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- From: ljkong@cayley.uwaterloo.ca (Lennard J. Kong)
- Subject: Re: 12V Power Amplifier Design
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- References: <thomasd.33.727991442@tps.COM> <C1H4nC.43C@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <1993Jan27.000515.19195@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:09:52 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.000515.19195@parc.xerox.com> tapscott@parc.xerox.com (Peter Tapscott) writes:
- >
- >
- >Using the equation P = V^2/R to estimate power is OK if
- >the correct V is used.
- >
- >I assume that the actual DC voltage is higher than 12, say 14.5
- >volts, but that the 2.5 volts is needed to boas the output transistors
- >of the amp, so I will use 12V to be consistant with Lennard.
- >
- >A sine wave must be produced to measure RMS, so its max peak-to-peak
- >voltage is 12 volts. Its peak voltage is half that, 6V. The RMS voltage
- >is (SQRT 2)/2 times that, or about 4.2 VRMS. I will use 4VRMS for
- >simplicity. Then,
- >
- >P = 16/R for a 12 volt DC supply. For an 8 ohm speaker, the max
- >output is only about 2 watts. Figure 4 watts for a 4 ohm speaker.
- >
-
- This calculation seems to be correct, does this mean that all deck makers are
- lying ? Since almost all decks have a rated power of about 4 - 12 rms. Some of
- the so called high-power decks even boast of 25rms such as many Pioneer decks
- nowadays. I seen the insides of some of these decks, and they dont seem to have
- any switching supply along with a current power step-up transformer. Also if you
- look at any transitor,IC catalog such as ECG or NTE etc, there are IC's along
- with the specs listed. These are the same IC's used in low power applications,
- they are usually rated at about 8-12 watts using 12V directly. WOuld someone
- care to further clarify this issue ?
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