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2 × 10..25 W class-D amplifier
TDA8932
8.4.5 Supply voltage protections
If the supply voltage drops below 10V, the under voltage protection circuit (UVP) is activated and the
system will shut down correctly. If the internal clock is used, this switch-off will be silent and without pop
noise. When the supply voltage rises above the threshold level, the system is restarted again after 100
ms.
If the supply voltage exceeds 36V the over voltage protection circuit (OVP) is activated and the power
stages will shut down. It is re-enabled as soon as the supply voltage drops below the threshold level. So in
this case no timer of 100ms is started.
Note that supply voltages above the maximum voltage of 40V may damage the TDA8932. Two conditions
should be distinguished:
1. If the supply voltage is pumped to higher values by the TDA8932 application itself (see also section
17.6), the OVP is triggered and the TDA8932 is shutdown. The supply voltage will decrease and the
TDA8932 is protected against any overstress.
2. If a supply voltage > 40V is caused by other/external causes than the TDA8932 will shut down, but the
device can still be damaged since the supply voltage will remain > 40V in this case. The OVP protection is
not a supply clamp.
An additional Un Balance Protection (UBP) circuit compares the positive analog (VDDA) and the negative
analog (VSSA) supply voltage and is triggered if the voltage difference between them exceeds a certain
level. This level depends on the sum of both supply voltages. An expression for the unbalance threshold
level is as follows:
Vth(ubp) ≈ 0.25 x (VDDA + VSSA)
In table 5 below an overview is given of all protections and the effect on the output signal
Protection name
Complete Restart
Restart
DIAG
shut-down when fault every 100ms
active LOW
is removed
minimal 50ms
Thermal foldback (TF)
N
Y
Y3)
N
N
Y
N
Y
Over temperature protection (OTP)
Over current protection (OCP)
Window protection (WP)
Under voltage protection (UVP)
Over voltage protection (OVP)
Un Balance Protection (UBP)
N1)
Y2)
Y
Y1)
Y
N1)
N
Y1)
Y
N
N
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Table 5: Overview protections TDA8932
Notes:
1. Only complete shutdown of amplifier if short-circuit impedance is below the threshold of TBF. In all other cases current limiting:
resulting in clipping output signal.
2. Fault condition detected during (every) transition between sleep-to-mute and during restart after activation of OCP (short to one of the supply lines)
3. Amplifier gain will depend on junction temperature and heat sink size.
September 2005, version 1.7
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