
Stereo 2.8W Audio Power
Amplifier with DC Volume Control
and Selectable Gain
Copyright
ANPEC Electronics Corp.
Rev. A.
1 -
Apr
.,
2003
APA4838
www.anpec.com.tw
1
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Operating Voltage : 4.5V to 5V
Stereo switchable bridged/single-ended
power amplifiers
DC Volume Control Interface , 0dB to –78dB
with precision scale
Supply Current , I
DD
= 15mA at Stereo BTL
Low Shutdown Current , I
DD
= 0.7μA
Bridge-Tied Load (BTL) or Single-Ended-(SE)
Modes Operation
Output Power at 1% THD+N , V
DD
=5V
–
2.3W/Ch (typ) into a 3
Load
–
2.0W/Ch (typ) into a 4
Load
–
1.2W/Ch (typ) into a 8
Load
Output Power at 10% THD+N , V
DD
=5V
–
2.8W/Ch (typ) into a 3
Load
–
2.3W/Ch (typ) into a 4
Load
–
1.5W/Ch (typ) into a 8
Load
Single-ended mode at 1.0% THD+N
–
95mW/Ch (typ) into 32
Load
Depop Circuitry Integrated
Thermal shutdown protection and over current
protection circuitry
High supply voltage ripple rejection
PC99 Compliant
28-pin TSSOP-P (with enhanced thermal pad)
power package available
Features
General Description
Applications
Pin Description
Notebook and Desktop Computers
Multimedia Monitors
Portable Applications
The APA4838 is a monolithic integrated circuit , which
provides DC volume control , and a stereo bridged
audio power amplifiers capable of producing 2.8W
(2.3W) into 3
with less than 10% (1.0%) THD+N.
APA4838 includes a DC volume control , stereo
bridge-tied and single-ended audio power amplifiers
, stereo docking outputs , and a selectable gain con-
trol , that makes it optimally fittable for notebook PC
, multimedia monitors , and other portable
applications. The attenuator range of the volume
control in APA4838 is from 0dB (DC_Vol=0.8V
) to
–78dB (DC_Vol=0V) with 31 steps. Both of the depop
circuitry and the thermal shutdown protection circuitry
are integrated in APA4838 , that reduces pops and
clicks noise during power up or shutdown mode op-
eration , and protects the chip from being destroyed
by over temperature failure. To simplify the audio
system design , APA4838 combines a stereo bridge-
tied loads (BTL) mode for speaker drive and a stereo
single-end (SE) mode for headphone drive into a
single chip , where both modes are easily switched
by the HP Sense input control pin signal. Besides
the low supply current design to increase the effi-
ciency of the amplifiers , APA4838 also features a
shutdown function which keeps the supply current
only 0.7μA (typ).
Shutdown
GND
V
DD
GND
HP Sense
GND
Left Gain 1
Left Gain 2
BYPASS
Right Dock
Right In
Gain Select
Mode
Mute
DC Vol
GND
Beep In
Left In
Left Dock
GND
10
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
12
13
14
Right Out +
V
DD
Right Out -
Right Gain 2
Right Gain 1
Left Out -
V
DD
Left Out +
28
27
26
25
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15