Cfbamp
Cfbamp
R17 100
D8 1N914
* - This transistor is mounted directly atop one of the IRF640s in the ouput stage for strong thermal coupling with a short time constant. IRF MOSFETs do not have a negative tempco until they are at VERY high drain currents which would destroy the device in this application (I know from experience!). This amplified diode configuration has a strong negative tempco which means that thermal runaway is avoided but also that very large bias currents (3+ times steady state) can occur at startup when the amplifier is cold (not uncommon in a car installation). Q4 2N5551 D1 1N914 C4 0.1uF R6 10k D3 1N5242 U1 OP97 Heatsink* D4 1N5242 R5 681 Q7 2N3904 D2 1N914 C3 10uF R1 R2 10k C2 0.1uF 200
Heatsink Q2 Q3 MPSU10 R3 100 IRF640 R23 100 IRF640 R25 100 D OUT IRF640 Q15 Q17 Anywhere from 1 to 3 MOSFETs can be used in parallel with this design without significant change in high frequency performance. I bias the MOSFETs to 100mA per pair.
C11 10uF
D IN 100
C7 750pF R16
R11 100k
C6 47pF
C5 0.1uF R14 1M
U2 SSM2131
R13 750
R12 100
C1 1uF
R4 Q5 MPSU60 100 Q1
C10 10uF
D12 1N965B
The majority of this design is taken from the applications information for the Analog Devices SSM-2131 op-amp (previously made by PMI). This circuit can be found as Figure 6 on page 7-86 of the AD/PMI Anolog Integrate Circuits Data Book Vol. #10 Copyright 1990. My changes of the deisgn include: - Using IRF640 and IRF9640 MOSFETs - Changing the MOSFET bias circuit to improve the thermal negative tempco - Reducing the gain from 24.0 to 10.0 to shift the noise floor in my overall system - Increasing the DC servo gain to speed offset settling at turn on
Q6 2N5401 Heatsink
IRF9640
IRF9640
IRF9640
R20 100
C12 3.3uF
C13 3300uF
-40V