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Journal Article

Constant-Voltage Crossover Network Design

Authors: Small, Richard H.

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society · Volume 19 · Issue 1 · pp. 12–19 · January 1971

Abstract

Consideration of the electroacoustic behavior of common loudspeaker drivers leads to the general crossover network design requirement of constant total voltage transfer. Conventional passive networks satisfy this requirement only if the cutoff slopes are limited to 6 dB per octave. Active crossover networks with steeper cutoff slopes can also be designed to meet this requirement, but these networks do not provide a rapid transition between drivers. Regardless of the network chosen, the drivers used must have useful frequency ranges which overlap by about four octaves.

Details

Publication
Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
Volume
19
Issue
1
Pages
12–19
Publication date
January 6, 1971
Affiliation
School of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Journal Article