What is wrong with TPA3255?

what happend if the laod is not correct..

i want to see what happened if i set a not correct load on my amp5 like i can try with the TI Class D filter designer. the output filters a set for 4 ohms load. 7µH + 0,680nF.
input is 220mVrms


4ohms load (correct):
nice frequency response slightly going down to 21k hz max ramp up to 0,7 dB


8ohms load (over damped):
nice frequency response slightly going down to 21k hz max ramp up to 4,7 dB



i cannot measure the FFT or thd but 4,7 db louder at



if a made a SQ check then its not like you switch on and hear immediately some ringing or strange high frequency.. but i cannot listen relaxed and not long or louder as i want to.




anybody the same experience?


chris
 

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strange signal after opamp with more input voltage?...

Hi


normally i do m frequency response with 400mVrms but its not possible because the signal gets deformated.


input is 300mVrms :


pic 1

measurement at the output of the first opamp pin 1 after the 10µF input cap
deformation in the negative sine wave.


pic 2

measurement at the output of the first opamp pin 7 - its after the opamp 1 so its inverted and the deformation is not in the negative sine - its in the positive sine


pic 3
measurement after the input caps- so signal is ok. i try up to 500mVrms and the signal form is ok.


pic 4

signal at 15kHz is harder deformation


any ideas?


chris
 

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measurement at the output terminal.. both L+R have the same signal form.
at the other board i had´t this signal.


any constructive ideas??
 

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to be honest- for listening no problem...never the less i want to know whats happend:
i measured the input and the output voltage during normal listening with good music...no bumm bumm music
the music does n´t exceed more than 190mVrms input (normally about 100-130Vrms)and
24Vpp output on the terminal at 4ohms
its actually not 31V psu like in my lab - psu for listening is set to 28V

Ppeak = Vpp ^2 / 2 *R
Ppeak = 24V ^2 / 2*4
Ppeak = 576 / 8
72 watt peak
 
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obviously you measured with ac-coupling. Whenever s.t. distorts asymmetrically it is a good idea to measure with dc coupling to see whether the bias voltage is correct or not.
Another hint: When you have found the first occurence of a failure, here at the first OPA-output, there is no point in investigating the following stages, these will not "autocorrect" any preceeding error.
 
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obviously you measured with ac-coupling. Whenever s.t. distorts asymmetrically it is a good idea to measure with dc coupling to see whether the bias voltage is correct or not.
Another hint: When you have found the first occurence of a failure, here at the first OPA-output, there is no point in investigating the following stages, these will not "autocorrect" any preceeding error.


thanks you for the hints


the second sentence i understand


can you please explain the first?
why with DC coupling? which value should be ok?


tomorrow evening i will try...


chris
 
measurement at the output terminal.. both L+R have the same signal form.
at the other board i had´t this signal.


any constructive ideas??

I was getting the same type of glitching on both + and - peaks of the waveform when I fitted the pffb components to my pcb.. it turned out the output filter inductors were electromagnetically inducing pulses into the pffb feedback tracks on the underside of the board so I ditched my pffb circuit until I do revision 3 (if that ever happens lol).
 
I was getting the same type of glitching on both + and - peaks of the waveform when I fitted the pffb components to my pcb.. it turned out the output filter inductors were electromagnetically inducing pulses into the pffb feedback tracks on the underside of the board so I ditched my pffb circuit until I do revision 3 (if that ever happens lol).

Thanks for sharing your ideas.

i had the sine wave at the opamp.
i do not know if the YJTPA3255 china boards are set with PFFB.
 
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If you measure DC coupled you see the DC bias as well, that is the DC voltage of the OPA output where the AC signal is centered. If it distorts on the neg excursion possibly this bias is to close to neg supply voltage.
The best option seems to me if you measure the DC voltage of each OPA pin (1..8) with a multimeter, w/o any AC input and show the results here.
 
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In that case OPA pins 1-3 and 4-7 should be centered around +14V

at this board the LM2575S is regulating the psu voltage to appr. 15V for the LM317 -->

at the YJ board TPA3255 its the LM317 which provides the voltage of the opa´s
and therefore the max input for the tpa3255 chip (13.2V acc. Datasheet) at this board its set to 12,75V
sybic changed the setting of the LM317 to exactly 12V.
i did this for one board but the others not-because its in the tolerance-therefore its 12,75 /2 = 6,375V

sybic changed the 10k resistors at the opa´s from less tolerance (original is 10%...bad) to better tolerances 1% or better.
can the tolerances of the 10k resistors of 1 opa so weak that I do not get the Gain of 1 (Buffer) if i do not change the resistors to better tolerances?
and therefore the neg sine is cutted?
 
If you measure DC coupled you see the DC bias as well, that is the DC voltage of the OPA output where the AC signal is centered. If it distorts on the neg excursion possibly this bias is to close to neg supply voltage.
The best option seems to me if you measure the DC voltage of each OPA pin (1..8) with a multimeter, w/o any AC input and show the results here.


measured with my DMM
DMM -- OPA Voltage at pin 1,2,3 is PIN 5,7 = 6,03V





measured with scope/DC setting
DC with Scope shows OPA Voltage at pin 1,2,3 is PIN 5,7 = 6,15V



but in both cases
PIN 6 is not measurable --> Amp switch off if I put the probe there !!!????

additionally i discover a other version of blue board (blue V2)


V1
at the old board its the LM2575S with the LM317 an the place for AMS117-3,3 was empty


V2
now its other way round
LM2575T -12 - Set to 12,06 Volt - no LM317 but the AMS117-3,3 is on board




pic 1 old board -version 1
pic 2 new board - original packed blue V2
pic 3 new board -blue V2- my AMP5 with the muse input caps


so there is a small improvement - no setup of LM317 is needed;)
 

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at the blue boards with LM2575S and LM317 with out changes i measure 12,75 V+ at the LM317 --> opamps V+


measured with scope/DC setting
DC with Scope shows OPA Voltage at pin 1,2,3 is PIN 5,7 = 6,37V

here is the same

PIN 6 is not measurable --> Amp switch off if I put the probe there !!!????
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