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IRFP250 Amplifier

Schematic for experiment with quasy complementary output stage.
 

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Hi Apex, tonight Ill have some free time and Ill sim the circuit, I suspect this quasy will be better due to it having a EF before the outputs, the first design should really have EF too and I will sim it as such.

Im a bit surprised that your given figures arent better as yamaha have very good figures for this type design.
 
A few results.
There s some components values that are inadequate on the schematic,
unless i didn t implement them rightly.

R23/R21 (220R) have a value way too high, increasing the losses such that the
voltage losses of the amp reach 10V per rail.
R23 is useless, and R21 must be reduced to about 10R, but even then, the
hard rail sticking that occur on the negative side is not much reduced.

To get rid of this behaviour, the easier solution is to use a simple transistor
as VAS.
But it s not enough, as the Cgd of the mosfet that are in the negative rail
have a resistor of 220R to discharge them, so the rail sticking still occur unless
the value of this resistor is as low as 20R, which command the use of more rugged
drivers.

All in all, the schematic must be seriously redesigned to work decently.
Using complementary pairs would ease the work.

I ll post later the simulation graphs and the schematic i simmed, for
verifications purposes.
 
The RC circuit which is in paralel with one side of the current mirror
should be suppressed.
Although the amp become instable without it, it is the source
of a hard rail sticking in the negative going of the signal when
clipping occur...

Anyway, i wont go further in simulations, as it s time consuming,
and the design need a complete rework, sorry for apex...
 
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