High-fidelity PWM-based amplifier concept for active loudspeaker systems with very low energy consumption

AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 554-570

  Nielsen, Karsten ^a,b  

^a BANG AND OLUFSEN A S   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FEEDBACK; LOUDSPEAKERS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

ANALOG ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEMS; DIGITAL ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEMS; HIGH FIDELITY PULSE WIDTH MODULATION AMPLIFIERS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0031191964     PISSN: 00047554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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