TS4851
Application Information
5 Application Information
5.1 BTL configuration principles
The TS4851 integrates 3 monolithic power amplifier having BTL output. BTL (Bridge Tied Load) means
that each end of the load is connected to two single-ended output amplifiers. Thus, we have:
Single ended output 1 = Vout1 = Vout (V)
Single ended output 2 = Vout2 = -Vout (V)
and
Vout1 - Vout2 = 2Vout (V)
The output power is:
Pout = (2 Vout RMS )2 (W)
RL
For the same power supply voltage, the output power in BTL configuration is four times higher than the
output power in single ended configuration.
5.2 Power dissipation and efficiency
Hypotheses:
l Voltage and current in the load are sinusoidal (Vout and Iout).
l Supply voltage is a pure DC source (Vcc).
Regarding the load we have:
VO UT = VPEAK sin ω t (V)
and
IOUT = -V----O----U----T--- (A)
RL
and
PO UT = V-----P---E----A---K----2--- (W)
2RL
Then, the average current delivered by the supply voltage is:
I CC AVG =
2 V-----P---E----A----K--- (A)
πRL
The power delivered by the supply voltage is:
Psupply = Vcc IccAVG (W)
Then, the power dissipated by each amplifier is
Pdiss = Psupply - Pout (W)
Pdiss
=
2 2 VCC
π RL
POUT − POUT
(W)
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