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- From: medin@catbyte.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Dave Medin)
- Subject: Re: 20W Audio amplifier chip TDA1520
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.185556.22881@b30.ingr.com>
- Sender: medin@catbyte (Dave Medin)
- Reply-To: medin@catbyte.b30.ingr.com
- Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville AL
- References: <64674@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 18:55:56 GMT
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- In article <64674@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt8021a@prism.gatech.EDU (EASON) writes:
- |> Thanks to all who responded to my questions about the Philips/Signetics
- |> TDA1520 audio amplifier chip: Matthew Kleinmann, Dave Medin, Arun Rao, Chris
- |> Richmond, K. C. Lee, and Dzung T. Hoang. I got one channel working last
- |> night (about 12am!).
- |>
- |> For those who are interested, the TDA1520 is a mono "20W Hi-Fi Audio Amplifier"
- |> chip that Radio Shack used to sell. I bought two on closeout there at least
- |> two years ago. Dave Medin reports that Signetics still makes the chip, and
- |> it's available from Digi-Key (price?). It's about 1"x1/2", 9-pin SIP.
- ^^^^^^^
- $6.71 (1-800-DIGIKEY)
-
- |> The chip has internal thermal protection circuitry, but it needs a heat sink
- |> for normal operation. I bought a big one with two sets of fins and sawed it
- |> in half. Again, Dzung Hoang's voice of experience came in handy in telling
- |> me not to mount both chips (two for stereo) on the same heatsink. Doing
- |> this lets the smoke out, and they won't work any more.
-
- Well, actually try insulating the package from the heatsink with the
- standard mica washer and grease, and two channels on the same heat sink
- will work fine. The 9 pin SIP package allows the use of a washer designed
- for TO-3 transistors, which are readily available. I'd suggest electrically
- isolating the device from the heatsink anyway and leaving the
- heatsink floating. It is less likely that you'll destroy anything
- if you accidentally hit the heatsink with a loose lead while
- experimenting and thus "let the smoke out."
-
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