In this post I am going to explain power amplifiers and their classification according to their output electrical characters and application. We will be exploring amplifier classes: A, B, AB, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, S and T briefly and yes, that’s a lot of amplifier types that are available in today’s electrical […]
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100 Watt Power Amplifier Circuit Diagram using a Single IC TDA7294
Building a power hi-fi amplifier with MOS transistors requires the implementation of a relatively large number of components because, at the level of power stages, the connection between the bipolar transistors that make up the input stages and the MOS transistors of the output stages is far from simple. Fortunately, there is an elegant solution […]
Prevent Amplifier Fuse from Blowing During Power Switch ON
Is your power amplifier fuse blowing during power switch ON? It could be happening due to the initial high current drawn by the loudspeakers, when power is switched ON. The simple amplifier fuse protection circuits presented here can be effectively used for solving the issue. The problem is commonly seen in high power amplifiers, where […]
Power Amplifier Circuit using IC 741 and MOSFET
In this post we study a power amplifier design configured using an ordinary IC 741 and a couple of MOSFETs. An operational amplifier’s output power such as from an IC 741 can be typically enhanced when a complementary emitter follower transistor is coupled at its output. The same could also generally be accomplished using a […]
Over Current Cut-off Power Supply Using Arduino
In this post I will show how to construct a battery eliminator / DC variable power supply which will automatically cut-off the supply, if the current flow through the load exceeds the preset threshold level. Main Technical Features The proposed over current cut-off power supply circuit using Arduino has 16 X 2 LCD display, which is […]
Passive Power Factor Correction (PFC) Calculator
This passive PFC calculator does not use any MOSFET or PWM or switching frequency. It only uses 50 Hz mains and it only works with inductors and capacitors, so the only thing that matters is the reactance of the inductor and the reactance of the capacitor at the mains frequency. That is why the calculator […]