Super Regulator

OK, using the follower Q2 you want to free op amp output from
large current due to substantial current demand of the JLH amp.

I wonder why somebody wants to supply this simple power amp
with a complicated regulator.

JLH can be made with unregulated supply and still have low noise.
But this is off topic.
 
It's about low output impedance more than the noise. This Q2 trick could be useful i i wanted to do a lot of current with low beta pass transistor, but now with class a 2.5A and 5-7 volts offset, pass transistor gets really hot, it's beta rises and was around 120 to start with, is more like 150 now, so for mere 3.5max/150 = 23mA/2 = 12, say 15mA op amp bias to base current, the opamp handles the whole swing of base current on its own.
I decided to use two 3.6 zeners in series instead of 6.2 I'm using now.on forum about encryption i read it's giving much lower noise than a single higher voltage, and despite noise contribution formula, every little helps
 
Zener does contribute nise[/LEFT], as it is passing the DC to the base of pass transistor. It's contribution is maybe insignificant. due to the square law, but it's there.

As for the error, not quite, as i have to order a whole new PCB, with pins 7 and 4 reversed to check it. I remember now i had the same problem in universal board and swapping solved the issue, probably i have done the same mistake in PCB project. It's too tight and small to repair now, and I've done the error to cramp everything, positive, negative rail, and JL,H on one small board.

It will be 3 separate boards now, with more space for resistors rn60d type and some ferrite beads on legs. More serviceable.
 
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i`m disconecting modules and doing the negative first as separate pcb.

with 3 LED in series instead od 6.2 zener, plus the fourth for CCS ref, arranged somehow, would look like this, funky..

i`m redoing the negative quarter, so schematic is not redrawn yet, just for a quick look:
 

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this might look like this now:

i enlarged the pitch of all resistors to facilitage Dale RN60 and Mills MRA-05. All caps on top, all very high temp, oscons 145 and tantalum polymer in less critical to AC paths, enough place for ferrite beads across CCS and voltage reference, all ceramics 1205 for comfortable soldering.

68 / 53 mm lenght/width
 

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2.5A bias current for JLH1996,

Vout: +- 18V rails symmetrical

Vin: 2x24 (synchronous ultra low RDSon mosfets symmetrical LT4320, fed from 300VA 2x19VAC toroid)

Vin Ripple at 6A current draw (both channels driven) is of 20mV

R32 with C17 C12 is additional RC decoupling of the op amp and lm329

R41 is to fine-tune the square wave response.
 

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dang, when to think about it, just put a capacitance multiplier transistor with 1.2V offset, and at the cost of mere 3Watts and a transistor, i could have like uV ripple at the input , at the desired 2,5-3A draw per channel.

might get away with even 1V offset, and some smaller transistor TO-126 and a separate radiator. 3Watts is manegable.
 
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Sorry, schem in 2549 has more than one error.

can you please take a last look on my schematic against connection errors, before i start drawing traces ?

can you please also tell me, what you think about an additional 4.7k shunt resistor at the base of Q12 to ground ? Except from moving the bias point of the op amp, would it make a diffrence in reference to parasitic capacitances ?
 

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if i aim at 18,1V out, isn`t the 3xLED voltage drop too low for proper biasing of opamp ? 3x1,74 = 5,12V against 18.1. Should i add fourth LED and rise it to 7V?

Also, according to LtSpice, in my circuit, the current spikes through 3xLED are 12-21mA with 360uF shunt, or 6-26mA with 100uF.

16mA average should get me low dynamic impedance on the diode. Is it wortwhile to put 360uF instead of 100uf to reduce the current spikes?
 
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What is the purpose of R32?
What input and output voltage are you planning for this unit?

Jan

does this additional RC filter from R32 (22R) and 360uF electropolymer plus 100uF tantalum polymer hybrid plus 1uF C0G (or 1uF stacked PET),

at the power supply of AD797 plus the LM329

does R32 somehow worsenes the performance of this regulator? Why?

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