Abstract
The power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) of conventional differential closed-loop Class-D amplifiers is limited by the feedback and input resistor mismatch and finite common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) of the operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) in the first integrator. This article presents a 14.4-V Class-D amplifier employing chopping to tackle the mismatch, thereby improving the PSRR. However, chopping-induced intermodulation (IM) within a pulsewidth modulation (PWM)-based Class-D amplifier can severely degrade PSRR and linearity. Techniques to mitigate such IM are proposed and analyzed. To chop the 14.4-V PWM output signal, a high-voltage (HV) chopper employing double-diffused MOS (DMOS) transistors is developed. Its timing is carefully aligned with that of the low-voltage (LV) choppers to avoid further linearity degradation. The prototype, fabricated in a 180-nm BCD process, achieves a PSRR of >110 dB at low frequencies, which remains above 79 dB up to 20 kHz. It achieves a total harmonic distortion (THD) of -109.1 dB and can deliver a maximum of 14 W into an 8- \Omega load with 93% efficiency while occupying a silicon area of 5 mm2.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 9745547 |
Pages (from-to) | 2035 - 2044 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Audio power amplifier
- Class-D amplifier
- intermodulation (IM)
- power supply rejection ratio (PSRR)
- total harmonic distortion (THD).