Carrier distortion in hysteretic self-oscillating class-D audio power amplifiers: Analysis and optimization

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 714-729

  Høyerby, Mikkel C W ^a   Andersen, Michael A E ^b  

^a Motorola Denmark   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Audio; Class D; Hysteretic; Power amplifier; Sliding

Indexed keywords

AUDIO; AUDIO POWER AMPLIFIERS; BAND PASS; CLASS-D; CURRENT-MODE-CONTROLLED; FEED BACK SYSTEMS; HIGH-QUALITY AUDIO; HYSTERETIC; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; NON-LINEAR VARIATIONS; OPTIMIZATION METHODS; SELF-OSCILLATING; SINGLE-ENDED; SLIDING; STATE-OF-THE ARTS; TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTIONS;

AUDIO EQUIPMENT; COMPARATORS (OPTICAL); DAMPING; HYSTERESIS; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 67349244914     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.2007956     Document Type: Article

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