PAPER SESSION 2: POWER STAGE TOPOLOGIES
2-2 Digital Audio Power Amplifier Based on Multilevel
Power Converters
Victor M. E. Antunes(1),
Vitor Fernao Pires(2), Jose Fernando Silva(3).
(1) Instituto Polit�cnico de Set�bal, Portugal.
(2) Instituto Superior T�cnico (IST), UTL, Lisbon,
Portugal. (3) Centro Autom�tica Universidade T�cnica Lisboa
(CAUTL), Lisbon, Portugal.
The concepts and design aspects of all-digital openloop
audio power amplifiers, based on multilevel
power converters, are presented. Innovative modulation
techniques to reduce harmonic distortion of this
type of amplifiers are also presented. A prototype of a
digital multilevel audio power amplifier has been
developed, implemented, and tested. THD plus noise performance
comparisons between some class A, AB, and D
amplifiers are presented. Results show that the proposed
digital audio power amplifier can be a promising solution
for a high-quality digital audio power amplifier.
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