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TDA8574
Class-H high-output voltage level
line driver
Product specification
Supersedes data of 1997 Feb 26
File under Integrated Circuits, IC01
1998 Oct 16
Philips Semiconductors Product specification
Class-H high-output voltage level line
driver
FEATURES
• Output voltage swing larger than supply voltage
• High supply voltage ripple rejection
• Low distortion
• Low noise
• ESD protected on all pins.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The TDA8574(T) is a two channel class-H high-output
voltage line driver for use in car audio applications.
The line driver behaves as a non-inverting amplifier with a
gain of 8 dB and a single-ended output. Due to the class-H
voltage lifting principle the voltage swing over the load is
more than the supply voltage. With a supply voltage of 9 V
the output voltage swing over the load will be
14 V (peak-to-peak).
QUICK REFERENCE DATA
TDA8574
The TDA8574 is available in a DIP16 package and the
TDA8574T in a SO16 package.
Line drivers are necessary in car audio systems in which
the power amplifiers are driven by long cables.
The signal-to-noise ratio of these car audio systems is
improved by using the TDA8574(T) class-H high-output
level line driver. The high-output level of TDA8574(T)
enables a reduction of the gain of the power amplifier
resulting in an improvement of the power amplifier
performance.
SYMBOL PARAMETER CONDITIONS MIN. TYP. MAX. UNIT
V
CC
I
CC
G
v
V
o(rms)
supply voltage 6 9 12 V
supply current VCC=9V − 813mA
voltage gain 7.5 8 8.5 dB
maximal output voltage (RMS value) THD = 0.1% 5.0 5.2 − V
SVRR supply voltage ripple rejection 50 65 − dB
THD total harmonic distortion V
V
no
Z
output impedance −−10 Ω
o
noise output voltage − 5 −µV
= 3 V; f = 1 kHz − 0.003 − %
o(rms)
ORDERING INFORMATION
TYPE
NUMBER
NAME DESCRIPTION VERSION
PACKAGE
TDA8574T SO16 plastic small outline package; 16 leads; body width 7.5 mm SOT162-1
TDA8574 DIP16 plastic dual in-line package; 16 leads (300 mil) SOT38-4
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Class-H high-output voltage level line
driver
BLOCK DIAGRAM
handbook, full pagewidth
V
SVRL
CCL
1
BUFFER
3
BUFFER
REFERENCE
24 kΩ
30 kΩ
V
−
+
+
−
V
36 kΩ
CCL
CCL
LIFT
AMP.
SIGNAL
AMP.
TDA8574
16
CL+
15
CL−
13
OUTL
INL
INML
INMR
INR
SVRR
V
CCR
2
4
5
7
REFERENCE
6
8
BUFFER
BUFFER
TDA8574(T)
30 kΩ
24 kΩ
V
−
+
+
−
V
36 kΩ
CCR
CCR
5 Ω
SIGNAL
AMP.
LIFT
AMP.
14
11
12
10
MGE668
LGND
RGND
OUTR
CR−
9
CR+
Fig.1 Block diagram.
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Class-H high-output voltage level line
driver
PINNING
SYMBOL PIN DESCRIPTION
V
CCL
INL 2 input voltage left channel
SVRL 3 SVRR left channel
INML 4 inverting input left channel
INMR 5 inverting input right channel
SVRR 6 SVRR right channel
INR 7 input voltage right channel
V
CCR
CR+ 9 lift capacitor (+) right channel
CR− 10 lift capacitor (−) right channel
RGND 11 ground right channel
OUTR 12 output voltage right channel
OUTL 13 output voltage left channel
LGND 14 ground left channel
CL− 15 lift capacitor (−) left channel
CL+ 16 lift capacitor (+) left channel
1 supply voltage left channel
8 supply voltage right channel
handbook, halfpage
V
1
CCL
INL
2
3
SVRL
4
INML
INMR
SVRR
INR
V
CCR
TDA8574
TDA8574T
5
6
7
8
MGE667
Fig.2 Pin configuration.
TDA8574
16
CL+
15
CL−
14
LGND
13
OUTL
12
OUTR
11
RGND
10
CR−
9
CR+
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
Lift amplifier
The lift amplifier, referred to as LIFT AMP. in Fig.1, is used
as a non-inverting amplifier with a voltage gain of 8 dB set
by an internal feedback network. If the output voltage of
the signal amplifier is low, the external lift capacitor is
recharged by the lift amplifier. As soon as the output
voltage of the signal amplifier increases above 0.87 × V
CC
the lift amplifier switches the voltage of the lift capacitor in
series with the supply voltage VCC. The voltage at the
positive side of the lift capacitor is referred to as lifted
supply voltage.
Signal amplifier
The signal amplifier, referred to as SIGNAL AMP. in Fig.1,
is used as a non-inverting amplifier. The voltage gain G
is
v
set by the feedback resistors according to the formula:
R
G
v
2
1
+=
------ R
1
and should be set to 8 dB. The LIFT AMP. and SIG AMP.
must have equal voltage gain Gv. The rail-to-rail output
stage of the signal amplifier uses the lifted supply voltage
to increase the output voltage swing.
The DC output level is set to ≈0.87 × V
The maximum
CC.
peak-to-peak output voltage of the signal amplifier is
calculated with the formula:
op p–()max
20.87VCC0.4–()×≈
Buffers
The buffers prevent loading of the internal voltage divider
network made by a series connection of resistors. For a
good supply voltage ripple rejection this internal voltage
divider network has to be decoupled by an external
capacitor.
Reference
This circuit supplies all currents needed in the device.
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Class-H high-output voltage level line
TDA8574
driver
LIMITING VALUES
In accordance with the Absolute Maximum Rating System (IEC 134).
SYMBOL PARAMETER CONDITIONS MIN. MAX. UNIT
V
CC
I
ORM
T
stg
T
amb
T
j
THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMBOL PARAMETER VALUE UNIT
R
th j-a
supply voltage operating − 12 V
repetitive peak output current − 20 mA
storage temperature −55 +150 °C
operating ambient temperature −40 +85 °C
junction temperature − +150 °C
thermal resistance from junction to ambient in free air
TDA8574 (DIP16) 75 K/W
TDA8574T (SO16) 110 K/W
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