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Measuring the Loudspeaker's Impedance During Operation for the Evaluation of the Voice Coil Temperature

Authors: Behler, Gottfried; Spätling, U.; Arimont, T.

AES Convention 98 · Paper 4001 · February 1995

Abstract

Voice-coil temperature in high-power loudspeaker systems may reach values of more than 250°C. The increase of temperature produces an unwanted effect known as power compression and at higher temperatures loudspeaker damage will : occur. Knowledge of the actual voice-coil temperature, under operating conditions, is required to compensate for this power compression and to prevent any loudspeaker damage. Using only the operating signal, short-time spectra of the voice-coil voltage and current are calculated and used to derive the impedance characteristic. The change of dc resistance is derived from the real part of the impedance, and then the temperature can be calculated.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 98
AES Convention
98
Paper number
4001
Publication date
February 6, 1995
Session subject
Transducers: Design and Measurement
Affiliation
Institut fur Technische Akustik, RWTH Aachen, Germany. (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper