
In thecase of the sawtoothin Figure25 the mean
level was increased by the TIM distortion, for a
sawtoothinthe other direction the oppositeis true.
The result is an AC signal at the output whole
peak-to-peakvalue is the TIM voltage, which can
be measured easily with an oscilloscope. If the
peak-to-peakvalue of the signal and the peak-to-
peak of the inverting sawtooth are measured,the
TIM can be found very simply from:
V
OUT
V
sawtooth
100
In Figure25 theexperimentalresultsareshownfor
the 30Wamplifier using the TDA2030Aas adriver
and a low-cost complementary pair. A simple RC
filter on the input of the amplifier to limit the maxi-
mumsignalslope (SS)isaneffectivewayto reduce
TIM.
TIM
=
Figure 25 :
TIM Distortion versus Output Power
The diagram of Figure 26 originated by SGS-
THOMSONcanbeusedto findtheSlew-Rate(SR)
required for a given output power or voltageand a
TIM design target.
For example if an anti-TIM filter with a cutoff at
30kHz is used and the max. peak-to-peak output
voltage is 20V then, referring to the diagram, a
Slew-Rate of 6V/
μ
s is necessaryfor 0.1%TIM.
As shown Slew-Rates of above 10V/
μ
s do not
contributeto a furtherreductionin TIM.
Slew-Ratesof 100/
μ
s arenotonlyuseless butalso
a disadvantage in Hi-Fi audio amplifiers because
they tend to turn the amplifierinto a radio receiver.
Figure 26 :
TIM Design Diagram (f
C
= 30kHz)
POWER SUPPLY
Usingmonolithicaudioamplifierwithnon-regulated
supply voltage it is important to designthe power
supply correctly. In any working case it must pro-
videasupplyvoltageless thanthe maximumvalue
fixed by the IC break-downvoltage.
It is essential to take into account all the working
conditions,inparticularmainsfluctuationsandsup-
ply voltage variations with and without load. The
TDA2030A(V
S max
=44V) isparticularlysuitablefor
substitution of the standard IC power amplifiers
(with V
S max
= 36V) for more reliableapplications.
An example, using a simple full-wave rectifier fol-
lowed by a capacitorfilter, is shown in the table 1
and in the diagramof Figure 27.
Figure27 :
DCCharacteristicsof
50W Non-regulatedSupply
TDA2030A
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