EDN

Making a Class AB output stage safer

A widely-used push-pull configuration of an AB class amplifier is shown in Figure 1, but it has some improvements. Figure 1 This configuration of an AB class amplifier has some improvements. First of ...
Electronic Design

Class AB Op Amps: The Solution for Low-Iq Audio

Different classes of amplifiers. What are the benefits of class AB amplifiers? Patents that address the quiescent current of class AB amps. Amplifiers have many classifications, and each class has its ...
EDN

Designing a low-distortion audio output stage – Part 1: Introduction, the problem with push-pull outputs

This material originally appeared as one long article in Linear Audio Volume 2, published in September 2011. Linear Audio is a book-format audio magazine published half-yearly by Jan Didden. These ...