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Modeling of Nonlinearities in Electrodynamic Loudspeakers

Authors: Bard, Delphine; Sandberg, Göran

AES Convention 123 · Paper 7186 · October 2007

Abstract

This paper proposes a model of the non-linearities in an electro-dynamic loudspeaker based on Volterra
series decomposition and taking into account the thermal effects affecting the electrical parameters when
temperature increases. This model will be used to predict nonlinearities taking place in a loudspeaker and
their evolution as the loudspeaker is used for a long time and/or at high power rates and its temperature
increases. A temperature increase of the voice coil will cause its series resistance value to increase, therefore
reducing the current flowing in the loudspeaker. This phenomenon is known as power compression.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 123
AES Convention
123
Paper number
7186
Publication date
October 6, 2007
Session subject
Acoustic Modeling
Affiliation
Eng. Acoustics, Lund University, Sweden (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper