Audio Power Amplifier Design Handbook
3rd Edition
Published on 16. May 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
427 pages
978-0-7506-5636-8 (ISBN)
Description
Douglas Self has dedicated himself to demystifying amplifier design and establishing empirical design techniques based on electronic design principles and experimental data. His rigorous and thoroughly practical approach has established him as a leading authority on amplifier design, especially through the pages of Electronics World where he is a regular contributor.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a true handbook in the 'just-about-everything-you'd-want-to know-in-one-volume' sense of the word... it is a resource for those who would like to gain some of Self's deep understanding of the subtleties of amplifier design. --EDN Magazine, January 23, 2003More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
695 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-5636-8 (9780750656368)
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Person
Douglas Self has dedicated himself to demystifying amplifier design and establishing empirical design techniques based on electronic design principles and experimental data. His rigorous and thoroughly practical approach has established him as a leading authority on amplifier design, especially through the pages of Electronics World where he is a regular contributor. Douglas is a senior designer at Tag McLaren Audio.
Content
Preface; Introduction and general survey; History, architecture and negative feedback; The general principles of power amplifiers; The small signal stages; The output stage I; The output stage II; Compensation, slew-rate, and stability; Power supplies and PSRR; Class-A power amplifiers; Class-G power amplifiers; FET output stages; Thermal compensation and thermal dynamics; Amplifier and loudspeaker protection; Grounding and practical matters; Testing and safety; Index.