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- From: medin@catbyte.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Dave Medin)
- Subject: Re: 20W Audio amplifier chip TDA1520
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.160153.8883@b30.ingr.com>
- Keywords: Radio Shack, Philips
- Sender: medin@catbyte (Dave Medin)
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- Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville AL
- References: <64120@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 16:01:53 GMT
- Lines: 51
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- In article <64120@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt8021a@prism.gatech.EDU (EASON) writes:
- |> ..
- |> A couple of years back, I wandered into a Radio Shack at lunchtime, and they
- |> had a closeout on these Philips TDA1520A (& TDA1520B) single-chip "20W Hi-Fi
- |> Audio Amplifiers." I bought a couple with the intention of building a pair
- |> of self-amplified bookshelf speakers for my synthesizer (or whatever). I'm
- |> just getting around to the project (sound familiar?), and I was wondering if
- |> anyone else had used these chips before. Any caveats? Is the "Test & appli-
- |> cation circuit" correct? Parts of it look suspicious, but my op-amps course
- |> was too many unused years ago.
- |>
- |> I remember that RS had a (10W?) stereo audio amp chip, but these are single-
- |> channel. The chip is a 9-pin SIP with dimensions around .5" x 1" x .2".
- |> ___________
- |> | TDA1520A |
- |> ) (
- |> |___________|
- |> |||||||||
- |> |||||||||
-
- The TDA-1520 was a joy to work with (I rebuilt broadcast line amps with
- them with good results). Make sure to decouple the power
- supply with a 47uF electrolytic in parallel with a 0.1uf ceramic
- cap for near trouble-free operation. It needs to be heat sunk
- when operated near its 40 volt maximum supply voltage, as the bias
- current is in the vicinity of 60 ma and the device will thermal-limit in
- free air.
-
- The reason the ap circuit might look suspicious is that the part is
- designed to use a single supply rail, and thus has support circuitry
- to generate a virtual ground about halfway between V+ and ground.
- The input and output must be capacitively coupled when using a single
- supply.
-
- The sonic performance of this part is still the best among audio
- power IC's.
-
- Digi-Key still sells the 1520, BTW. The Philips/Signetics ap notes
- were correct, but I don't know about Radio Shack's.
-
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