Power On/Off Circuit

The power on/off circuit is designed to turn the amplifier on slowly and off quickly. When AC power is initially applied to the subwoofer, AC signals on the secondary of the power transformer are negatively rectified through CR2 and CR7 into peak holding capacitor C31, and divided by R19 and R20. When the resulting DC voltage at pin 2 of U15A is lower than the reference voltage of -1.4 at pin 3, the output of U15 goes high, allowing the soft start circuitry to slowly turn on the amplifier. When AC power is removed from the subwoofer, pin 2 very quickly goes toward 0V and flips U15A low to -15V, immediately turning the amplifier off before the power supplies collapse.

Signal Sensing Turn-On Circuit

The amplifier will not turn on until an input signal is detected. The first stage of the detection circuit amplifies the WOOFER signal by 40dB - to insure that even the smallest input signal is detected - and high pass filters it to eliminate DC offset errors. This amplified signal is negatively rectified by CR9 and held by C85. When the voltage at pin 6 of U16B goes lower than the -0.15V reference at pin 5, the output goes high, allowing the soft start circuitry to turn the amplifier on. After signal is removed, the 470-second time constant of C85 and R145 will discharge slowly towards 0V until it is higher than -0.15V, causing U16B to go low to -15V, turning the amplifier off.

Thermal Protection

The thermal protection turns off the amplifier when the heatsink reaches an excessively high temperature. This condition is detected by the NTC (Negative Temperature Coefficient) thermistor TS2. At higher temperatures, TS2 has a lower resistance - causing a higher voltage at pin 6 of U15B. When this voltage exceeds the reference voltage at pin 5, the output of U15B goes low to -15V and turns the amplifier off.

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POWER ON / OFF

 

REFERENCE

 

CR15

 

R18

 

COMPARATOR

ON / OFF

U15A

CR5

AC POWER

 

RECTIFIER

 

CR2,CR7

 

R12, C31

 

R19, R20

 

SIGNAL SENSING TURN-ON

 

 

 

 

SIGNAL

REFERENCE

 

 

R103, R84

 

SIGNAL AMPLIFIER

RECTIFIER

 

COMP

ON / OFF

U16A

AND HOLD

U16B

CR3

R57, R75

CR9, R145

 

 

C28, C84

C85

 

 

THERMAL PROTECTION

 

 

COMPARATOR

TEMP

ON / OFF

 

U15B

TS2, R147

CR6

 

R22, R23

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Hafler TRM12S, TRM10S manual Power On/Off Circuit

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