The TDA1908 is a monolithic integrated circuit in
12 lead quad in-line plastic package intended for
lowfrequencypowerapplications.Themountingis
compatiblewith the old types TBA800, TBA810S,
TCA830Sand TCA940N. Its main featuresare:
– flexibility in use with a max output curent of 3A
and an operating supply voltage range of 4V to
30V;
– protectionagainst chip overtemperature;
– soft limiting in saturationconditions;
– low ”switch-on”noise;
– low numberof externalcomponents;
– high supplyvoltagerejection;
– very low noise.
Figure 1. Quiescent output
voltage vs.supply voltage
Figur e 4. Dis tortion v s.
output power (R
=16Ω)
L
Figure 2. Quiescent drain
currentvs. supply voltage
Figur e 5. Distor tion vs .
output power (R
=8Ω)
L
Figure 3. Output power vs.
supply voltage
Figur e 6. Distor tion vs .
outputpower (R
=4Ω)
L
Fig ure 7. Dis tort ion v s.
frequency (R
=16Ω)
L
Figur e 8. Distor tion vs .
frequency(R
=8Ω)
L
Figur e 9. Distor tion vs .
frequency(RL=4Ω)
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Figure 10. Open loop
frequency response
Figure 13. Supply voltage
rejectionvs. voltagegain
Figure 11. Output power vs.
input voltage
Figure 14. Supply voltage
rejectionvs.source
resistance
Figure 12. Values of capacitorC
versusgain and B
X
W
Figure 15. Max power
dissipation vs. supply
voltage
Figure 16. Power dissipationand efficiencyvs.output
power (V
6/12
= 14V)
s
Figure 17. Power dissipationand efficiencyvs. output
power(Vs= 18V)
Figure 18. Power dissipationand efficiencyvs. output
power(Vs= 24V)
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APPLICATION INFORMATION
Figure19. Applicationcircuit with bootstrap
* R4 is necessary when Vsis less than 10V.
TDA1908
Figure 20. P.C. board and component lay-out of the circuit of fig. 19 (1 : 1 scale)
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APPLICATION INFORMATION (continued)
Figure 21. Application circuit without bootstrap
Figure22.Outputpowervs.
supply voltage (circuit of
fig. 21)
Figure 23. Position control for car headlights
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APPLICATION SUGGESTION
The recommendedvaluesof theexternal componentsarethoseshown on the applicationcircuit offig. 19.
Whenthe supplyvoltageVs is lessthan 10V, a 100Ω resistor mustbe connectedbetween pin1 andpin4
in order to obtain the maximum outputpower.
Different values can be used. The followingtable can help the designer.
Component
R
1
R
2
R
3
R
4
C
1
C
2
C
3
C
4
Raccom.
value
Purpose
10 KΩClose loop gain
Larger than
raccomanded value
Increase of gain.Decrease of gain.
setting
100 Ω
Close loop gain
Decrease ofgain.Increase ofgain.R
setting.
1 ΩFrequency stabilityDanger of oscillation at
hight frequencies with
inductiveloads.
100 Ω
Increaseing of output
swing with low Vs.
2.2 µF
Input DC
Lower noise.Higher low
decoupling.
0,1 µFSupply voltage
bypass.
2.2 µF
10 µF
Inverting input DC
decoupling.
Ripple Rejection.Increase of SVR.
Increase of the
switch-on noise
Increase of the
switch-on time.
Smaller than
raccomanded value
Increase quiescent
current.
frequency cutoff.
Higher noise.
Danger of
oscillations.
Higher low
frequency cutoff.
Degradation of
SVR.
Allowed range
Min.Max.
9R
2
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1
47Ω330 Ω
0.1 µF
0.1µF
2.2 µF 100 µF
C
5
47 µFBootstrapIncrease ofthe
10 mF 100 µF
distorsion at low
frequency
C
6
C
7
0.22 µF
1000 µF
Frequency stability.Danger of oscillation.
Output DC
decoupling.
Higher low
frequency cutoff.
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THERMALSHUT-DOWN
The presenceof a thermal limiting circuit offers the
followingadvantages:
1) An overload on the output (even if it is permanent),oranabovelimitambienttemperaturecan
be easily supported since the T
cannot be
j
higherthan 150°C.
2) The heatsinkcan have asmaller factor ofsafety
compared with that of a conventional circuit.
Thereis no possibilityof devicedamage dueto
high junction temperature.
Figure 24. Output power
and drain current vs.
case temperature
Figure 25. Output power
and d rain current vs.
case temperature
If, for any reason, the junction temperature increaseupto150°C, the thermal shut-downsimply reduces the power dissipation and the
currentconsumption.
The maximum allowable power dissipation depends uponthesizeof the externalheatsink(i.e. its
thermal resistance); fig. 25 shows the dissipable
power as a function of ambient temperature for
differentthermal resistance.
Fig ure 2 6. Max i mum
power dis sipat ion vs.
ambienttemperature
MOUNTINGINSTRUCTIONS
The thermalpower dissipatedin the circuitmay be
removedby solderingthe tabs to a copper area on
the PC board (see Fig. 27).
During soldering,tab temperaturemustnotexceed
260°C and the soldering time must not be longer
than 12 seconds.
Figure 27. Mounding exampleFigure 28. Maximum
power dissipation and
thermal resistance vs.
side””
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