
BUILT-IN PROTECTION SYSTEMS
LoadDumpVoltage Surge
The TDA2005 has a circuit which enables it to
withstanda voltagepulsetrain,onPin9, ofthetype
shownin Figure 34.
If the supplyvoltage peaks to morethan 40V,then
an LC filter must be inserted between the supply
and pin 9, in order to assure that the pulses at pin
9 willbe held withing the limits shown.
AsuggestedLCnetworkisshowninFigure33.With
thisnetwork, a trainof pulses with amplitude up to
120V and width of 2ms can be applied at point A.
This type of protection is ON when the supply
voltage(pulse or DC)exceeds18V.Forthisreason
the maximum operatingsupply voltageis 18V.
Figure 33
Figure 34
Short Circuit
(AC and DC conditions)
TheTDA2005canwithstandapermanentshort-cir-
cuiton the outputfor a supply voltage up to 16V.
PolarityInversion
High current (up to 10A) can be handled by the
devicewithno damagefor a longerperiod thanthe
blow-out time of a quick 2A fuse (normally con-
nected in series with the supply). This feature is
added to avoid destruction, if during fitting to the
car, a mistake on the connection of the supply is
made.
OpenGround
When the ratio is in the ON condition and the
ground is accidentally opened, a standard audio
amplifierwillbedamaged.OntheTDA2005protec-
tion diodesare includedto avoidany damage.
Inductive Load
A protection diode is provided to allow use of the
TDA2005 with inductive loads.
DCVoltage
The maximum operating DC voltage for the
TDA2005 is 18V.
Howeverthedevicecanwithstanda DCvoltageup
to 28V with no damage.This could occur during
winterif twobatteriesareseriesconnectedtocrank
the engine.
Thermal Shut-down
The presenceof a thermallimiting circuitoffersthe
following advantages:
1) an overload on the output (even if it is
permanent), or an excessive ambient
temperaturecan be easilywithstood.
2) the heatsink can havea smaller factorof safety
compared with that of a conventional circuit.
There is no device damage in the case of
excessive junction temperature : all that
happensis thatP
O
(andthereforeP
tot
) andI
d
are
reduced.
The maximum allowable power dissipation de-
pendsuponthesizeof theexternalheatsink(i.e.its
thermal resistance); Figure 35 showsthe dissipa-
blepoweras a functionof ambienttemperaturefor
differentthermal resistance.
LoudspeakerProtection
The circuit offers loudspeaker protection during
short circuit forone wire to ground.
TDA2005
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