TDA7294

100V - 100W DMOS AUDIO AMPLIFIER WITH MUTE/ST-BY

VERY HIGH OPERATING VOLTAGE RANGE(±40V)DMOS POWER STAGEHIGH OUTPUT POWER (UP TO 100W MU-SIC POWER)MUTING/STAND-BY FUNCTIONSNO SWITCH ON/OFF NOISENO BOUCHEROT CELLSVERY LOW DISTORTIONVERY LOW NOISESHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTIONTHERMAL SHUTDOWN

DESCRIPTIONThe TDA7294 is a monolithic integrated circuit inMultiwatt15 package, intended for use as audioclass AB amplifier in Hi-Fi field applications(Home Stereo, self powered loudspeakers, Top-class TV). Thanks to the wide voltage range and

to the high out current capability it is able to sup-ply the highest power into both 4Ω and 8Ω loadseven in presence of poor supply regulation, withhigh Supply Voltage Rejection.The built in muting function with turn on delaysimplifies the remote operation avoiding switchingon-off noises.

April 2003

®

IN- 2R2

680Ω

C222µF

C1 470nFIN+

R1 22K

R62.7Ω

C10100nF

3

R3 22K

-

+

MUTE

STBY

4

VM

VSTBY

10

9

IN+MUTE

MUTE

STBY

R4 22K

THERMALSHUTDOWN

S/CPROTECTION

R5 10K

C3 10µF C4 10µF

1

STBY-GND

C522µF

7 13

14

6

158

-Vs -PWVs

BOOT-STRAP

OUT

+PWVs+Vs

C9 100nF C8 1000µF

-VsD93AU011

+VsC7 100nF C6 1000µF

Note: The Boucherot cell R6, C10, normally not necessary for a stable operation it could be needed in presence of particular load impedances at VS <±25V.

Figure 1: Typical Application and Test Circuit

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Multiwatt15V Multiwatt15HORDERING NUMBERS:

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BLOCK DIAGRAM

ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS

Symbol Parameter Value Unit

VS Supply Voltage (No Signal) ±50 V

IO Output Peak Current 10 A

Ptot Power Dissipation Tcase = 70°C 50 W

Top Operating Ambient Temperature Range 0 to 70 °CTstg, Tj Storage and Junction Temperature 150 °C

TAB connected to -VS

PIN CONNECTION (Top view)

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THERMAL DATA

Symbol Description Value Unit

Rth j-case Thermal Resistance Junction-case Max 1.5 °C/W

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Refer to the Test Circuit VS = ±35V, RL = 8Ω, GV = 30dB; Rg = 50 Ω; Tamb = 25°C, f = 1 kHz; unless otherwise specified.

Symbol Parameter Test Condition Min. Typ. Max. Unit

VS Supply Range ±10 ±40 V

Iq Quiescent Current 20 30 65 mA

Ib Input Bias Current 500 nA

VOS Input Offset Voltage +10 mV

IOS Input Offset Current +100 nA

PO RMS Continuous Output Power d = 0.5%:VS = ± 35V, RL = 8ΩVS = ± 31V, RL = 6ΩVS = ± 27V, RL = 4Ω

606060

707070

WWW

Music Power (RMS)IEC268.3 RULES - ∆t = 1s (*)

d = 10% RL = 8Ω ; VS = ±38VRL = 6Ω ; VS = ±33VRL = 4Ω ; VS = ±29V (***)

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d Total Harmonic Distortion (**) PO = 5W; f = 1kHzPO = 0.1 to 50W; f = 20Hz to 20kHz

0.0050.1

%%

VS = ±27V, RL = 4Ω:PO = 5W; f = 1kHzPO = 0.1 to 50W; f = 20Hz to 20kHz

0.010.1

%%

SR Slew Rate 7 10 V/µs

GV Open Loop Voltage Gain 80 dB

GV Closed Loop Voltage Gain 24 30 40 dB

eN Total Input Noise A = curvef = 20Hz to 20kHz

12 5

µVµV

fL, fH Frequency Response (-3dB) PO = 1W 20Hz to 20kHz

Ri Input Resistance 100 kΩSVR Supply Voltage Rejection f = 100Hz; Vripple = 0.5Vrms 60 75 dB

TS Thermal Shutdown 145 °C

STAND-BY FUNCTION (Ref: -V S or GND)

VST on Stand-by on Threshold 1.5 V

VST off Stand-by off Threshold 3.5 V

ATTst-by Stand-by Attenuation 70 90 dB

Iq st-by Quiescent Current @ Stand-by 1 3 mA

MUTE FUNCTION (Ref: -VS or GND)

VMon Mute on Threshold 1.5 V

VMoff Mute off Threshold 3.5 V

ATTmute Mute AttenuatIon 60 80 dB

Note (*):MUSIC POWER CONCEPTMUSIC POWER is the maximal power which the amplifier is capable of producing across the rated load resistance (regardless of non linearity)1 sec after the application of a sinusoidal input signal of frequency 1KHz.

Note (**): Tested with optimized Application Board (see fig. 2)

Note (***): Limited by the max. allowable current.

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Figure 2: P.C.B. and components layout of the circuit of figure 1. (1:1 scale)

Note:

The Stand-by and Mute functions can be referred either to GND or -VS.On the P.C.B. is possible to set both the configuration through the jumper J1.

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APPLICATION SUGGESTIONS (see Test and Application Circuits of the Fig. 1)The recommended values of the external components are those shown on the application circuit of Fig-ure 1. Different values can be used; the following table can help the designer.

COMPONENTS SUGGESTED VALUE PURPOSE LARGER THANSUGGESTED

SMALLER THANSUGGESTED

R1 (*) 22k INPUT RESISTANCE INCREASE INPUTIMPRDANCE

DECREASE INPUTIMPEDANCE

R2 680Ω CLOSED LOOP GAINSET TO 30dB (**)

DECREASE OF GAIN INCREASE OF GAIN

R3 (*) 22k INCREASE OF GAIN DECREASE OF GAIN

R4 22k ST-BY TIMECONSTANT

LARGER ST-BYON/OFF TIME

SMALLER ST-BYON/OFF TIME;

POP NOISE

R5 10k MUTE TIMECONSTANT

LARGER MUTEON/OFF TIME

SMALLER MUTEON/OFF TIME

C1 0.47µF INPUT DCDECOUPLING

HIGHER LOWFREQUENCY

CUTOFF

C2 22µF FEEDBACK DCDECOUPLING

HIGHER LOWFREQUENCY

CUTOFF

C3 10µF MUTE TIMECONSTANT

LARGER MUTEON/OFF TIME

SMALLER MUTEON/OFF TIME

C4 10µF ST-BY TIMECONSTANT

LARGER ST-BYON/OFF TIME

SMALLER ST-BYON/OFF TIME;

POP NOISE

C5 22µF BOOTSTRAPPING SIGNALDEGRADATION ATLOW FREQUENCY

C6, C8 1000µF SUPPLY VOLTAGEBYPASS

DANGER OFOSCILLATION

C7, C9 0.1µF SUPPLY VOLTAGEBYPASS

DANGER OFOSCILLATION

(*) R1 = R3 FOR POP OPTIMIZATION

(**) CLOSED LOOP GAIN HAS TO BE ≥ 24dB

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Figure 3: Output Power vs. Supply Voltage.

Figure 5: Output Power vs. Supply Voltage

Figure 4: Distortion vs. Output Power

Figure 8: Distortion vs. Frequency

TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS(Application Circuit of fig 1 unless otherwise specified)

Figure 6: Distortion vs. Output Power

Figure 7: Distortion vs. Frequency

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Figure 14: Power Dissipation vs. Output PowerFigure 13: Power Dissipation vs. Output Power

Figure 11: Mute Attenuation vs. Vpin10 Figure 12: St-by Attenuation vs. Vpin9

Figure 10: Supply Voltage Rejection vs. Frequency

TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS (continued)

Figure 9: Quiescent Current vs. Supply Voltage

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INTRODUCTIONIn consumer electronics, an increasing demandhas arisen for very high power monolithic audioamplifiers able to match, with a low cost the per-formance obtained from the best discrete de-signs.The task of realizing this linear integrated circuitin conventional bipolar technology is made ex-tremely difficult by the occurence of 2nd break-down phenomenon. It limits the safe operatingarea (SOA) of the power devices, and as a con-sequence, the maximum attainable output power,especially in presence of highly reactive loads.Moreover, full exploitation of the SOA translatesinto a substantial increase in circuit and layoutcomplexity due to the need for sophisticated pro-tection circuits.To overcome these substantial drawbacks, theuse of power MOS devices, which are immunefrom secondary breakdown is highly desirable. The device described has therefore been devel-oped in a mixed bipolar-MOS high voltage tech-nology called BCD 100.

1) Output StageThe main design task one is confronted with whiledeveloping an integrated circuit as a power op-erational amplifier, independently of the technol-ogy used, is that of realizing the output stage.The solution shown as a principle shematic by Fig15 represents the DMOS unity-gain output bufferof the TDA7294.This large-signal, high-power buffer must be ca-pable of handling extremely high current and volt-age levels while maintaining acceptably low har-

monic distortion and good behaviour over fre-quency response; moreover, an accurate controlof quiescent current is required.A local linearizing feedback, provided by differen-tial amplifier A, is used to fullfil the above require-ments, allowing a simple and effective quiescentcurrent setting.Proper biasing of the power output transistorsalone is however not enough to guarantee the ab-sence of crossover distortion.While a linearization of the DC transfer charac-teristic of the stage is obtained, the dynamic be-haviour of the system must be taken into account.A significant aid in keeping the distortion contrib-uted by the final stage as low as possible is pro-vided by the compensation scheme, which ex-ploits the direct connection of the Miller capacitorat the amplifier’s output to introduce a local ACfeedback path enclosing the output stage itself.

2) ProtectionsIn designing a power IC, particular attention mustbe reserved to the circuits devoted to protectionof the device from short circuit or overload condi-tions. Due to the absence of the 2nd breakdown phe-nomenon, the SOA of the power DMOS transis-tors is delimited only by a maximum dissipationcurve dependent on the duration of the appliedstimulus.In order to fully exploit the capabilities of thepower transistors, the protection scheme imple-mented in this device combines a conventionalSOA protection circuit with a novel local tempera-ture sensing technique which " dynamically" con-trols the maximum dissipation.

Figure 15: Principle Schematic of a DMOS unity-gain buffer.

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In addition to the overload protection describedabove, the device features a thermal shutdowncircuit which initially puts the device into a mutingstate (@ Tj = 145 oC) and then into stand-by (@

Tj = 150 oC).Full protection against electrostatic discharges onevery pin is included.

3) Other Features The device is provided with both stand-by andmute functions, independently driven by twoCMOS logic compatible input pins. The circuits dedicated to the switching on and offof the amplifier have been carefully optimized toavoid any kind of uncontrolled audible transient atthe output.The sequence that we recommend during theON/OFF transients is shown by Figure 16.The application of figure 17 shows the possibilityof using only one command for both st-by andmute functions. On both the pins, the maximumapplicable range corresponds to the operatingsupply voltage.

1N4148

10K 30K

20K

10µF10µF

MUTE STBY

D93AU014

MUTE/ST-BY

Figure 17: Single Signal ST-BY/MUTE ControlCircuit

PLAY

OFF

ST-BY

MUTE MUTE

ST-BY OFF

D93AU013

5V

5V

+Vs(V)

+35

-35

VMUTEPIN #10

(V)

VST-BYPIN #9

(V)

-VsVIN(mV)

IP(mA)

VOUT(V)

Figure 16: Turn ON/OFF Suggested Sequence

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TDA7294

3

1

4

137

8 15

2

14

6

10

R3 680C11 22µF

L3 5µH

270

R1613K

C1522µF

9

R1613K

C13 10µF

R13 20K

C11 330nF

R15 10K

C1410µF

R14 30KD5

1N4148

PLAY

ST-BY

270

L1 1µH

T1BDX53A

T3BC394

D3 1N4148

R4270

R5270

T4BC393

T5BC393

R620K

R73.3K

C161.8nF

R83.3K

C171.8nF

Z2 3.9V

Z1 3.9V

L2 1µH

270

D4 1N4148

D2 BYW98100

R12

R22

C9330nF

C10330nF

T2BDX54A T6

BC393

T7BC394

T8BC394

R9270

R10270

R1129K

OUT

INC7100nF

C51000µF

C8100nF

C61000µF

C11000µF

C21000µF

C3100nF

C4100nF

+40V

+20VD1 BYW98100

GND

-20V

-40VD93AU016

Figure 18: High Efficiency Application Circuit

APPLICATION INFORMATIONHIGH-EFFICIENCYConstraints of implementing high power solutionsare the power dissipation and the size of thepower supply. These are both due to the low effi-ciency of conventional AB class amplifier ap-proaches.Here below (figure 18) is described a circuit pro-posal for a high efficiency amplifier which can beadopted for both HI-FI and CAR-RADIO applica-tions.The TDA7294 is a monolithic MOS power ampli-fier which can be operated at 80V supply voltage(100V with no signal applied) while delivering out-put currents up to ±10 A.This allows the use of this device as a very highpower amplifier (up to 180W as peak power withT.H.D.=10 % and Rl = 4 Ohm); the only drawbackis the power dissipation, hardly manageable inthe above power range.Figure 20 shows the power dissipation versusoutput power curve for a class AB amplifier, com-pared with a high efficiency one.In order to dimension the heatsink (and the powersupply), a generally used average output powervalue is one tenth of the maximum output powerat T.H.D.=10 %.

From fig. 20, where the maximum power isaround 200 W, we get an average of 20 W, in thiscondition, for a class AB amplifier the averagepower dissipation is equal to 65 W.The typical junction-to-case thermal resistance ofthe TDA7294 is 1 oC/W (max= 1.5 oC/W). Toavoid that, in worst case conditions, the chip tem-perature exceedes 150 oC, the thermal resistanceof the heatsink must be 0.038 oC/W (@ max am-bient temperature of 50 oC).As the above value is pratically unreachable; ahigh efficiency system is needed in those caseswhere the continuous RMS output power is higherthan 50-60 W.The TDA7294 was designed to work also inhigher efficiency way.For this reason there are four power supply pins:two intended for the signal part and two for thepower part.T1 and T2 are two power transistors that only op-erate when the output power reaches a certainthreshold (e.g. 20 W). If the output power in-creases, these transistors are switched on duringthe portion of the signal where more output volt-age swing is needed, thus "bootstrapping" thepower supply pins (#13 and #15).The current generators formed by T4, T7, zener

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Figure 19: P.C.B. and Components Layout of the Circuit of figure 18 (1:1 scale)

diodes Z1,Z2 and resistors R7,R8 define the mini-mum drop across the power MOS transistors ofthe TDA7294. L1, L2, L3 and the snubbers C9,R1 and C10, R2 stabilize the loops formed by the"bootstrap" circuits and the output stage of theTDA7294.In figures 21,22 the performances of the systemin terms of distortion and output power at variousfrequencies (measured on PCB shown in fig. 19)are displayed.The output power that the TDA7294 in high-efficiency application is able to supply atVs = +40V/+20V/-20V/-40V; f =1 KHz is:- Pout = 150 W @ T.H.D.=10 % with Rl= 4 Ohm- Pout = 120 W @ " = 1 % " " " - Pout = 100 W @ " =10 % with Rl= 8 Ohm- Pout = 80 W @ " = 1 % " " "

Results from efficiency measurements (4 and 8Ohm loads, Vs = ±40V) are shown by figures 23and 24. We have 3 curves: total power dissipa-tion, power dissipation of the TDA7294 andpower dissipation of the darlingtons. By considering again a maximum averageoutput power (music signal) of 20W, in caseof the high efficiency application, the thermalresistance value needed from the heatsink is2.2oC/W (Vs =±40 V and Rl= 4 Ohm).All components (TDA7294 and power transistorsT1 and T2) can be placed on a 1.5oC/W heatsink,with the power darlingtons electrically insulatedfrom the heatsink.Since the total power dissipation is less than thatof a usual class AB amplifier, additional cost sav-ings can be obtained while optimizing the powersupply, even with a high headroom.

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Figure 21: Distortion vs. Output PowerFigure 20: Power Dissipation vs. Output Power

Figure 23: Power Dissipation vs. Output PowerFigure 22: Distortion vs. Output Power

Figure 24: Power Dissipation vs. Output Power

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BRIDGE APPLICATIONAnother application suggestion is the BRIDGEconfiguration, where two TDA7294 are used, asshown by the schematic diagram of figure 25.In this application, the value of the load must notbe lower than 8 Ohm for dissipation and currentcapability reasons.A suitable field of application includes HI-FI/TVsubwoofers realizations.The main advantages offered by this solution are:

- High power performances with limited supply voltage level.- Considerably high output power even with high load values (i.e. 16 Ohm).The characteristics shown by figures 27 and 28,measured with loads respectively 8 Ohm and 16Ohm.With Rl= 8 Ohm, Vs = ±25V the maximum outputpower obtainable is 150 W, while with Rl=16Ohm, Vs = ±35V the maximum Pout is 170 W.

22K0.56µF

2200µF0.22µF

TDA7294

+

-

22µF

22K

680

22K

3

1

4

137

+Vs

Vi

815

2

14

6

109

+

-

3

0.56µF 22K

1

4

2

14

622µF

22K

680

109

22µF

15 8

-Vs2200µF 0.22µF

22µF

20K

10K 30K

1N4148

ST-BY/MUTE

TDA7294

137

D93AU015A

Figure 25: Bridge Application Circuit

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