EDN

To bias or not bias: New audio output transistors make that decision easy

ThermalTrak integrates power output transistors with thermal bias diode. One of the major design concerns in the output section of a typical class AB audio amplifier is output bias and stability over ...
EDN

ON Semi’s output audio transistors eliminate thermal lag and bias in high-fidelity amps

Phoenix, Ariz. — Today On Semiconductor is using the International Consumer Electronics Showcase (CES) in Las Vegas to show off a new family of output audio transistors with internal bias control that ...
Hackaday

Biasing That Transistor: The Emitter Follower

Just as the common emitter amplifier and common base amplifier each tied those respective transistor terminals to a fixed potential and used the other two terminals as amplifier input and output, so ...
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 ...
Electronic Design

Smart Biasing Keeps RF Power Amplifier On Track

Despite recent improvements in the performance of RF LDMOS field-effect transistors (FETs), temperature drift and aging continue to affect the efficiency and linearization of power amplifiers using ...