An Investigation into the Parameters Affecting Total Harmonic Distortion in Low-Voltage Low-Power Class-D Amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1304-1315

  Tan, Meng Tong ^a   Chang, Joseph S ^a   Chua, Hock Chuan ^a   Gwee, Bah Hwee ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Class D Amplifier; Hearing aids; Pulsewidth modulation (PWM); Total harmonic distortion (THD)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HEARING AIDS;

HARMONIC DISTORTIONS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0142196031     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2003.217770     Document Type: Article

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