Tripath Technology, Inc. - Technical Information
ARCHITECTURE
A block diagram of one channel of the reference board is shown in Figure 4. The major functional blocks
of the amplifier are described below.
In
Input Stage
TA3020
Output
Out
Section
Figure 4
Note: The TA3020 is an inverting amplifier.
TA3020 Amplifier Gain
The TA3020 amplifier gain is the product of the input stage gain and the modulator gain.
AVTA3020 = AVINPUTSTAGE * AVMODULATOR
A VTA3020
≈
−
RF
RI
×
RFBC ∗ (RFBA+RFBB)
RFBA ∗ RFBB
+
1
For the RB-TA3020-2 board;
RI (R100, R200) = 49.9kΩ
RF (R101, R201) = 20kΩ
RFBA (R105, R205) = 1kΩ
RFBB (R110, R210) = 1.07kΩ
RFBC (R106, R206) = 13.3kΩ
AVTA3020 ≈
−
20kΩ
49.9k Ω
× 13.3kΩ ∗ (1kΩ+1.07kΩ)
1kΩ ∗ 1.07kΩ
+ 1
= 10.71V
V
Input Stage
Figure 5 shows one channel of the Input Stage. The TA3020 amplifier is designed to accept unbalanced
inputs. For the RB-TA3020-1, the gain is 6.4, or approximately 16 dB. For the RB-TA3020-2, the gain is
10.8, or approximately 20.7 dB. Please note that the input stage of the TA3020 is biased at
approximately 2.5VDC. Therefore, for an input signal centered around ground (0VDC), the polarity of the
coupling capacitor, CIN, shown in Figure 5 is correct.
5
RB-TA3020, Rev. 3.0/03.02