UTC2030 LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

18W Hi-Fi AMPLIFIER AND

35W DRIVER

DESCRIPTION
The UTC2030 is a monolithic IC in Pentawatt package
intended for use as low frequency class AB amplifier.
With Vsmax=32V it is particularly suited for more reliable
applications without regulated supply and for 35W driver
circuits using lowcost complementary pairs.
The UTC2030 provides high output current and has very
low harmonic and cross-over distortion.
Further the device incorporates a short circuit protection
system comprising an arrangement for automatically limiting
the dissipated power to as to keep the working point of the
output transistors within their safe operating area. A TO-220B
conventional thermal shut-down system is also included.

ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS(Ta=25°C)

CHARACTERISTICS SYMBOL VALUE UNITS
Supply Voltage Vs ±20 V
Input Voltage Vi Vs V
Differential input voltage Vdi ±13 V
Peak output current (internally limited) Io 3.5 A
Total power dissipation at Tcase=90°C Ptot 20 W
Storage temperature Tstg -40~+150 °C
junction temperature Tj -40~+150 °C

TYPICAL APPLICATION
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C5 C3
100nF 100 F
μ
C1 D1
Vi 1 F 1N4001
1
5
Ω
R3
22k UTC2030 4

2 3
Ω
C8 R4
R5
1
RL
Ω Ω 1N4001
R3 R1 D1
680 22k

μ μ
C2 C6 C4 C7
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PIN CONNECTION
1 Non inverting input
2 Inverting input
3 -Vs
4 Output
5 +Vs

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS(Refer to the test circuit,Vs=±16V,Ta=25°C)

PARAMETER SYMBOL TEST CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNIT
Supply Voltage Vs ±6 ±18 V
Quiescent drain Id 50 80 mA
current
Input bias current Ib 0.2 2 µA
Input offset voltage Vos Vs=±16v ±2 ±20 mV
Input offset current Ios ±20 ±200 nA
d=0.5%, Gv=26dB
f=40 to 15kHz
Output power Po RL=4Ω 15 18 W
RL=8Ω 10 12 W
Power bandwidth BW Po=15W, RL=4Ω 100 kHz
Slew rate SR 8 V/µsec
Open loop voltage Gvo 80 dB
gain f=1kHz
Closed loop Gvc 25.5 26 26.5 dB
voltage gain
Total Harmonic d Po=0.1 to 14W, RL=4Ω 0.08 %
distortion f=40Hz to 15kHz
Po=0.1 to 14W, RL=4Ω 0.03 %
f=1kHz
Total Harmonic d Po=0.1 to 9W, RL=8Ω 0.5 %
distortion f=40Hz to 15kHz
Second order CCIF d2 Po=4W, RL=4Ω 0.03 %
intermodulation f2-f1=1kHz
distortion
Third order CCIF d3 f2=14KHz, 0.08 %
intermodulation f1=15kHz
distortion
Input noise voltage B=curve A 2 µV
Input noise current B= 22Hz to 22kHz 3 10 µV
RL=4Ω, Rg=10kΩ, B=curve A
Signl to Nois rtio S/N Po=15W 106 dB
Po=1W 94 dB

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PARAMETER SYMBOL TEST CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNIT
Input Resistance open loop, f=1kHz 0.5 5 MΩ
(pin 1)
Supply Voltage RL=4Ω, Gv=26dB 54 dB
rejection Rg=22kΩ, f=100Hz
Thermal Shut-down 145 °C
junction
temperature

TEST CIRCUITS
+Vs

C5 C3
C1
μ
220 F 100nF

Vi μ
1 F
D1
1N4001
1
5
R3
22kΩ UTC2030 4

2 3 R4
R1
Ω
13k
Ω
1
RL
R3 D1
Ω
680 1N4001

C2 C6 C4 C7
μ
22 F 220 Fμ 100nF 220nF

-Vs

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0.1 μF 220 μF
100k Ω
Vi 2.2 μF 1N4001
1
5
22 μF 100k Ω UTC2030 4

F
2
Ω 3 R4
Ω

2200
100k
1

Ω Ω
Ω
100k 1N4001
4.7k

RL=4
μ
2.2 F
C7
220nF

Fig. 1 Single supply amplifier

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Fig.2 Open loop frequency Fig.3 Output power vs. Supply
response voltage
140 18
Gv 180 Po

Phase
(dB) (W) Gv=26dB
Phase d=0.5%
100 90 15 f=40 to 15kHz

60 0 12
RL=4 Ω
Gain
20 9
RL=8 Ω

-20 6

-60 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 22 24 26 28 30 32
Frequency (Hz) Vs (V)

Fig.4 Total harmonic distortion Fig.5 Two tone CCIF

vs. output power intermodulation distortion
Po (W)
d 2 2
10 10
d
(%)
(%)

1 1
10 Gv=26dB 10

Vs=32V

Ω
0 0 Po=4W
10 10 RL=4
Ω
Vs=32V
RL=8 Gv=26dB

f=15kHz Order (2f1-f2)

-1 -1
10 10

Ω
Vs=28V
RL=4 Order (2f2-f1)
f=1kHz
-2 -2
10 10
-2 -1 0 1 2 1 2 3 4 5
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Po (W) Frequency (Hz)
Fig.7 Maximum allowable power
Fig.6 Large signal frequency
dissipation vs. ambient
response
temperture

±
30 30
Vo Ptot
Ω
Vs= 15V
(Vp-p) RL=8 (W)
25 25

±
Ω
Vs= 15V
20 RL=4 20
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10 10

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10 10 10 10 -50 0 50 100 150 200
Frequency (kHz) Tamb (

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μ
0.22 F
C5
μ
C3
R1 R6 220 F
C1
μ 56k Ω 1.5 Ω /40V BD908

1N4001
2.2 F
Vi
1
5 C8
R3 2200 F μ
56kΩ UTC2030 4
μ
0.22 F
μ
C6
22 F

2 3
C2

R2 R8
Ω

1N4001
56k 1Ω
R4 R5 BD907 Ω
Ω Ω

RL=4
3.3k 30k
R7 C7
C4
10 Fμ 1.5 Ω μ
0.22 F

Fig. 8 Single supply high power amplifier(UTC2030+BD908/BD907)

TYPICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE CIRCUIT OF FIG. 8

PARAMETER SYMBOL TEST CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNIT
Supply Voltage Vs 28 36 V
Quiescent drain Id Vs=32V 50 mA
current
d=0.5%,RL=4Ω 32
f=40Hz to 15kHz,Vs=32V
d=0.5%,RL=4Ω 26
Output power Po f=40Hz to 15kHz,Vs=28V W
d=0.5%,f=1kHz, 35
RL=4Ω,Vs=32V
d=0.5%,RL=4Ω 28
f=1kHz,Vs=28V
Voltage Gain Gv f=1kHz 19.5 20 20.5 dB
Slew Rate SR 8 V/µsec
Total harmonic d Po=20W,f=1kHz 0.02 %
distortion Po=20W,f=40Hz to 15kHz 0.05 %
Input sensitivity Vi Gv=20dB,Po=20W, 890 mV
f=1kHz,RL=4Ω
RL=4Ω,Rg=10kΩ
Signal to Noise S/N B=curve A,Po=25W 108 dB
Ratio RL=4Ω,Rg=10kΩ 100
B=curve A,Po=25W

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Fig. 10 Output power vs. supply Fig. 11 Total harmonic distortion
voltage vs. output power
Po d
(W) (%)

Ω
25 Vs=32V
RL=4
Gv=20dB
0
10
20

15
-1
10
f=15kHz
10
f=1kHz

5 -2
10
22 24 26 28 30 32 -1 0 1
Vs 10 10 10 Po
(V) (W)

Fig. 12 Output power vs. Fig. 13 Power dissipation vs.

Input level output power
Ptot
Po
(W)
(W)

20 20
Complete
Gv=26dB
Amplifier

15 15

Gv=20dB
BD908/
10 10 BD907

UTC2030
5 5

0 0
Vi
100 250 400 550 700 0 8 16 24 32 Po
(mV)
(W)

+Vs

μ
C5 C3
100 F 100nF
μ
C1 D1
Vi 1 F 1N4001
1
5
Ω
R3
22k UTC2030 4

2 3
Ω
C8 R4
R5
1
RL
Ω Ω
R3 R1 D2
680 22k 1N4001

μ μ
C2 C6 C4 C7
22 F 100 F 100nF 220nF

-Vs
Fig. 14 Typical amplifier with split power supply

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Vs+

μ
C6 C7
100 F 100nF

μ
C1
2.2 F
1 5
IN 4
Ω
R1 UTC2030
μ

0.22 F
22k
2

C8
3
Ω
R3

Ω
22k R8
1

μ
C4
22 F

Ω
RL
Ω
R4
8
680

Ω
R7
22k

1 5
Ω
R2
22k UTC2030 4
2 0.22 F
C9 μ
3
Ω
R5
22k
Ω
R9
1
Vs-
μ
C5
22 F

Ω
R6
μ
C2 C3
680
100 F 100nF

Fig. 16 Bridge amplifier with split power supply(Po=34W,Vs+=16V,Vs-=16V)

Multiway speaker systems and active boxes

Multiway loudspeaker systems provide the best possible acoustic performance since each loudspeaker is
speciailly designed and optimizied to handle a limited range of frequencies.Commonly,these loudspeaker systems
divide the audio spectrum two or three bands.
To maintain a flat frequency response over the Hi-Fi audio range the bands cobered by each loudspeaker must
overlap slightly.Imbalance between the loudspeakers produces unacceptable results therefore it is important to
ensure that each unit generates the correct amount of acoustic energy for its segmento of the audio spectrum.In
this respect it is also important to know the energy distribution of the music spectrum to determine the cutoff
frequencies of the crossover filters(see Fig. 18).As an example,1 100W three-way system with crossover
frequencies of 400Hz and 3khz would require 50W for tthe woofer,35W for the midrange unit and 15W for the
tweeter.
Both active and passive filters can be used for crossovers but active filters cost significantly less than a good
passive filter using aircored inductors and non-electrolytic capacitors.In addition active filters do not suffer from the
typical defects of passive filters:
--Power less;
--Increased impedance seen by the loudspeaker(lower damping)
--Difficuty of precise design due to variable loudspeaker impedance.

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Obviously, active crossovers can only be used if a power amplifier is provide for each drive unit.This makes it
particularly interesting and economically sound to use monolithic power amplifiers.
In some applications complex filters are not realy necessary and simple RC low-pass and high-pass
networks(6dB/octave) can be recommended.
The result obtained are excellent because this is the best type of audio filter and the only one free from phase and
transient distortion.
The rather poor out of band attenuation of single RC filters means that the lodspeaker must operate linearly well
beyond the crossover frequency to avoid distortion.
A more effective solution,named "Active power Filter" by SGS is shown in Fig. 19.

The proposed circuit can realize combined power amplifiers and 12dB/octave or 18dB octave high-pass or low-
pass filters.
In practive, at the input pins amplifier two equal and in-phase voltages are available, as required for the active
filter operations.
The impedance at the Pin(-) is of the order of 100Ω,while that of the Pin (+) is very high, which is also what was
wanted.

Fig. 18 Power distribution vs. Fig. 19 Active power filter

frequency
100

Vs+
IEC/DIN NOISE C1 C2 C3
80 SPECTRUM Morden
FOR SPEAKER Music
TESTING Spectrum
RL
60
R1 R2 R3
3.3kΩ

40 Vs-

100Ω
20

0
1 2 3 4 5
10 10 10 10 10

The components values calculated for fc=900Hz using a Bessel 3rd Sallen and Key structure are:
C1=C2=C3=22nF,R1=8.2KΩ,R2=5.6KΩ,R3=33KΩ.
Using this type of crossover filter, a complete 3-way 60W active loudspeaker system is shown in Fig. 20.
It employs 2nd order Buttherworth filter with the crossover frequencies equal to 300Hz and 3kHz.
The midrange section consistors of two filters a high pass circuit followed by a low pass network.With Vs=32V the
output power delivered to the woofer is 25W at d=0.06%( 30W at d=0.5%).The power delivered to the midrange
and the tweeter can be optimized in the design phase taking in account the loudspeaker efficiency and
impedance(RL=4Ω to 8Ω).
It is quite common that midrange and tweeter speakers have an efficiency 3dB higher than woofers.

Musical instruments amplifiers

Another important field of application for active system is music.
In this area the use of several medium power amplifiers is more convenient than a single high power amplifier,
and it is also more reliable. A typical example(see Fig. 21) consist of four amplifiers each driving a low-cost, 12 inch
loudspeaker. This application can supply 80 to 160W rms.

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Transient inter-modulation distortion(TIM)
Transient inter-modulation distortion is an unfortunate phenomena associated with negative-feedback amplifiers.
When a feedback amplifier receives an input signal which rises very steeply, i.e. contains high-frequency
components, the feedback can arrive too late so that the amplifiers overloads and a burst of inter-modulation
distortion will be produced as in Fig.22.Since transients occur frequently in music this obviously a problem for the
designed of audio amplifiers. Unfortunately, heavy negative feedback is frequency used to reduce the total
harmonic distortion of an amplifier, which tends to aggravate the transient inter-modulation(TIM situation.)The best
known
Vs+
F
μ μ Ω

0.22 F

1N4001
Low-pass
2200

1.5
300Hz
IN 1 μF 22k Ω 22k Ω 1 5 BD908

4
18nF
680O

UTC2030
μ μF

0.22 F
2 2200
33nF

Ω 3
100 μF Ω
22k

1
BD907 Ω
Ω Ω

4
μ

F
1N4001
Ω
1.5
100

0.22
3.3k

Woofer

Vs+
Band-pass 0.22 μF
300Hz to 3kHz
1N4001

0.1 μF 0.1 μF 22k Ω 22k Ω 1 5

220 μF
4
18nF

Ω Ω UTC2030
3.3k

6.8k

2 Ω
3 Ω
1
3.3nF

μ
F

8
0.22

1N4001

100 μF 2.2k Ω Midrange

Ω Vs+
100

0.22 μF
High-pass
3kHz 1N4001
Vs+
0.1 μF 0.1 μF
1 5
100 μF
Ω Ω
4
Ω UTC2030
22k

22k
12k

2
1O

3 Ω
μ
8
F

1N4001
μ Ω
F

0.22
22k
100

μF
Ω
47
2.2k
Tweeter
Ω High-pass
100

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Fig.21 High power active box for musical Fig.22 Overshoot phenomenon in
instrument feedback amplifiers

FEEDBACK
20 to 40W PATH
Amplifier
βV4

INPUT PRE POWER OUTPUT

V1 AMPLIFIER V2 V3 AMPLIFIER V4
20 to 40W
Amplifier

V1
20 to 40W
Amplifier
V2

20 to 40W
Amplifier
V3

V4

method for the measurement of TIM consicts of feeding sine waves superimposed onto square wavers,into the
amplifier under test.The output spectrum is then examined using a spectrum analyser and compared to the
input.This method suffers from serious disadvantages:the accuracy is limited, the measurement is a tather delicate
operation and an expensive spectrum analyser is essential.A new approach (see Technical Note 143(Applied by
SGS to monolithic amplifiers measurement is fast cheap,it requires nothing more sophisticated than an
oscilloscope-and sensitive-and it can be used down to the values as low as 0.002% in high power amplifiers.
The "inverting-sawtooth" method of measurement is based on the response of an amplifier to a 20KHz sawtooth
waveform.The amplifier has no difficulty following the slow ramp but it cannot follow the fast edge.The output will
follow the upper line in Fig.23 cutting of the shade area and thus increasing the mean level.If this output signal is
filtered to remove the sawtooth,direct voltage remains which indicates the amount of tIM distortion, although it is
difficult to measure because it is indistingishable from the DC offset of the amplifier.This problem os neatly avoided
in the IS-TIM method by periodically inverting the sawtooth waveform at a low audio frequency as shown in
Fig.24.Inthe case of the sawtooth in Fig. 25 the means level was increased by the TIM distortion, for a sawtooth in
the other direction the opposite is ture.

SR(V/µs) Input
Signal
m2

m1

Filtered
Output
Siganal

Fig.23 20kHz sawtooth waveform Fig.24 Inverting sawtooth waveform

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The result is an AC signal at the output whole peak-to-peak value is the TIM voltage,which can be measured
easily with an oscilloscope.If the peak-topeak value of the signal and the peak-to-peak of the inverting sawtooth are
measured,the TIM can be found very simply from:
VOUT
TIM = * 100
Vsawtooth

Fig. 25 TIM distortion Vs. Fig. 26 TIM design

Output Power diagram(fc=30kHz)
1 2
10 10

TIM(%) UTC2030
SR(V/ 祍) RC Filter fc=30kHz
BD908/907
Gv=26dB
Vs=32V
Ω
0 1
10 10
RL=4

1%
.0
=0

1%
M

.
-1 RC Filter fc=30kHz 0

=0
10 10 TI

%
TI

=1
M
TI
-2 -1
10 10
-1 0 1 2 -1 0 1 2
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Po(W)
Vo(Vp-p)

In Fig.25 The experimental results are shown for the 30W amplifier using the UTC2030 as a driver and a low-cost
complementary pair.A simple RC filter on the input of the amplifier to limit the maxmium signal slope(SS) is an
effective way to reduce TIM.
The Digram of Fig.26 originated by SGS can be used to find the Slew-Rate(SR) required for a given output power
or voltage and a TIM design target.
For example if an anti-TIM filter with a cutoff at 30kHz is used and the max.Peak to peak output voltage is 16V then,
referring to the diagram, a Slew-Rate of 6V/µs is necessary for 0.1% TIM.
As shown Slew-Rates of above 10V/µs do not contribute to a further reduction in TIM.
Slew-Rates of 100V/µs are not only useless but also a disadvantage in Hi-Fi audio amplifiers because they tend to
turn the amplifier into a radio receiver.

Power Supply
Using monolithic audio amplifier with non regulated supply correctly.In any working case it must provide a supply
voltage less than the maximum value fixed by the IC breakdown voltage.
It is essential to take into account all the working conditions, in particular mains fluctuations and supply voltage
variations with and without load.The UTC2030(Vsmax=32V) is particularly suitable for substitution of the standard
IC power amplifiers(with Vsmax=28V) for more reliable applications.
An example, using a simple full-wave rectifier followed by a capacitor filter, is shown in the table and in the
diagram of Fig.27.
A regulated supply is not usually used for the power output stages because of its dimensioning must be done
taking into account the power to supply in signal peaks.They are not only a small percentage of the total music
signal, with consequently large overdimensioning of the circuit.
Even if with a regulated supply higher output power can be obtained(Vs is constant in all working conditions),the
additional cost and power dissipation do not usually justify its use.using non-regulated supplies,there are fewer
designe restriction.In fact,when signal peaks are present, the capacitor filter acts as a flywheel supplying the
required energy.

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In average conditions,the continuous power supplied is lower.The music power/continuous power ratio is greater in
case than for the case of regulated supplied,with space saving and cost reduction.

Fig.27 DC characteristics of
50W non-regulated supply

Vo(V) Ripple
(Vp-p)
26

24
Ripple
4
220V
22
Vo
20
2
μ
3300 F

Vout 0
18

0 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 2.0

Io(A)

Mains(220V) Secondary DC output Voltage(Vo)

voltage
Io=0 Io=0.1A Io=1A
+20% 23.0V 34.5V 33.6V 30.0V
+15% 22.1V 33.1V 32.2V 28.6V
+10% 21.1V 31.7V 30.8V 27.3V
— 19.2V 29.0V 28.0V 24.8V
-10% 17.3V 25.9V 25.2V 22.2V
-15% 16.3V 24.5V 23.8V 20.8V
-20% 15.3V 23.0V 22.4V 19.4V

Short Circuit Protection

The UTC2030 has an original circuit which limits the current of the output transistors.This function can be
considered as being peak power limiting rather than simple current limiting.It reduces the possibility that the device
gets damaged during an accidental short circuit from AC output to Ground.

Thermal Shut-Down
The presence of a thermal limiting circuit offers the following advantages:
1).An overload on the output (even if it is permanent),or an above limit ambient temperture can be easily supported
since the Tj can not be higher than 150°C

2).The heat-sink can have a smaller factor of safety compared with that of a convential circuit,There is no possibity
of device damage due to high junction temperature increase up to 150, the thermal shut-down simply reduces the
power dissipation and the current consumption.

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APPLICATION SUGGESTION
The recommended values of the components are those shown on application circuit of Fig.14. Different values can
be used.The following table can help the designer.

Component Recommended value Purpose Large than Large than

recommended value recommended value
R1 22KΩ Closed loop gaon Increase of Gain Decrease of Gain
setting.
R2 680Ω Closed loop gaon Decrease of Gain Increase of Gain
setting.
R3 22KΩ Non inverting input Increase of input Decrease of input
biasing impedance impedance
R4 1Ω Frequency stacility Danger of oscillation
at high frequencies
with inductive loads.
R5 ≈3R2 Upper frequency Poor high frequencies Dange of oscillation
cutoff attenuation
C1 1µF Input DC decoupling Increase of low
frequencies cutoff
C2 22µF Inverting DC Increase of low
decoupling frequencies cutoff
C3,C4 0.1µF Supply voltage Dange of oscillation
bypass
C5,C6 100µF Supply voltage Dange of oscillation
bypass
C7 0.22µF Frequency stability Larger bandwidth
C8 ≈1/(2π*B*R1) Upper frequency smaller bandwidth Larger bandwidth
cutoff
D1,D2 1N4001 To protect the device
against output voltage
spikes.

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