Copyright ANPEC Electronics Corp.
Rev. A.4 - Oct., 2010
APA2070
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Application Information (Cont.)
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To avoid the start-up pop noise, the bypass voltage should
rise slower than the input bias voltage and the relation-
ship shown in equation should be maintained.
The capacitor is fed from a 150kΩ resistor inside of
the amplifier and the 150kΩ is the maximum input resis-
tance of (Ri+RF). Bypass capacitor, CBYPASS, values of
2.2µF to 10µF ceramic or tantalum low-ESR capacitors
are recommended for the best THD+N and noise
performance.
The bypass capacitance also affects the start-up time.
It is determined in the following equation:
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Output Coupling Capacitor (CC)
In the typical single-supply SE configuration, an output
coupling capacitor (CC) is required to block the DC bias at
the output of the amplifier thus preventing DC currents in
the load. As with the input coupling capacitor, the output
coupling capacitor and impedance of the load form a high-
pass filter governed by the equation.
For example, a 330µF capacitor with an 8Ω speaker would
attenuate low frequencies below 60.6Hz. The main
disadvantage, from a performance standpoint, is the load
impedance is typically small, which drives the low-fre-
quency corner higher degrading the bass response.
Large values of CC are required to pass low frequencies
into the load.
Effective Bypass Capacitor (CBYPASS) (Cont.)
Power Supply Decoupling Capacitor (CS)
The APA2070 is a high-performance CMOS audio ampli-
fier that requires adequate power supply decoupling to
ensure the output total harmonic distortion (THD+N) is
as low as possible. Power supply decoupling also pre-
vents the oscillations caused by long lead length between
the amplifier and the speaker. The optimum decoupling
is achieved by using two different types of capacitors that
target on different types of noise on the power supply
leads.
For higher frequency transients, spikes, or digital hash
on the line, a good low equivalent-series-resistance
(ESR) ceramic capacitor, typically 0.1µF, is placed as close
as possible to the device VDD lead works best. For filtering
lower-frequency noise signals, it is recommended to
place a large aluminum electrolytic capacitor of 10µF or
greater near the audio power amplifier
Optimizing Depop Circuitry
Circuitry has been included in the APA2070 to minimize the
amount of popping noise at power-up and when coming
out of shutdown mode. Popping occurs whenever a volt-
age step is applied to the speaker. In order to eliminate
clicks and pops, all capacitors must be fully discharged
before turn-on. Rapid on/off switching of the device or
the shutdown function will cause the click and pop circuitry.
The value of Ci will also affect turn-on pops (Refer to
Effective Bypass Capacitance). The bypass voltage ramp
up should be slower than input bias voltage. Although the
bypass pin current source cannot be modified, the size of
CBYPASS can be changed to alter the device turn-on time
and the amount of clicks and pops. By increasing the value
of CBYPASS, turn-on pop can be reduced. However, the
tradeoff for using a larger bypass capacitor is to increase
the turn-on time for this device. There is a linear relation-
ship between the size of CBYPASS and the turn-on time. In a
SE configuration, the output coupling capacitor (CC), is of
particular concern.
This capacitor discharges through the internal 10kΩ
resistors. Depending on the size of CC, the time constant
can be relatively large. To reduce transients in SE mode,
an external 1kΩ resistor can be placed in parallel with the
internal 10kΩ resistor. The tradeoff for using this resistor
is an increase in quiescent current. In most cases, choos-
ing a small value of Ci in the range of 0.33µF to 1µF,
CBYPASS being equal to 4.7µF and an external 1kΩ resistor
should be placed in parallel with the internal 10kΩ resis-
tor should produce a virtually clickless and popless turn-
on.
A high gain amplifier intensifies the problem as the small
delta in voltage is multiplied by the gain, so it is advanta-
geous to use low-gain configurations.
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