SA58670A_2 © NXP B.V. 2008. All rights reserved.
Product data sheet Rev. 02 — 23 October 2008 16 of 24
NXP Semiconductors SA58670A
2.1 W/channel stereo class-D audio amplifier
11. Application information

11.1 Power supply decoupling considerations

The SA58670A is a stereo class-D audio amplifier that requires proper supply voltage
decouplingto ensure the rated performance for THD+N and power efficiency. Todecouple
high frequency transients, supply voltage spikes and digital noise on the supply voltage
busline, a low Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) capacitor of typically 1 µF is placed as
close as possible to the PVDD pins of the SA58670A. It is important to place the
decoupling capacitor at the supply voltagepins of the SA58670A because any resistance
or inductance in the PCB trace between the SA58670A and the capacitor can cause a
lossin efficiency. Additional decoupling using a larger capacitor, 4.7 µF or greater, may be
done on the supply voltageconnection on the PCB to filter low frequency signals. Usually
this is not required due to high PSRR of the SA58670A.

11.2 Input capacitor selection

The SA58670A does not require input coupling capacitors when used with a differential
audiosource that is biased from 0.5 Vto VDD 0.8 V. In other words, the input signal must
be biased within the common-mode input voltage (Vi(cm)) range. If high-pass filtering is
required or if it is driven using a single-ended source, input coupling capacitors are
required.
The 3 dB cut-off frequency created by the input coupling capacitor and the input resistors
(see Table6) is calculated by Equation1:
(1)
Fig 16. SA58670A application schematic
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SA58670A
OUTRP
OUTRN
10 µF
1 nF
1 nF
FB
FB
1 nF
1 nF
OUTLP
OUTLN
VDD
G1
VDD
PVDD
PGND
1 µF
VDD
10 µF
1 µF
VDD
SDL SDR AVDD
10 µF1 µF
PGND
VDD
PVDD
G0
INLP
1 µF
INLN
1 µF
differential inputs
left channel
INRN
1 µF
INRP
1 µF
differential inputs
right channel
AGND
FB
FB
f3dB1
2πRi
×Ci
×
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