Ovation e-Amp: A 180 Watt Class AB VFA Featuring Ultra Low Distortion
The e-Amp is a 180 Watt RMS (very conservatively rated into 8 Ω ) fully balanced symmetrical (‘FBS’) amplifier featuring an emitter follower triple (EFT) bipolar output stage and beta enhanced VAS stage. The amplifier can be configured using jumpers for TMC (Transitional Miller Compensation) or straight Miller compensation (MC). The VAS can be lightly […]
Some Ideas on Temperature Compensation for Audio Amplifier EF Triples
Temperature compensating an EF3 audio power amplifier output stage is not a trifling task. There are 6 Vbe junctions, running at 3 different current densities, different temperatures and neither is the thermal performance of the heatsink assembly characterized In most DIY cases. This makes deploying a conventional 2 transistor Vbe spreader (or Vbe multiplier as […]