and 48oC/W,
respectively.
Since the maximum junction temperature (T
J,MAX
) of
APA2030/1 is 150oC and the ambient temperature (TA)
is defined by the power system design, the maximum
power dissipation which the IC package is able to
handle can be obtained from equation13. Once the
power dissipation is greater than the maximum limit
(P
), either the supply voltage (VDD) must
D,MAX
bedecreased, the load impedance (RL) must be increased or the ambient temperature should be
reduced.
Thermal Pad Considerations
The thermal pad must be connected to ground. The
package with thermal pad of the APA2030/1 requires
special attention on thermal design. If the thermal
design issues are not properly addressed, the
APA2030/1 4Ω will go into thermal shutdown when
driving a 4Ω load.
The thermal pad on the bottom of the APA2030/1
should be soldered down to a copper pad on the circuit board. Heat can be conducted away from the
thermal pad through the copper plane to ambient. If
the copper plane is not on the top surface of the
circuit board, 8 to 10 vias of 13 mil or smaller in
diameter should be used to thermally couple the thermal pad to the bottom plane. For good thermal
conduction, the vias must be plated through and solder filled. The copper plane used to conduct heat
away from the thermal pad should be as large as
practical.
To calculate maximum ambient temperatures, first
consideration is that the numbers from the PowerDissipation vs. Output Power graphs (page17) are
per channel values, so the dissipation of the IC heat
needs to be doubled for two-channel operation. Given
θJA, the maximum allowable junction temperature (T
), and the total internal dissipation (PD), the maxi-
MAX
mum ambient temperature can be calculated with the
following equation. The maximum recommended junction temperature for the APA2030/1 is 150°C. The internal dissipation figures are taken from the PowerDissipation vs. Output Power graphs. (Page17)
T
A,Max
= T
-θϑAPD (14)
J,Max
150 - 45(0.8*2) = 78°C (TSSOP-P24)
150 - 48(0.8*2) = 73.2°C (TSSOP-P20)
The APA2030/1 is designed with a thermal shutdown
protection that turns the device off when the junction
temperature surpasses 150°C to prevent damaging the
IC.
J,
If the ambient temperature is higher than 25°C, a
larger copper plane or forced-air cooling will be required to keep the APA2030/1 junction temperature
below the thermal shutdown temperature (150°C).
In higher ambient temperature, higher airflow rate and/
or larger copper area will be required to keep the IC
out of thermal shutdown.
Thermal Considerations
Linear power amplifiers dissipate a significant amount
of heat in the package under normal operating
conditions.