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High-fidelity amplifier system

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DB 3 260 layout
T 1 6 p r o v i d e s a c o n s t a n t c u r r e n t I i m i t o n n e g a t i v e h a l f c y c l e s .
T r 3 i s a c o n s t a n t c u r r e n t ' t a i l ' f o r T r 1 a n d 2 t o m a k e s u r e v o l t a g e
v a r i a t i o n d o e s n o t a l t e r p e r f o r m a n c e .
T h e o u t p u t t r a n s i s t o r s ( T r 1 1 a n d T r 1 2 ) a r e d r i v e n b v T r 9 a n d T r 1 0 .
a n d t h e c u r r e n t t h r o u g h T r 1 1 i s s e n s e d a c r o s s R 1 9 . l f i t r i s e s . t o o
m u c h T r 5 t u n r s o n , l i m i t i n g t h e d r i v e t o T r 9 . T r 5 i s a l s o t u r n e d o n b y
e x c e s s v o l t a g e a c r o s s T r 1 1 , s e n s e d b V t h e d i v i d e r c h a i n R 1 3 a n d
R 1 5 , s o t h a t t h e l i m i t i n g i s o f p o w e r i n t h e o u t p u t t r a n s i s t o r .
T r 7 p e r f o r m s a c o m p l e m e n t a r y f u n c t i o n o n t h e n e g a t i v e h a l f
c v c l e .
- f 3 t Z
5 5 x 9 8 x 2 0 m m
1 0 - 5 0 D C
l B m A a t 4 5 u a p p r o x .
25w into Stlat 50v
40w into 4!lat 50v
. 0 2 o / o a I 1 0 w , B O a t l K H z
1 0 0 k * 1 0 %
7 0 d b
' l
5 H z t o 2 0 0 K H z + 3 d b
5 5 + 5 %
4 ! ) o r g r e a t e r
S a f e o p e n c i r c u i t
S u p p l y - v o l t a g e d e p e n d a n t c u r r e n t
l i m i t i n t o l o w i m p e d a n c e s
d e p e n d s u p o n o u t p u t c a p a c i t o r
used (100 with 2,20OuF into 8Q at
1 K H z )
T h e c u r v e b e l o w s h o w s h o w t h e p o w e r o u t p u t v a r i e s w i t h s u p p l y
v o l t a g e f o r v a r i o u s l o u d s p e a k e r s :
D88
Switch on surge
A t s w i t c h o n , d e p e n d i n g u p o n t h e p o w e r s u p p l y u s e d , a l a r g e s u r g e
m a y b e p r e s e n t i n t h e l o u d s p e a k e r . T h e P Z 8 M a r k 3 i n c l u d e s a c i r c u i t
t o l i m i t t h i s s u r g e b u t w i t h o t h e r s u p p l i e s i t c a n b e s e v e r e e n o u g h t o
d a m a g e a s m a l l s p e a k e r o f 3 ! l o r s o .
S / n r a t i o
7 0 o o .
F r e q u e n c y r e s p o n s e 3 0 H z t o
' l 0 0 K H z
i n t o 8 [ i a t 1 w .
V o l t a g e g a i n
1 1 0 + 1 0 % .
P e r m i s s i b l e l o a d
i m p e d a n c e
4 . 8 o r 1 6 t ] .
P r o t e c t i o n
s a f e o o e n c i r c u i t .
3 A c u r r e n t l i m i t i n t o l o w i m o e d a n c e .
D a m p i n g f a c t o r
5 0 w i t h 8 f l l o a d .
P o w e r b a n d w i d t h
3 0 H z t o 3 5 K Q H z + 3 d b .
I n p u t s e n s i t i v i t y
9 0 m V ( f o r 1 2 w i n t o B l ) ) .
D A g
A p p l i c a t i o n s
T h e 2 6 0 m a y b e u s e d i n s t e a d o I a Z 4 0 i n t h e s e a p p l i c a t i o n s . H o w e v e r ,
t h e 2 6 0 ' s g a i n i s a b o u t h a l f t h a t o f t h e 2 4 0 s o t h i s m a v n e e d t o b e
r n c r e a s e o .
DA9.1 Amplifier lor crystal pick up
T h e c i r c u i t a b o v e w i l l s u i t a s i m p l e r e c o r d p l a y e r .
O m i t R 2 u n l e s s m o r ' e g a i n i s r e q u i r e d ( s e e s e c t i o n D A . 7 ) .
R 1 c a n b e i n c r e a s e d t o r e d u c e t h e o u t p u t . l t w i l l a l s o i n c r e a s e b a s s
r e s o o n s e .
C 1 a f f e c t s t r e b l e : i n c r e a s e i t f o r m o r e t r e b l e , r e d u c e f o r l e s s .
C2 need only be fitted if R2 is added.
DB Z60
D B 1
T e c h n i c a l D e s c r i p t i o n
T r 1 a n d T r 2 f r o m a l o n g t a i l e d p a i r u s e d t o c o m p a r e d c a n d a c
c o n d i t i o n s o n t h e i n p u t w i t h t h o s e a t t h e o u t p u t .
I n p u t c o n d i t i o n s a r e , a t d c , t h e p o t e n t i a l o n t h e j u n c t i o n o f R 1 I
R 2 a n d , a t a c , t h e a c t u a l i n p u t s i g n a l .
T h e o u t p u t c o n d i t i o n s a r e t h e d c p o t e n t i a l o n t h e o u t p u t b u t o n l v
a p a r t o f t h e a c l e v e l , d e f i n e d b y R 7 a n d R B . T r 1 ' s c o l l e c t o r s h o w s a n
o u t p u t p r o p o r t i o n a l t o t h e d i f f e r e n c e i n i n p u t a n d o u t p u t , w h i c h i s
fed to Tr4. Tr8 is in series with Tr4 to provide a current limit so the
output transistors have the same amount of drive availability at all
supply voltages. Tr8 only limits drive on positive going half cycles.
. A
D84 Performance
S i z e
S u p p l y v o l t a g e
O u i e s c e n t c u r r e n t
P o w e r o u t p u t
D i s t o r t i o n
I n p u t i m p e d a n c e
S,/N radio
Frequency response
V o l t a g e g a i n
P e r m i s s i b l e l o a d i m p e d a n c e
Protection
D a m p i n g f a c t o r

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