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On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:53:58 -0500, Bitrex
<bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> wrote:
What kind of gain is needed? Likewise, what impedance are the
headphones?
...Jim Thompson
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<bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> wrote:
Too many parts ;-)On 1/13/2012 7:13 PM, Jim Thompson wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:54:46 +0000 (UTC), Kaz Kylheku
kaz@kylheku.com> wrote:
On 2012-01-13, Phil Allison <phil_a@tpg.com.au> wrote:
** FFS - class A push-pull output stages are very common and technically
elegant.
Indeed, that looks like what the circuit is shooting for.
I found a this schematic which has a similar configuration of transistors
as the OP's circuit, also single supply, but seems better:
http://www.circuitstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/class-A-headphone-amplifier-circuit.png
Here, a pair of diodes and resistor R5 are used to set up the collector current
through the transistors, instead of a resistive voltage divider bias. Since
diodes are used, there is independence from fluctuations in the rails. R5 at
39 ohms is much larger than the 0.2 ohm emitter resistors in the circuit
discussed in this thread, so the quiescent current is kept to about 18 mA.
(Approximation: 1.4V diode stack minus 0.7 forward voltage, divided by 39
ohms).
The OP's circuit could be improved by adopting some of these ideas, and also
with the addition of some bypass caps on those voltage dividers around the op
amp.
While you are amusing yourself, what is it that determines the output
Q-point... quiescent voltage at the + node of C3 ?
...Jim Thompson
Looks like R3 should go to the output node. It doesn't make any sense
being where it is now. Then DC feedback would make the output sit at
about 5 volts, which would be about right for a symmetric swing given
the compliance of the upper current source. I also don't know why R3 is
connected where it is, it would make more sense connected to the top of
R1. I think you'd then have a pretty conventional, but workable amplifier.
What kind of gain is needed? Likewise, what impedance are the
headphones?
...Jim Thompson
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