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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ARS</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Advances in Radio Science</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ARS</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Adv. Radio Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">1684-9973</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/ars-5-225-2007</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title>Realisierung eines verzerrungsarmen Open-Loop Klasse-D Audio-Verstärkers mit SB-ZePoC</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Schnick</surname>
<given-names>O.</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mathis</surname>
<given-names>W.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Institut für Theoretische Elektrotechnik, Leibniz  Universität Hannover, Appelstraße 9A, 30167 Hannover, Deutschland</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>13</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2007</year>
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<volume>5</volume>
<fpage>225</fpage>
<lpage>230</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2007 O. Schnick</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2007</copyright-year>
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<abstract>
<p>In den letzten Jahren hat die Entwicklung von Klasse-D Verstärkern
für Audio-Anwendungen ein vermehrtes Interesse auf sich gezogen.
Eine Motivation hierfür liegt in der mit dieser Technik extrem
hohen erzielbaren Effizienz von über 90%. Die Signale, die
Klasse-D Verstärker steuern, sind binär. Immer mehr Audio-Signale
werden entweder digital gespeichert (CD, DVD, MP3) oder digital
übermittelt (Internet, DRM, DAB, DVB-T, DVB-S, GMS, UMTS), weshalb
eine direkte Umsetzung dieser Daten in ein binäres Steuersignal
ohne vorherige konventionelle D/A-Wandlung erstrebenswert
erscheint.

&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Die klassischen Pulsweitenmodulationsverfahren führen zu
Aliasing-Komponenten im Audio-Basisband. Diese Verzerrungen können
nur durch eine sehr hohe Schaltfrequenz auf ein akzeptables Maß
reduziert werden. Durch das von der Forschungsgruppe um Prof.
Mathis vorgestellte SB-ZePoC Verfahren (Zero Position Coding with
Separated Baseband) wird diese Art der Signalverzerrung durch
Generierung eines separierten Basisbands verhindert. Deshalb
können auch niedrige Schaltfrequenzen gewählt werden. Dadurch
werden nicht nur die Schaltverluste, sondern auch
Timing-Verzerrungen verringert, die durch die nichtideale
Schaltendstufe verursacht werden. Diese tragen einen großen Anteil
zu den gesamten Verzerrungen eines Klasse-D Verstärkers bei. Mit
dem SB-ZePoC Verfahren lassen sich verzerrungsarme Open-Loop
Klasse-D Audio-Verstärker realisieren, die ohne aufwändige
Gegenkopplungsschleifen auskommen.

&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Class-D amplifiers are suiteble for amplification of audio
signals. One argument is their high efficiency of 90% and more.
Today most of the audio signals are stored or transmitted in
digital form. A digitally controlled Class-D amplifier can be
directly driven with coded (modulated) data. No separate D/A
conversion is needed. Classical modulation schemes like
Pulse-Width-Modulation (PWM) cause aliasing. So a very high
switching rate is required to minimize the aliasing component
within the signal band. This paper shows a first implementation of
the new SB-ZePoC modulation scheme (Zero Position Coding with
Separated Baseband), which allows the generation of a binary
signal with separated baseband. Therefore Class-D amplifiers using
SB-ZePoC can be run with very low switching rates. Some benefits
and problems in the design process because of low switching rates
will be discussed. Measurements of a realtime implementation will
be presented.</p>
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