TDA7381

4 x 18W BRIDGE CAR RADIO AMPLIFIER

PRODUCT PREVIEW

HIGH OUTPUT POWER CAPABILITY:

4 x 25W/4Ω EIAJ
4 x 18W/4Ω @ 14.4V, 1KHz, 10%
4 x 15W/4Ω @ 13.2V, 1KHz, 10%
CLIPPING DETECTOR
LOW DISTORTION
LOW OUTPUT NOISE
FLEXIWATT25
ST-BY FUNCTION
MUTE FUNCTION
AUTOMUTE AT MIN. SUPPLY VOLTAGE DE-
TECTION VERY INDUCTIVE LOADS
DIAGNOSTICS FACILITY FOR: OVERRATING CHIP TEMPERATURE WITH
– CLIPPING SOFT THERMAL LIMITER
– OUT TO GND SHORT
– OUT TO V S SHORT LOAD DUMP VOLTAGE
– THERMAL SHUTDOWN FORTUITOUS OPEN GND
LOW EXTERNAL COMPONENT COUNT: REVERSED BATTERY
– INTERNALLY FIXED GAIN (26dB) ESD PROTECTION
– NO EXTERNAL COMPENSATION
– NO BOOTSTRAP CAPACITORS DESCRIPTION
PROTECTIONS: The TDA7381 is a new technology class AB
OUTPUT SHORT CIRCUIT TO GND, TO VS, Audio Power Amplifier in Flexiwatt 25 package
ACROSS THE LOAD designed for car radio applications.

BLOCK AND APPLICATION DIAGRAM

Vcc1 Vcc2
2.200µF 100nF

ST-BY

DIAGN. OUT
MUTE
OUT1+
IN1 OUT1-
0.1µF PW-GND

OUT2+
IN2 OUT2-
0.1µF PW-GND

OUT3+
IN3 OUT3-
0.1µF PW-GND

OUT4+
IN4 OUT4-
0.1µF PW-GND

AC-GND SVR TAB S-GND

0.1µF 47µF

D93AU002C

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This is preliminary information on a new product now in development. Details are subject to change without notice.
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DESCRIPTION (continued)
Thanks to the fully complementary PNP/NPN out- The on-board clipping detector simplifies gain
put configuration the TDA7381 allows a rail to rail compression operations. The fault diagnostics
output voltage swing with no need of bootstrap makes it possible to detect mistakes during Car-
capacitors. The extremely reduced components Radio assembly and wiring in the car.
count allows very compact sets.

ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS

Symbol Parameter Value Unit
VCC Operating Supply Voltage 18 V
VCC (DC) DC Supply Voltage 28 V
VCC (pk) Peak Supply Voltage (t = 50ms) 50 V
IO Output Peak Current:
Repetitive (Duty Cycle 10% at f = 10Hz) 3 A
Non Repetitive (t = 100µs) 4 A
Ptot Power dissipation, (Tcase = 70°C) 80 W
Tj Junction Temperature 150 °C
Tstg Storage Temperature – 40 to 150 °C

PIN CONNECTION (Top view)

1 25
DIAGNOSTICS
P-GND1

P-GND3

P-GND4
AC-GND
P-GND

S-GND
SVR

MUTE
OUT2+

OUT1+

OUT3+

OUT4+
ST-BY

VCC

VCC
OUT2-

OUT1-

OUT3-

OUT4-
IN1
IN2

IN4
IN3
TAB

D94AU117B

THERMAL DATA
Symbol Parameter Value Unit
Rth j-case Thermal Resistance Junction to Case Max. 1 °C/W

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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (VS = 14.4V; f = 1KHz; Rg = 600Ω; RL = 4Ω; Tamb = 25°C;

Refer to the Test and application circuit (fig.1), unless otherwise specified.)
Symbol Parameter Test Condition Min. Typ. Max. Unit
Iq1 Quiescent Current 180 mA
VOS Output Offset Voltage 150 mV
Gv Voltage Gain 25 26 27 dB
Po Output Power THD = 10% 15 18 W
THD = 1% 14 W

THD = 10%; VS = 13.2V 15 W

THD = 1%; VS = 13.2V 12 W
Po max Max. Output Power EIAJ RULES (VS = 13.7V) 25 W
THD Distortion Po = 4W 0.04 0.3 %
eNo Output Noise ”A” Weighted 50 µV
Bw = 20Hz to 20KHz 65 150 µV
SVR Supply Voltage Rejection f = 100Hz 50 65 dB
fcl Low Cut-Off Frequency 20 Hz
fch High Cut-Off Frequency 75 KHz
Ri Input Impedance 70 100 KΩ
CT Cross Talk f = 1KHz 50 70 dB
ISB St-By Current Consumption St-By = LOW 100 µA
VSB out St-By OUT Threshold Voltage (Amp: ON) 3.5 V
VSB IN St-By IN Threshold Voltage (Amp: OFF) 1.5 V
AM Mute Attenuation VO = 1Vrms 90 dB
VM out Mute OUT Threshold Voltage (Amp: Play) 3.5 V
VM in Mute IN Threshold Voltage (Amp: Mute) 1.5 V
Im (L) Muting Pin Current VMUTE = 1.5V 10 13 16 µA
(Source Current)
Im (H) Muting Pin Current VMUTE = 3.5V 6 10 14 µA
(Source Current)
ICDOFF Clipping Detector ”OFF” Output THD = 1% (*) 100 µA
Average Current
ICDON Clipping Detector ”ON” Output THD = 10% (*) 190 µA
Average Current

(*) Diagnostics output pulled-up to 5V with 10KΩ series resistor.

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Figure 1: Standard Test and Application Circuit

C8 C7
0.1µF 2200µF
Vcc1-2 Vcc3-4

R1 6 20
ST-BY 4 9
10K C9 8 OUT1
1µF
R2 7
MUTE 22
47K C10
1µF 5
C1
2 OUT2
IN1 11
3
0.1µF

IN2 12 17
C2 0.1µF 18 OUT3
19
IN3 15
C3 0.1µF
21
IN4 14 24 OUT4
C4 0.1µF S-GND 23
13
16 10 25 1
SVR TAB
C5 C6
0.1µF D94AU179B
47µF

DIAGNOSTICS

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Figure 2: P.C.B. and component layout of the figure 1 (1:1 scale)

COMPONENTS & TDA7381

TOP COPPER LAYER

BOTTOM COPPER LAYER

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APPLICATION HINTS (ref. to the circuit of fig. 1) (0.1µF) is adopted, the low frequency cut-off will
amount to 16 Hz.
BIASING AND SVR
As shown by fig. 3, all the TDA7381’s main sec-
tions, such as INPUTS, OUTPUTS AND AC-GND STAND-BY AND MUTING
(pin 16) are internally biased at half Supply Volt- STAND-BY and MUTING facilities are both
age level (Vs/2), which is derived from the Supply CMOS-COMPATIBLE. If unused, a straight con-
Voltage Rejection (SVR) block. In this way no cur- nection to Vs of their respective pins would be ad-
rent flows through the internal feedback network. missible. Conventional low-power transistors can
The AC-GND is common to all the 4 amplifiers be employed to drive muting and stand-by pins in
and represents the connection point of all the in- absence of true CMOS ports or microprocessors.
verting inputs. R-C cells have always to be used in order to
Both individual inputs and AC-GND are con- smooth down the transitions for preventing any
nected to Vs/2 (SVR) by means of 100KΩ resis- audible transient noises.
tors. Since a DC current of about 10 uA normally flows
To ensure proper operation and high supply volt- out of pin 22, the maximum allowable muting-se-
age rejection, it is of fundamental importance to ries resistance (R2) is 70KΩ, which is sufficiently
provide a good impedance matching between IN- high to permit a muting capacitor reasonably
PUTS and AC-GROUND terminations. This im- small (about 1µF).
plies that C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 CAPACITORS HAVE If R2 is higher than recommended, the involved
TO CARRY THE SAME NOMINAL VALUE AND risk will be that the voltage at pin 22 may rise to
THEIR TOLERANCE SHOULD NEVER EXCEED above the 1.5 V threshold voltage and the device
±10 %. will consequently fail to turn OFF when the mute
Besides its contribution to the ripple rejection, the line is brought down.
SVR capacitor governs the turn ON/OFF time se- About the stand-by, the time constant to be as-
quence and, consequently, plays an essential role signed in order to obtain a virtually pop-free tran-
in the pop optimization during ON/OFF transients. sition has to be slower than 2.5V/ms.
To conveniently serve both needs, ITS MINIMUM
RECOMMENDED VALUE IS 10µF.
DIAGNOSTICS FACILITY
The TDA7381 is equipped with a diagnostics cir-
INPUT STAGE cuitry able to detect the following events:
The TDA7381’S inputs are ground-compatible
and can stand very high input signals (± 8Vpk) CLIPPING in the output stage
without any performances degradation. OVERHEATING (THERMAL SHUT-DOWN
If the standard value for the input capacitors proximity)

Figure 3: Input/OutputBiasing.

100KΩ
+
-
0.1µF
C1 ÷ C4
8KΩ
IN
400Ω

400Ω
VS
8KΩ
10KΩ -
70KΩ SVR 100KΩ AC_GND +

10KΩ 47µF 0.1µF TOWARDS

C6 C5 OTHER CHANNELS
D95AU302

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OUTPUT MISCONNECTIONS (OUT-GND & Figure 5: Clipping Detection Waveforms.

OUT-Vs shorts)
Diagnostics information is available across an
open collector output located at pin 25 (fig. 4)
through a current sinking whenever at least one
of the above events is recognized.
Among them, the CLIPPING DETECTOR acts in
a way to output a signal as soon as one or more
power transistors start being saturated.
As a result, the clipping-related signal at pin 25
Figure 4: Diagnostics circuit.

25 R takes the form of pulses, which are perfectly syn-

VREF cronized with each single clipping event in the
music program and reflect the same duration time
(fig. 5). Applications making use of this facility
Vpin 25 usually operate a filtering/integration of the pulses
train through passive R-C networks and realize a
volume (or tone bass) stepping down in associa-
TDA7385
TDA7381 tion with microprocessor-driven audioprocessors.
D95AU303
The maximum load that pin 25 can sustain is
1KΩ.
Due to its operating principles, the clipping detec-
Figure 6: Diagnostics Waveforms.

ST-BY PIN
VOLTAGE

MUTE PIN
VOLTAGE

Vs

OUTPUT
WAVEFORM

Vpin 25
WAVEFORM

t
CLIPPING
SHORT TO GND THERMAL
D95AU304
OR TO Vs PROXIMITY

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Figure 7.

VREF

25 T1 - CLIP DET. (TO GAIN

+ COMPRESSOR/
TONE CONTROL)
T2
VREF1
- FAULT, THERMAL SHUTDOWN
(TO POWER SUPPLY
TDA7381
TDA7385 + SECTION, µP VOLTAGE
REGULATOR, FLASHING SYSTEM)
VREF2
T1 << T2
VREF ≥ VREF1 >> VREF2 D95AU305

tor has to be viewed mainly as a power-depend- STABILITY AND LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS

ent feature rather than frequency-dependent. This
means that clipping state will be immediately sig- If properly layouted and hooked to standard car-
naled out whenever a fixed power level is radio speakers, the TDA7381 will be intrinsically
reached, regardless of the audio frequency. stable with no need of external compensations
such as output R-C cells. Due to the high number
In other words, this feature offers the means to of channels involved, this translates into a very
counteract the extremely sound-damaging effects remarkable components saving if compared to
of clipping, caused by a sudden increase of odd similar devices on the market.
order harmonics and appearance of serious inter-
modulation phenomena. To simplify pc-board layout designs, each ampli-
fier stage has its own power ground externally ac-
Another possible kind of distortion control could cessible (pins 2,8,18,24) and one supply voltage
be the setting of a maximum allowable THD limit pin for each couple of them.
(e.g. 0.5 %) over the entire audio frequency
range. Besides offering no practical advantages, Even more important, this makes it possible to
this procedure cannot be much accurate, as the achieve the highest possible degree of separation
non-clipping distortion is likely to vary over fre- among the channels, with remarkable benefits in
quency. terms of cross-talk and distortion features.
In case of OVERHEATING, pin 25 will signal out About the layout grounding, it is particularly im-
the junction temperature proximity to the thermal portant to connect the AC-GND capacitor (C5) to
shut-down threshold. This will typically start about the signal GND, as close as possible to the audio
o
2 C before the thermal shut-down threshold is inputs ground: this will guarantee high rejection of
reached. any common mode spurious signals.
As various kind of diagnostics information is avail- The SVR capacitor (C6) has also to be connected
able at pin 25 (CLIPPING, SHORTS AND OVER- to the signal GND.
HEATING), it may be necessary to operate some Supply filtering elements (C7, C8) have naturally
distinctions on order to treat each event sepa- to be connected to the power-ground and located
rately. This could be achieved by taking into ac- as close as possible to the Vs pins.
count the intrinsically different timing of the diag- Pin 1, which is mechanically attached to the de-
nostics output under each circumstance. vice’s tab, needs to be tied to the cleanest power
In fact, clipping will produce pulses normally ground point in the pc-board, which is generally
much shorter than those present under faulty con- near the supply filtering capacitors.
ditions. An example of circuit able to distinguish
between the two occurrences is shown by fig. 7.

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FLEXIWATT25 PACKAGE MECHANICAL DATA

mm inch
DIM.
MIN. TYP. MAX. MIN. TYP. MAX.
A 4.45 4.65 0.175 0.183
B 1.80 1.90 2.00 0.070 0.074 0.079
C 1.40 0.055
D 0.75 0.90 1.05 0.029 0.035 0.041
E 0.37 0.39 0.42 0.014 0.015 0.016
F 0.57 0.022
G 0.80 1.00 1.20 0.031 0.040 0.047
G1 23.75 24.00 24.25 0.935 0.945 0.955
H 28.90 29.23 29.30 1.138 1.150 1.153
H1 17.00 0.669
H2 12.80 0.503
H3 0.80 0.031
L 21.57 21.97 22.37 0.849 0.865 0.880
L1 18.57 18.97 19.37 0.731 0.786 0.762
L2 15.50 15.70 15.90 0.610 0.618 0.626
L3 7.70 7.85 7.95 0.303 0.309 0.313
M 3.70 4.00 4.30 0.145 0.157 0.169
M1 3.60 4.00 4.40 0.142 0.157 0.173
N 2.20 0.086
O 2 0.079
R 1.70 0.067
R4 0.50 0.019
V2 20°
V3 45°

H
H1
V3
H2 A
H3
O

R3

R4

N
L2

R
L L1
L3

V2

E
G G1 F
M1

FLEX25

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