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Preliminary data sheet Rev. 01 — 9 September 2008 5 of 39

NXP Semiconductors TDA8950

2× 150 W class-D power amplifier

7.2 Pin description

8. Functional description

8.1 General

The TDA8950 is a two-channel audio power amplifier using class-D technology.
The audio input signal is converted into a digital pulse width modulated signal via an
analog input stage and PWM modulator, see Figure 1. To enable the output power
transistors to be driven, this digital PWM signal is applied to a control and handshake
block and driver circuits for both the high side and low side. In this way a level shift is
performed from the low power digital PWM signal (at logic levels) to a high power PWM
signal that switches between the main supply lines.
A 2nd-order low-pass filter converts the PWM signal to an analog audio signal across the
loudspeakers.
Table 3. Pin description
Symbol Pin Description
TDA8950TH TDA8950J
VSSA 1 18 negative analog supply voltage
SGND 2 19 signal ground
VDDA 3 20 positive analog supply voltage
IN2M 4 21 negative audio input for channel 2
IN2P 5 22 positive audio input for channel 2
MODE 6 23 mode selection input: Standby, Mute or Operating
mode
OSC 7 1 oscillator frequency adjustment or tracking input
IN1P 8 2 positive audio input for channel 1
IN1M 9 3 negative audio input for channel 1
n.c. 10 4 not connected
n.c. 11 5 not connected
n.c. 12 6 not connected
PROT 13 7 decoupling capacitor for protection (OCP)
VDDP1 14 8 positive power supply voltage for channel 1
BOOT1 15 9 bootstrap capacitor for channel 1
OUT1 16 10 PWM output from channel 1
VSSP1 17 11 negative power supply voltage for channel 1
STABI 18 12 decoupling of internal stabilizer for logic supply
n.c. 19 - not connected
VSSP2 20 13 negative power supply voltage for channel 2
OUT2 21 14 PWM output from channel 2
BOOT2 22 15 bootstrap capacitor for channel 2
VDDP2 23 16 positive power supply voltage for channel 2
VSSD 24 17 negative digital supply voltage