National Semiconductor’s Boomer Class AB amplifiers are housed in a 0.4 mm-pitch SMD micro package. National Semiconductor’s Boomer Class AB amplifiers are housed in a 0.4 mm-pitch SMD micro package.

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 ...

Integration of audio into portable devices such as cellphones, DVD players, laptop computer and gaming devices has increased to the point where designers are faced with squeezing more and more ...

Editor's Note: Class D amplifiers are often considered THE solution for most applications – without full engineering analysis. In this series Robert Polleros of Maxim Integrated Products Inc. takes on ...

The Audiophiliac found a lot to like about the new Rotel RA-1570 amp, for hi-fi and stereo home theater applications. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end ...

If you know anything about a transistor, it’s probably that it’s a three terminal device whose output pin forms part of a potential divider whose state is dependent on what is presented to its input ...

CES Innovations Awards Honoree – Azur 840W Class XD power amplifier — Suggested retail price – $1900 ex sales tax; £1000/€1900 inc VAT — Available Spring 2008 Cambridge Audio has taken the Azur 840 ...

Hang around in any of the many guitar or audiophile forums or discussion boards for long enough, and eventually you’ll come across the arguments over amplifier topologies. One of the more interesting ...