® TDA7384A

4 x 35W QUAD BRIDGE CAR RADIO AMPLIFIER

HIGH OUTPUT POWER CAPABILITY:

4 x 40W/4Ω MAX.
4 x 35W/4Ω EIAJ
4 x 25W/4Ω @ 14.4V, 1KHz, 10%
4 x 22W/4Ω @ 13.2V, 1KHz, 10%
LOW DISTORTION
LOW OUTPUT NOISE
ST-BY FUNCTION FLEXIWATT25
MUTE FUNCTION ORDERING NUMBER: TDA7384A
AUTOMUTE AT MIN. SUPPLY VOLTAGE DE-
TECTION
FORTUITOUS OPEN GND
LOW EXTERNAL COMPONENT COUNT:
– INTERNALLY FIXED GAIN (26dB) REVERSED BATTERY
– NO EXTERNAL COMPENSATION ESD
– NO BOOTSTRAP CAPACITORS
DESCRIPTION
PROTECTIONS: The TDA7384A is a new technology class AB
OUTPUT SHORT CIRCUIT TO GND, TO VS, Audio Power Amplifier in Flexiwatt 25 package
ACROSS THE LOAD designed for high end car radio applications.
VERY INDUCTIVE LOADS Thanks to the fully complementary PNP/NPN out-
OVERRATING CHIP TEMPERATURE WITH put configuration the TDA7384A allows a rail to
SOFT THERMAL LIMITER rail output voltage swing with no need of boot-
LOAD DUMP VOLTAGE strap capacitors. The extremely reduced compo-
nents count allows very compact sets.
BLOCK AND APPLICATION DIAGRAM

Vcc1 Vcc2
470µF 100nF

ST-BY

N.C.
MUTE
OUT1+
IN1 OUT1-
0.1µF PW-GND

OUT2+
IN2 OUT2-
0.1µF PW-GND

OUT3+
IN3 OUT3-
0.1µF PW-GND

OUT4+
IN4 OUT4-
0.1µF PW-GND

AC-GND SVR TAB S-GND

0.47µF 47µF
D99AU1018

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ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS

Symbol Parameter Value Unit
VCC Operating Supply Voltage 18 V
VCC (DC) DC Supply Voltage 28 V
VCC (pk) Peak Supply Voltage (t = 50ms) 50 V
IO Output Peak Current:
Repetitive (Duty Cycle 10% at f = 10Hz) 4.5 A
Non Repetitive (t = 100µs) 5.5 A
Ptot Power dissipation, (Tcase = 70°C) 80 W
Tj Junction Temperature 150 °C
Tstg Storage Temperature – 55 to 150 °C

PIN CONNECTION (Top view)

1 25
TAB
P-GND2
OUT2-
ST-BY
OUT2+
VCC
OUT1-
P-GND1
OUT1+
SVR
IN1
IN2
S-GND
IN4
IN3
AC-GND
OUT3+
P-GND3
OUT3-
VCC
OUT4+
MUTE
OUT4-
P-GND4
HSD

D94AU159A

THERMAL DATA
Symbol Parameter Value Unit
Rth j-case Thermal Resistance Junction to Case Max. 1 °C/W

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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (VS = 14.4V; f = 1KHz; Rg = 600Ω; RL = 4Ω; Tamb = 25°C;

Refer to the test and application diagram, unless otherwise specified.)
Symbol Parameter Test Condition Min. Typ. Max. Unit
Iq1 Quiescent Current RL = ∞ 120 190 350 mA
VOS Output Offset Voltage Play Mode ±80 mV
dVOS During mute ON/OFF output ±80 mV
offset voltage
Gv Voltage Gain 25 26 27 dB
dGv Channel Gain Unbalance ±1 dB
Po Output Power VS = 13.2V; THD = 10% 20 22 W
VS = 13.2V; THD = 0.8% 15 17 W
VS = 14,4V; THD = 10% 24 26 W
Po EIAJ EIAJ Output Power (*) VS = 13.7V 32 35 W
Po max. Output Power (*) VS = 14.4V 38 40 W
THD Distortion Po = 4W 0.04 0.15 %
eNo Output Noise "A Weighted" 50 70 µV
Bw = 20Hz to 20KHz 70 100 µV
SVR Supply Voltage Rejection f = 100Hz; Vr = 1Vrms 50 65 dB
fch High Cut-Off Frequency PO = 0.5W 100 200 KHz
Ri Input Impedance 70 100 KΩ
CT Cross Talk f = 1KHz PO = 4W 60 70 – dB
f = 10KHz PO = 4W 50 60 – dB
ISB St-By Current Consumption VSt-By = 1.5V 50 µA
Ipin4 St-by pin Current VSt-By = 1.5V to 3.5V ±10 µA
VSB out St-By Out Threshold Voltage (Amp: ON) 3.5 V
VSB in St-By in Threshold Voltage (Amp: OFF) 1.5 V
AM Mute Attenuation POref = 4W 80 90 dB
VM out Mute Out Threshold Voltage (Amp: Play) 3.5 V
VM in Mute In Threshold Voltage (Amp: Mute) 1.5 V
VAM in VS Automute Threshold (Amp: Mute)
Att ≥ 80dB; POref = 4W 6.5 V
(Amp: Play)
Att < 0.1dB; PO = 0.5W 7.6 8.5 V
Ipin22 Muting Pin Current VMUTE = 1.5V 5 11 20 µA
(Sourced Current)
(*) Saturated square wave output.

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Figure 1: Standard Test and Application Circuit

C8 C7
0.1µF 2200µF
Vcc1-2 Vcc3-4

R1 6 20
ST-BY 4 9
10K C9 8 OUT1
1µF
R2 7
MUTE 22
47K C10
1µF 5
C1
2 OUT2
IN1 11
3
0.1µF

IN2 12 17
C2 0.1µF 18 OUT3
19
IN3 15
C3 0.1µF
21
IN4 14 24 OUT4
C4 0.1µF S-GND 23
13
16 10 25 1
SVR HSD TAB
C5 C6
0.47µF D95AU335B
47µF

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Figure 2: P.C.B. and component layout of the figure 1 (1:1 scale)

COMPONENTS &
TOP COPPER LAYER

BOTTOM COPPER LAYER

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Figure 3: Quiescent Current vs. Supply Voltage Figure 4: Quiescent Output Voltage vs. Supply
Voltage

Figure 5: Output Power vs. Supply Voltage Figure 6: Distortion vs. Output Power

Figure 7: Distortion vs. Frequency Figure 8: Supply Voltage Rejection vs.

Frequency.

VS =14.4V
RL = 4Ω
PO = 1W

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Figure 9: Output Noise vs. Source Resistance Figure 10: Power Dissipation & Efficiency vs.
Output Power

APPLICATION HINTS (ref. to the circuit of fig. 1) CMOS-COMPATIBLE. If unused, a straight con-
nection to Vs of their respective pins would be ad-
SVR missible. Conventional/low-power transistors can
Besides its contribution to the ripple rejection, the be employed to drive muting and stand-by pins in
SVR capacitor governs the turn ON/OFF time se- absence of true CMOS ports or microprocessors.
quence and, consequently, plays an essential role R-C cells have always to be used in order to
in the pop optimization during ON/OFF transients. smooth down the transitions for preventing any
To conveniently serve both needs, ITS MINIMUM audible transient noises.
RECOMMENDED VALUE IS 10µF.
Since a DC current of about 10 uA normally flows
out of pin 22, the maximum allowable muting-se-
INPUT STAGE ries resistance (R2) is 70KΩ, which is sufficiently
The TDA7384A’S inputs are ground-compatible high to permit a muting capacitor reasonably
and can stand very high input signals (± 8Vpk) small (about 1µF).
without any performances degradation. If R2 is higher than recommended, the involved
If the standard value for the input capacitors risk will be that the voltage at pin 22 may rise to
(0.1µF) is adopted, the low frequency cut-off will above the 1.5 V threshold voltage and the device
amount to 16 Hz. will consequently fail to turn OFF when the mute
line is brought down.
About the stand-by, the time constant to be as-
STAND-BY AND MUTING signed in order to obtain a virtually pop-free tran-
STAND-BY and MUTING facilities are both sition has to be slower than 2.5V/ms.

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mm inch
DIM.
MIN. TYP. MAX. MIN. TYP. MAX.
A 4.45 4.50 4.65 0.175 0.177 0.183 OUTLINE AND
B 1.80 1.90 2.00 0.070 0.074 0.079 MECHANICAL DATA
C 1.40 0.055
D 0.75 0.90 1.05 0.029 0.035 0.041
E 0.37 0.39 0.42 0.014 0.015 0.016
F (1) 0.57 0.022
G 0.80 1.00 1.20 0.031 0.040 0.047
G1 23.75 24.00 24.25 0.935 0.945 0.955
H (2) 28.90 29.23 29.30 1.138 1.150 1.153
H1 17.00 0.669
H2 12.80 0.503
H3 0.80 0.031
L (2) 22.07 22.47 22.87 0.869 0.884 0.904
L1 18.57 18.97 19.37 0.731 0.747 0.762
L2 (2) 15.50 15.70 15.90 0.610 0.618 0.626
L3 7.70 7.85 7.95 0.303 0.309 0.313
L4 5 0.197
L5 3.5 0.138
M 3.70 4.00 4.30 0.145 0.157 0.169
M1 3.60 4.00 4.40 0.142 0.157 0.173
N 2.20 0.086
O 2 0.079
R 1.70 0.067
R1 0.5 0.02
R2 0.3 0.12
R3 1.25 0.049
R4 0.50 0.019
V 5˚ (Typ.)
V1 3˚ (Typ.) Flexiwatt25
V2 20˚ (Typ.)
V3 45˚ (Typ.)
(1): dam-bar protusion not included
(2): molding protusion included

H
H1
V3
H2 A
H3
O

R3

R4
L4

V1
R2
N
L2

R
L L1
V1
L3

V2

R2 D
R1

L5 R1 R1
E
G G1 F
V M M1

C
V

FLEX25ME

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