Feedback System Design
4.1 Feedback System Design
The APA100 EVM uses feedback to lower distortion, increase supply ripple rejection, and make the gain not change with supply voltage. This section goes through the following steps to close the loop.
1)Take feedback at TAS5111 outputs before the LC filter, so that it is unnec- cary to cancel two poles of the LC filter.
2)Set corner, Fc, frequency to less than half the minimum switching frequen- cy, Fsw.
3)Add filtering at frequencies greater than 10 times the corner frequency.
4)Add a zero to the integrator to cancel TPA2001D1 pole.
5)Calculate the open−loop gain and set closed−loop gain.
6)Design circuit / component selection.
7)Simulate and adjust.
Figure 4−1 shows the block diagram of the feedback loop.
Figure 4−1. APA100 Block Diagram
Sum and
Integrate
AudioGain
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Differential to Single -
Ended Converter
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| Gain = 18 dB |
| Gain = A+/3 V |
Audio Output
The feedback is taken at the TAS5111 outputs before the LC filter. If the feedback were taken after the LC filter, the two poles caused by the second−order, low−pass filter would have to be cancelled with zeros in the integrator. This is difficult and would limit the inductor and capacitor to a tight tolerance.
When closing the loop, the first thing to choose is the corner frequency. For a class−D amplifier, the closed−loop corner frequency needs to be less than half the minimum switching frequency. The minimum switching frequency of the TPA2001D1 is 200 kHz, limiting the maximum corner frequency to 100 kHz.
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