Is there any Amp Design Books?

[hernanstafe]

I'd like to know if there are any amp design books, showing the different kind of amps, how do they work, etc.

 

[teemuk]

From top of my head...

Solid state:

- Self, Douglas, Audio Power Amplifier Design Handbook, Newnes, 2002
- Slone, Randy, G., High-Power Audio Amplifier Construction Manual, McGraw-Hill,1999
- Duncan, Ben, High Performance Audio Power Amplifiers, Newnes, 1996

Tubes:

http://www.pmillett.com/tecnical_books_online.htm

 

[davidallancole]

Randy Slone
Douglas Self
Ben Duncan
John Linsley Hood

These are some of the more popular authors that have done books. You can find them all on amazon.com.

 

[hernanstafe]

wow that was a quite fast reply!! Thanks a lot guys, i'm going to see if i can get any of them.

 

[gmphadte]

The book by D.Self is available free on the net. Don't remember the website.

Edit:found it in the history
link removed by moderators

 

[AndrewT]

Hi,
i have a few, but found D.Self and John Linsley Hood the best.
Completely different approach that forces you to compare what each is saying and make you think about their philosophies/design process.

I recommend both

D.Self, Audio Power Amplifier Design Handbook , pub by Newnes, Butterworth Heinemann
J.L. Hood, The Art of Linear Electronics , pub by Newnes, Butterworth Heinemann. now out of print but someone is considering a reprint.

 

[SY]

gmphadte, I removed the link to Self's book. If Mr. Self has given permission for that site to offer it as a free download, I'll restore it, otherwise I will remind people that authors have to eat and pay rent like the rest of us and this cheats them of the living that they earn. Worse yet, it creates a disincentive for more books in the future.

 

[gmphadte]

Thanks, no problem.
It should be like that.

Gajanan Phadte

 

[pinkmouse]

Just to add to Teemuk's post, for a beginner, I'd buy them in reverse order, Duncan is a good overview, Slone gets you going with real circuits, and Self gets into the technical nitty-gritty, and needs some background knowledge to appreciate fully.

 

[tomahauk]

http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0750680725&id=BRQZppvawWwC&printsec=frontcover

http://books.google.com/books?q=related:ISBN0750656360&id=uET2TK0wedoC

it's only preview

 

[jcx]

Op Amps have lots in common so good op amp design info is usually good power amp design info

TI has "Op Amp for Everyone"

AD has "Op Amp Applications"

MIT offers open access to course material:

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrica...State-CircuitsSpring2003/CourseHome/index.htm

 

[andrew_whitham]

Hernanstafe, what kind of amplifeiers are you interested in?

For tubes, there is a 'sticky' thread on this very website at the start of the Tubes forum, "online tube learning..."

But

I can hardly believe no-one reccomended Morgan Jones' Valve amplifiers yet. (I looked through the thread twice, did I miss it?) It is the best "textbook" for tube amplifiers I've found, with a modern twist.

On that note you have to download the Crowhurst/Cooper book from pmillet's site. It's also very readable.

Andy

 

[PCC88]

In my humble opinion, the best writer in this genre is Norman H Crowhurst, with John Linsley Hood a close second.
They both have a way of explainging things in clear, concise terms.
They have both written many books and articles over the years, search EBay and www.usedbooksearch.co.uk.

Hope this helps.

 

[tomahauk]

http://www.analog.com/library/analogDialogue/archives/39-05/op_amp_applications_handbook.html

free book from analog about op-amps