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Design and Evaluation of a High Performance Class D Headphone Driver

Authors: Magrath, Anthony J.

AES Convention 121 · Paper 6907 · October 2006

Abstract

This paper presents the design and bench evaluation of a Class D headphone amplifier and provides compelling arguments as to why it is advantageous to use Class D, even for output powers as low as 40mW. Design tradeoffs are discussed which show how significant savings in power can be achieved at typical listening levels when compared with a conventional class AB amplifier.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 121
AES Convention
121
Paper number
6907
Publication date
October 6, 2006
Session subject
Computers & Mobile Audio
Affiliation
Wolfson Microelectronics (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper