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This design is based on the 18 Watt Audio Amplifier, and was developed mainly to satisfy the requests of correspondents unable to locate the TLE2141C chip. It uses the widespread NE5532 Dual IC but, obviously, its power output will be comprised in the 9.5 - 11.5W range, as the supply rails cannot exceed ±18V.

As amplifiers of this kind are frequently used to drive small loudspeaker cabinets, the bass frequency range is rather sacrificed. Therefore a bass-boost control was inserted in the feedback loop of the amplifier, in order to overcome this problem without quality losses. The bass lift curve can reach a maximum of +16.4dB @ 50Hz. In any case, even when the bass control is rotated fully counterclockwise, the amplifier frequency response shows a gentle raising curve: +0.8dB @ 400Hz, +4.7dB @ 100Hz and +6dB @ 50Hz (referred to 1KHz).

P1_________________22K   Log.Potentiometer (Dual-gang for stereo)
P2________________100K   Log.Potentiometer (Dual-gang for stereo)
R1________________820R   1/4W Resistor
R2,R4,R8____________4K7  1/4W Resistors
R3________________500R   1/2W Trimmer Cermet
R5_________________82K   1/4W Resistor
R6,R7______________47K   1/4W Resistors
R9_________________10R   1/2W Resistor
R10__________________R22   4W Resistor (wirewound)

C1,C8_____________470nF   63V Polyester Capacitor
C2,C5_____________100µF   25V Electrolytic Capacitors
C3,C4_____________470µF   25V Electrolytic Capacitors
C6_________________47pF   63V Ceramic or Polystyrene Capacitor
C7_________________10nF   63V Polyester Capacitor
C9________________100nF   63V Polyester Capacitor

D1______________1N4148    75V 150mA Diode

IC1_____________NE5532    Low noise Dual Op-amp

Q1_______________BC547B   45V 100mA NPN Transistor
Q2_______________BC557B   45V 100mA PNP Transistor
Q3_______________TIP42A   60V 6A    PNP Transistor
Q4_______________TIP41A   60V 6A    NPN Transistor

J1__________________RCA audio input socket

R11_________________1K5  1/4W Resistor

C10,C11__________4700µF   25V Electrolytic Capacitors

D2________________100V 4A Diode bridge
D3________________5mm. Red LED

T1________________220V Primary, 12 + 12V Secondary 24-30VA Mains transformer

PL1_______________Male Mains plug

SW1_______________SPST Mains switch

This audio power amplifier project is based on LM1875 amplifier module from National Semiconductor. It can deliver up to 30W of power using an 8 ohm load & dual 30V DC power supplies. It is designed to operate with maximum outside parts with current limit & thermal shutdown protection features . Other features include high gain, quick slew rate, wide power supply range, giant output voltage swing & high current capability.

Summary of the audio amply-fire features:

25V Power Supply

The schematic below shows how the +25V DC & -25V DC are obtained. In order to provide power supply for two stereo amplifiers, a power transformer rating of 80VA with 240V/36V middle tapped secondary winding is used. The secondary output of the transformer is rectified by using 1N5401 diodes together with four electrolytic capacitors to smoother the ripple voltage. A fuse & a varistor are connected at the primary input to protect the circuit against power surge.

Audio Amplifier Module

The +25V & -25V DC power supply are connected to the audio amplifier module through a 2A fuse with the peripheral devices shown in the schematic below. The audio input signal to be amplified is coupled to pin one of LM1875 through the resistor R1 and electrolytic capacitor E5.

The output signal at pin four of LM1875 can be used to directly drive a 8 ohm loudspeaker. Resistor R6 and capacitor C5 prevent-the capacitance developed at the long speaker leads from driving the amplifier in to High Frequency Oscillation.

A heat-sink with a thermal resistance rating of one.4 Cecilius/Watt or better must be used or else the amplifier module will-be cut-off from operation due to the heat that will build up in the coursework of the operation of the amplifier. Take note that the heat sink tab on the IC module is internally connected to the -25V power supply hence it must be isolated from the heat sink by the use of an insulating washer. If this is not done, the negative rail will be shorted to ground.

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This amplifier circuit is based on the non-inverted GainClone standard configuration. I did some calucaltions the feedback resistor and other components in order to check the gain, etc. For more background on the calculations relevant to GainClones in the background section.

Many electronic projects require the use of a small audio amplifier. Be it a radio transceiver, a digital voice recorder, or an intercom, they all call for an audio amp that is small, cheap, and has enough power to provide adequate loudness to fill a room, without pretending to serve a disco! About one Watt RMS seems to be a convenient size, and this is also about the highest power that a simple amplifier fed from 12V can put into an 8 Ohm speaker. A very low saturation amplifier may go as high up as 2 Watt, but any higher power requires the use of a higher voltage power supply, lower speaker impedance, a bridge circuit, or a combination of those.

During my many years building electronic things I have needed small audio amps many times, and have pretty much standardized on a few IC solutions, first and and foremost the LM386, which is small, cheap, and very easy to use. But it does not produce high quality audio... For many applications, the advantages weigh more than the distortion and noise of this chip, so that I used it anyway. In other cases I used different chips, which perform better but need more complex circuits. Often these chips were no longer available the next time I needed a small amplifier.

When I last upgraded my computer, I replaced the old and trusty Soundblaster AWE 32 by a Soundblaster Audigy. The new card is better in many regards, but while the old one had an internal audio power amplifier, the new one doesnt! Thats bad news, because I have some pretty decent speakers for the PC, which are fully passive. So, I built a little stereo amp using two LM386 chips and installed it inside the computer, fed by the 12V available internally.

But then I wasnt satisfied. The LM386 might be suitable for "communication quality" audio, which is roughly the fidelity you get over a telephone, but for music its pretty poor! The distortion was awful. So, the day came when I decided to play a little more scientifically with small audio amps, looking for a way to get good performance with simple and inexpensive means.

I set up a test bench with a sine wave oscillator running at 1 kHz, an 8 Ohm speaker, 12V power supply, and the computer with the soundcard and Fast Fourier Transform software. One channel was connected to the oscillator together with the amplifier input, the other channel to the output and speaker. With this setup I measured the harmonic content of the audio signals. I did the tests at an output level of 0.1W, which is typical for moderately loud sound from a reasonably efficient speaker. Also, I used a music signal from a CD player to test the actual sound of each amplifier.

As already said above, the main attraction of the LM386 is the extreme simplicity of its application circuit. You can even eliminate R1 if the signal source is DC-grounded. If the speaker leads are long, you should add an RC snubber across the output to aid stability. Additionally, if you need higher gain (not necessary if the input is at line level), you can connect a 10uF capacitor between pins 1 and 8. Thats about all there is to it.

Now the bad news: This circuit produced a very high level of distortion! The second harmonic measured just -28dB from the main output. The third harmonic was at -35dB, while the noise level was at -82dB. There were assorted high harmonics at roughly -45dB. With music, the distortion was really disturbing, and also the noise level was uncomfortably high. The power supply rejection is poor, so that some hum and other supply noise gets through. In short, this was a lousy performance!

Since I had used so many LM386s in my projects, I had several different variations. In my material box I found a slightly newer LM386N-1. So I plugged it into my test amplifier. It was even worse! The second harmonic was at -24dB, the third harmonic at -31dB, while the noise was a tad better at -84dB. Folks, thats a total harmonic distortion of almost 7%! And the 0.1W output level at which this was measured is where such a circuit is about at its best...  The distortion can be plainly seen on the oscilloscope, and a visibly distorted waveform is about the most offending thing an audio designer can ever see!

Looking through my projects, I found one where I had used a GL386 chip. This is just a 386 made by another company. I unsoldered it and put it in my test amplifier. Surprise! It was dramatically better, with the second harmonic at -45dB, and the third at -57dB! The noise floor was -84dB, just like the LM386N-1. But even this level of distortion was plainly audible when listening to music. Thats roughly 0.6% THD. Some folks may consider it acceptable for music. I dont, but for communication equipment its fine. At this point, I decided to see if I could build a better amplifier, that doesnt become too complex nor expensive.

This was the first attempt. A low distortion, fast slew rate, but easy to find and rather inexpensive operational amplifier, driving a simple source follower made of two small transistors. These transistors are not biased, so they work at zero quiescent current, in full class B. The only mechanism that works against crossover distortion here is the high slew rate of the OpAmp, which is able to make the distortion bursts during crossover very short. To say the truth, I didnt expect to get usable performance from this circuit, and was really surprised when it worked much better than the 386! The second harmonic was at -77dB, the third at -79dB!

Also there were many high harmonics at roughly -84dB. That means a THD of about 0.015%.  The noise floor was down at the -120dB level! The power supply rejection was excellent, with no detectable feedtrough. Playing music, this amplifier sounded really good: No audible noise, and the distortion could be heard when paying attention to it, but I doubt that the average person would detect it! Not bad, for a bias-less design!

Just to see how important the slew rate of the OpAmp is, I pulled out the NE5534 and replaced it by a humble 741, which is many times slower. The result was dramatic: The second harmonic still good at -70dB, but the third harmonic was much worse, at -48dB. Also there were many high harmonics at the same -48dB level. Given that second harmonic distortion doesnt sound bad to most people, but third harmonic does, and high harmonics are even worse, it came as no surprise that the amplifier with the 741 sounded bad.

At low volume it sounded particularly bad! So I returned to the oscillator and measurement setup, testing at lower output power, and found that while the second and third harmonics followed the output, the high harmonics stayed mostly constant! So, at very low output, the high harmonics became very strong relative to the output. All this is the effect of the slower slew rate of the 741, which makes it less effective correcting the crossover distortion of the unbiased transistors. Interestingly, the noise floor of the 741 circuit wasnt bad: -118dB.

Just for fun, I tried this circuit with a third OpAmp: The TL071, which is good, but not as good as the 5534. The results: Second harmonic at -72dB, third and the high ones at -60dB, and the noise at -120dB. Its interesting that the second harmonic is much more suppressed than the third one. That must be a balancing effect of the symmetric output stage, and the better symmetry in the TL071 compared to other OpAmps.

Its worthwhile to note that this amplifier can be simplified a lot by using a split power supply. R1, R2, C1, C2 and C4 would be eliminated! But then you need the capacitor removed from C4 to bypass the negative supply line. The positive input of the chip goes to ground, while pin 4 and the collector of Q2 go to the negative supply. The rest stays the same. If you use a +-15V supply, the available RMS output power grows to over 10 Watt! Of course, you then need larger transistors. And since larger transistors are slower, the distortion will rise somewhat. An added benefit of a split supply is that the popping noise when switching on and off is eliminated.

As the next experiment, I decided to get rid of the crossover distortion. For this purpose, I added a traditional adjustable bias circuit with a transistor and a trimpot. Now I also had to add a current source, because with the bias circuit there is no single point into which the OpAmp could put its drive current into both bases! I adjusted the bias for the best distortion, and this was really  a good one! The second harmonic was down right where the test oscillator delivered it, about -80dB, so I couldnt really measure it!

The third harmonic was at -84dB, and the best improvement was that the higher harmonics had simply disappeared! They were all below the noise floor, which stayed at -120dB. Actually, this noise floor seems to come from the soundcard A/D converter, so that the actual noise of this and the above amplifier may even be better! With music, this amplifier sounded perfect - clean and smooth. And Im pretty confident that the THD is well below the limits of my measurement setup, which is 0.01%.

The quiescent current was around 10mA. When lowering it to about 3mA, the high harmonics started to rise out of the noise floor. If you want to adjust the bias for the exact best quiescent current, there is a simple trick: Lift R4 from the output, and connect it to pin 6. Now the output stage has been left outside the feedback loop, and all its distortion will show up at the output. Watching the signal on an oscilloscope, or even better on a real time spectrum analyzer (soundcard and software), adjust the trimpot to the lowest distortion level.

Have a current meter in the supply line and make sure that you dont exceed 30mA or so of quiescent current, in order to keep the small transistors cool. But most likely the best distortion will be at a current lower than that. Once the adjustment is complete, return R4 to its normal position. Now the full gain and slew rate of the operational amplifier is used to correct the small remaining cross-over distortion of the output stage, and the distortion will certainly disappear from the scope screen, from your ears, and possibly fall below the detection level of the spectrum analyzer!

This circuit can also be run from a split power supply, by exactly the same mods as for the previous circuit. And since the transistors are properly biased, there isnt any significant distortion increase when using larger transistors. Be sure to use some that have enough gain - you have only a few mA of driving available, and with a +-15V power supply and an 8 Ohm speaker, there can be almost 2A of output current! So, you need a gain of 300 at least. There are power transistors in the 4A class that provide such gain, and these are good candidates. The other option is using Darlington transistors, which far exceed the gain needed here. But they will again increase the distortion, not very much, but perhaps enough to make it audible again.

 

 

Source: Humo Luden