The new IC can handle a peak voltage of 50 V (10 V more than the TDA7374B), but what is more important is that it is also truly intended to be used for single-ended operation. It includes all imaginable types of protection in order to avoid the premature demise of the four amplifiers, and in fact it is ideally suitable for a ‘no-nonsense’ mini surround-sound system. For more information about the TDA7375A, we refer you to its data sheet, which can be found at www.st.com. The circuit shown here has four trimpots for individually setting the output levels of the amplifiers.
C15 and C16 are local bypass capacitors for the supply voltage. The power supply ripple rejection of the TDA7375A is approximately 50 dB. If you want to use only a transformer, bridge rectifier and smoothing capacitor for the power supply, the minimum requirement is a transformer rated at 12 V / 30 VA in combination with a 10,000-µF electrolytic capacitor (remember that the maximum allowable supply voltage is 18 V). One of the few drawbacks of this quad amplifier is that two of the channels are inverted with respect to the other two. For this reason, the polarity of each loudspeaker terminal is marked on the circuit board layout (e.g., +LS1 and –LS4) to indicate which terminal of the loudspeaker should be connected where.
Radial electrolytic capacitors rated at 3300µF/16V and having a diameter of only 12 mm are used for the output capacitors, which allows the circuit board to remain relatively compact. Our preferred type of electrolytic capacitor is a member of the Rubycon ZL series, which can handle no less than 3.4 A of ripple current. The maximum current consumption of the circuit with all four channels driven to the clipping level (with 4-Ω loads) is approximately 2.1 A. The TDA7375A can also be used with 2-Ω loads. However, in this case the internal temperature rises considerably, since the Multiwatt 15V package has a rather large thermal impedance of 1.8 ºC/W.
In the interest of the service life of the IC, it is thus a good idea to use a somewhat larger heat sink. A 4 A/T fuse has been selected in consideration of possible 2-Ω operation. If you limit the load to 4 Ω, the fuse value can be reduced to 2 A/T. The output terminals of the amplifiers can be found on the circuit board next to the associated electrolytic capacitors. The related ground connections for LS1 and LS2 are located next to the LS1 and LS2 terminals, but the ground connections for LS3 and LS4 are located on the left, next to the IC, since this gives the best current paths on the circuit board and the least distortion. Vertical car connectors (spade terminals) are used for the power supply connections.
Resistors:
- R1-R4 = 100Ω
- R5 = 10kΩ
- R6 = 0Ω1, 5W
- P1-P4 = 10 k preset
- C1,C3,C5,C7 = 15nF
- C2,C4,C6,C8 = 220nF
- C9 = 10µF 63V radial
- C10 = 47µF 25V radial
- C11-C14 = 3300µF 16V
- C15 = 100nF
- C16 = 1000µF 25V radial, max. diameter 13mm
- IC1 = TDA7375A (ST)
- F1 = fuse, 4A/T (time lag), with PCB mount holder 2 fast-on (spade) terminal, male, vertical, solder type (2-pin version)
- Supply voltage = 14.4 V
- Quiescent current = 100 mA
- Pmax. (0.1% THD) = 4 x 5.3 W/ 4Ω
- Input sensitivity = (5.2 W/4 Ω) 0.5 V
- THD+N (B = 80 kHz, 1 kHz 1W/4 Ω) = < 0.04 % Bandwidth = 28 Hz to 55 kHz
source : elektor magazine