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may be greater than the typical value of 0.1μA. In either
case, the shutdown pin should be tied to a definite
voltage to avoid unwanted state changes.
In many applications, a microcontroller or
microprocessor output is used to control the shutdown
circuitry, which provides a quick, smooth transition to
shutdown. Another solution is to use a single-throw
switch in conjunction with an external pull-up resistor (or
pull-down, depending on shutdown high or low
application). This scheme guarantees that the shutdown
pin will not float, thus preventing unwanted state
changes.
PROPER SELECTION OF EXTERNAL
COMPONENTS
Proper selection of external components in applications
using integrated power amplifiers is critical to optimize
device and system performance. While the ft690 is
tolerant of external component combinations,
consideration to component values must be used to
maximize overall system quality.
The ft690 is unity-gain stable which gives the designer
maximum system flexibility. The ft690 should be used in
low gain configurations to minimize THD+N+N values,
and maximize the signal to noise ratio. Low gain
configurations require large input signals to obtain a
given output power. Input signals equal to or greater than
1Vrms are available from sources such as audio codecs.
Please refer to the section, Audio Power Amplifier
Design, for a more complete explanation of proper gain
selection.
Besides gain, one of the major considerations is the
closed loop bandwidth of the amplifier. To a large extent,
the bandwidth is dictated by the choice of external
components shown in Figure 1. The input coupling
capacitor, C
i
, forms a first order high pass filter which
limits low frequency response. This value should be
chosen based on needed frequency response for a few
distinct reasons.
SELECTION OF INPUT CAPACITOR SIZE
Large input capacitors are both expensive and space
hungry for portable designs. Clearly, a certain sized
capacitor is needed to couple in low frequencies without
severe attenuation. But in many cases the speakers used
in portable systems, whether internal or external, have
little ability to reproduce signals below 100Hz to 150Hz.
Thus, using a large input capacitor may not increase
actual system performance.
In addition to system cost and size, click and pop
performance is effected by the size of the input coupling
capacitor, C
i
. A larger input coupling capacitor requires
more charge to reach its quiescent DC voltage (nominally
1/2 V
DD
). This charge comes from the output via the
feedback and is apt to create pops upon device enable.
Thus, by minimizing the capacitor size based on
necessary low frequency response, turn-on pops can be
minimized.
Besides minimizing the input capacitor size, careful
consideration should be paid to the bypass capacitor
value. Bypass capacitor, C
B
, is the most critical
component to minimize turn-on pops since it determines
how fast the ft690 turns on. The slower the ft690’s
outputs ramp to their quiescent DC voltage (nominally
1/2 V
DD
), the smaller the turn-on pop. Choosing CB
equal to 1.0μF along with a small value of C
i
(in the
range of 0.1μF to 0.39μF), should produce a virtually
clickless and popless shutdown function. While the
device will function properly, (no oscillations or
motorboating), with C
B
equal to 0.1μF, the device will be
much more susceptible to turn-on clicks and pops. Thus,
a value of C
B
equal to 1.0μF is recommended in all but
the most cost sensitive designs.
AUDIO POWER AMPLIFIER DESIGN
A 1W/8Ω Audio Amplifier
Given:
Power Output 1Wrms
Load Impedance 8Ω
Input Level 1Vrms
Input Impedance 20kΩ
Bandwidth 100Hz–20kHz ± 0.25dB
A designer must first determine the minimum supply rail
to obtain the specified output power. By extrapolating
from the Output Power vs Supply Voltage graphs in the
Typical Performance Characteristics section, the
supply rail can be easily found.
5V is a standard voltage in most applications, it is chosen
for the supply rail. Extra supply voltage creates
headroom that allows the ft690 to reproduce peaks in
excess of 1W without producing audible distortion. At
this time, the designer must make sure that the power
supply choice along with the output impedance does not
violate the conditions explained in the Power
Dissipation section.
Once the power dissipation equations have been
addressed, the required differential gain can be
determined from Equation 2.
(2)
R
f/Ri
= AVD/2
From Equation 2, the minimum A
VD
is 2.83; use AVD = 3.
Since the desired input impedance was 20kΩ, and with a
A
VD
impedance of 2, a ratio of 1.5:1 of Rf to Ri results in
an allocation of Ri = 20kΩ and Rf = 30kΩ. The final
design step is to address the bandwidth requirements