Counterfeit chip?

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Hello everyone,
I ordered chip and made circuit like was suggested in datasheet.
Everything works but there is no +12V on pin25 HSD.
One of my friend said, that this could be counterfeit chip. Can it be, or just leave it as is?
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www.st.com/resource/en/datasheet/tda7560.pdf
 
Pin 25 looks to be a dangerous input offset detector. There is probably an application note somewhere that explains it but it is reasonable to assume if the offset in your circuit is OK there is no flag from this pin. Personally I think this counterfeit chip thing has become a sort of witch hunt.
 
You should post a schematic of how you have implemented your amplifier.

Do you have the required 10K pull down resistor on pin 25? Also standby and mute have to be asserted in a specific way to enable the offset detection.

Seems like Vstby and mute need to be at specific voltages for this to work.
 
What makes you think there should be a voltage on pin 25?

I would connect the chip exactly like the data sheet describes for the measurement of the voltage on pin 25. Then measure.

I agree with Scott that counterfeit chips has become a bit of a scapegoat. Every time a circuit doesn't work, that's the go-to reason. Some seem to forget to double-check the circuit.

Tom
 
I agree with Scott that counterfeit chips has become a bit of a scapegoat. Every time a circuit doesn't work, that's the go-to reason. Some seem to forget to double-check the circuit.

Tom

Also the datasheet should be read carefully.

I had oscillation on the output of a TDA7294.
I blamed the chip and layout.
Turned out I had low gain in my design and the datasheet says there is a minimum gain for stability.
I managed to tame the chip with a capacitor across inverting and none inverting inputs.
 
With respect to counterfeit chips first at least see if there is a cheap pin for pin part from another manufacturer, beyond re-branding and/or upgrading the chance of a fake falls off rapidly. Of course there are the simple total fakes where only the package is the same and there is no functionality at all.

So op-amps and transistors are probably most common. We had a set of masks stolen on a generic CMOS system on a chip but in that case there was government intervention. There also were DAC's upgraded to mil spec and sold to the Navy, NCIS sent a SWAT team to break up the operation.
 
What makes you think there should be a voltage on pin 25?

I would connect the chip exactly like the data sheet describes for the measurement of the voltage on pin 25. Then measure.

I agree with Scott that counterfeit chips has become a bit of a scapegoat. Every time a circuit doesn't work, that's the go-to reason. Some seem to forget to double-check the circuit.

Tom
Or it was a perfectly good chip until they ruined it with static.
 
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