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cetoole


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Edit Message Message [#1] posted on: 05-21-2006 12:06 AM CST (US).    View Profile for cetoole   Send PM  to cetoole   |  Quote Message in Reply  |  Report SPAM!


Been working on this layout for a while now, its already the second day :eek:. Features are:

• DIP8 opamps for L/R
• SOIC opamp for ground, either use a high current single opamp, or a low current opamp with an emitter-follower in its feedback loop
• Bypassing on all opamps via 0805 ceramics right at the power pins to ground
• 1206 resistors everywhere
• Discrete Diamond buffers for L/R, with crd ccs, all transistors in SOT23
• 2 channel design, eliminates the need to isolate the input/output jacks, and reduces current draw
• No parts requirements that require sourcing from only one place, so no shortages like recently with the BUF634, TLE2426, and OPA551
• PCB measures 49mm x 25mm, so fits my favorite case for portable, the Hammond 1455C801, with 8xAAA batteries for a long runtime, and plenty of voltage swing into the majority of headphones we use portably.

PRR



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Edit Message Message [#2] posted on: 05-21-2006 02:26 AM CST (US).    View Profile for PRR   Send PM  to PRR   |  Quote Message in Reply  |  Report SPAM!
T6 T1 T5 T2 seem to be wired wrong.
cetoole


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Edit Message Message [#3] posted on: 05-21-2006 02:40 AM CST (US).    View Profile for cetoole   Send PM  to cetoole   |  Quote Message in Reply  |  Report SPAM!
Ah yes, forgot to mention that, I just used that part instead of making my own package for this. As far as I can tell, it is wired correctly for that part.
cetoole


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Edit Message Message [#4] posted on: 05-26-2006 04:18 AM CST (US).    View Profile for cetoole   Send PM  to cetoole   |  Quote Message in Reply  |  Report SPAM!
Thanks to a suggestion by Peranders, I decided to switch the output transistors to SOT223 package, seeing how large the discrepency in power output there was between the two. Looking at the datasheets for some of the transistors I was looking to use, like the MMBT3904/MMBT3906 complimentary pair, confirms this, the SOT223 package can dissipate nearly 3x the power of the SOT23, and reading other places, the SOT23 can only handle 100mA or so, while the SOT223 can do 1A. Because of this, I made some changes tonight, but it was quite hard to route the PCB in the space I wanted, and use these output transistors. Anyways, here is what I came up with. Note the incorrect part is again used for the CCS, both on the diamond buffers, and now replacing the DO-35 package CRD, because I just couldnt make it fit while routed reasonably.


cetoole


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Edit Message Message [#5] posted on: 05-30-2006 01:38 AM CST (US).    View Profile for cetoole   Send PM  to cetoole   |  Quote Message in Reply  |  Report SPAM!
Just a minor update to the layout, and I also finally have the schematic all correct; I finally made a library part for the SST502 CRD.


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