Audiom | 100-W audio amp is 20 times more efficient than Class D chips
 

Thought somebody may be interested in this:

http://www2.electronicproducts.com/1...009.html.aspx#

100w peak from 1.5v supply?
i thought this was october ...
(vs. april)

mlloyd1

20 times more efficient? Gee, worst-case class-D is 70% efficient, so this thing must be 1400% efficient! Call the Nobel Prize committee, we've discovered the secret of endless power!

That's what happens when you let the marketing pukes put out a press release before the engineers fact-check it.

http://www.audiumsemi.com/technology.php

someone should tell them that they haven't released a title with high peak-to-average-power ratio in almost 30years.

I'll wait for the one powered by interstellar ether.
 

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Is it hybrid or pure digital? Not that it matters as it appears to be vaporware and not smugware...

No, I think it's a real chip. From what I can gather it's a class D driver chip with an on-board look-ahead SMPS. The SMPS steps up the 1.5V to whatever rails are needed by the class D amp to output the signal and then the class D drivers have their losses minimized by only switching the voltage needed (rather than required full power rails) and also due to longer on-times. All the power devices are off chip. This is just a controller.

I'm sure it's really good for a wristwatch boom box but that 100W spec has some very specific conditions on it. It sure as hell ain't gonna run no 15" subwoofer off a AA battery.;)

They could increase the voltage out with a switching reg type cct (isnt this what class D is) (12v car amps can put out 1000w) but which pin is the 100amps going thru?

They talk about "small batteries", wich cannot offer 100 watts, not even in 20msec burst,and that's for an 100% randament!
That's a LIE, or, maybe they have discovered, new phisic laws...:eek:

You must read more carefully. The chip goes on 1.5 volts but the power transistors will have more.