Lateral CFA 120W - BSA

You are kidding? Sorry, but who needs support for a per design unstable amplifier? The designer or the rebuilder? 😱😕

I wouldn't jump to conclusions so fast. Me and my colleagues already have a few preamps and amps designed by dadod and they are super stable are they sound superb.

I'll build this CFA with Exicon lateral mosfets, I already bought PCB's but don't have time to do it so fast. In a few months.

It's great that you are a part of this thread, but until the source of oscillation is found it not good that you automaticaly blame someone.

Regards
 
The source of oscillation is the cherry component. I have done a VFA lateral using TMC + a small cherry cap. Simulation always showed stability but never the real amplifier using Lateral MOSFET. Removing the cherry component and redesign the TMC stabilized the 3 pairs double die laterals ECW20(N|P)20 even with using lower gate resistor values (270R n-chan., 180R p-chan.).
This amp has been tested up to +/- 62V - VAS anti saturation diode and over current protection in situ, measurement bandwidth 80kHz:

  • THD20k+N@200W@8R: 0.0052%
  • This measurement was taken with sagging rail voltages from power supply (~ +/-58V) just before power supply current limit: THD20k+N@320W@4R: 0.008%
BTW: in my thread there was a measurement table showing the oscillation frequency with different cherry cap values... similar to this amps ...
The resulting TMC only amp has then been successful rebuilt by AndrewT (RIP - missing him).

BR, Toni
 
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mounting issues

Hello Damir,

started to build the BSA two days ago and found some issues
- drilling holes for Q9 and Q10 not fit for KAS1381/KSC3503
- left drilling hole R40 to small (different diameter for both holes of R40)
- drilling holes for capacitors >=220µF, for resistors >= 2W and for D5,D6 are very tight.

Keep me informed about the actual issue from thimios. I still have power mosfets from Hitachi, Renesas and Exicon, so i am not quite sure, which one to use.

BR
Günni
 
The source of oscillation is the cherry component. I have done a VFA lateral using TMC + a small cherry cap. Simulation always showed stability but never the real amplifier using Lateral MOSFET. Removing the cherry component and redesign the TMC stabilized the 3 pairs double die laterals ECW20(N|P)20 even with using lower gate resistor values (270R n-chan., 180R p-chan.).

BR, Toni


Is this amp available to be seen here on Diyaudio? Thanks
 
One picture.
Those bustard 1uf//to vas load resistors.....:cuss:
 

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No, no, see more carefully.
Heatshinks are placed always when 50v used.
The problem are the 1uf C8, C11:cuss::cuss::cuss:

C8 and C11 increased PM (in simulation), here is LG without those caps.
Thimios you can try with lower values as 330nF or 470nF (that one I used in my amp).
 

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