 TDA7383

4 x 30W QUAD BRIDGE CAR RADIO AMPLIFIER

HIGH OUTPUT POWER CAPABILITY:

4 x 35W/4Ω MAX.
4 x 30W/4Ω EIAJ
4 x 22W/4Ω @ 14.4V, 1KHz, 10%
4 x 18.5W/4Ω @ 13.2V, 1KHz, 10%
CLIPPING DETECTOR
LOW DISTORTION
LOW OUTPUT NOISE FLEXIWATT25
ST-BY FUNCTION ORDERING NUMBER: TDA7383
MUTE FUNCTION
AUTOMUTE AT MIN. SUPPLY VOLTAGE DE- VERY INDUCTIVE LOADS
TECTION
OVERRATING CHIP TEMPERATURE WITH
DIAGNOSTICS FACILITY FOR: SOFT THERMAL LIMITER
– CLIPPING
– OUT TO GND SHORT LOAD DUMP VOLTAGE
– OUT TO V S SHORT FORTUITOUS OPEN GND
– THERMAL SHUTDOWN REVERSED BATTERY
LOW EXTERNAL COMPONENT COUNT: ESD PROTECTION
– INTERNALLY FIXED GAIN (32dB)
– NO EXTERNAL COMPENSATION DESCRIPTION
– NO BOOTSTRAP CAPACITORS The TDA7383 is a new technology class AB
PROTECTIONS: Audio Power Amplifier in Flexiwatt 25 package
OUTPUT SHORT CIRCUIT TO GND, TO VS, designed for high end car radio applications.
ACROSS THE LOAD

BLOCK AND APPLICATION DIAGRAM

Vcc1 Vcc2
2.200µF 100nF

ST-BY

DIAGN. OUT
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

0.1µF 47µF

D93AU002C

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DESCRIPTION (continued)
Thanks to the fully complementary PNP/NPN out- The on-board clipping detector simplifies gain
put configuration the TDA7383 allows a rail to rail compression operations. The fault diagnostics
output voltage swing with no need of bootstrap makes it possible to detect mistakes during Car-
capacitors. The extremely reduced components Radio assembly and wiring in the car.
count allows very compact sets.

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
DIAGNOSTICS
P-GND1

P-GND3

P-GND4
AC-GND
P-GND

S-GND
SVR

MUTE
OUT2+

OUT1+

OUT3+

OUT4+
ST-BY

VCC

VCC
OUT2-

OUT1-

OUT3-

OUT4-
IN1
IN2

IN4
IN3
TAB

D94AU117B

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; RL = 4Ω; Tamb = 25°C;

Refer to the Test and application circuit (fig.1), unless otherwise specified.)
Symbol Parameter Test Condition Min. Typ. Max. Unit
Iq1 Quiescent Current 180 300 mA
VOS Output Offset Voltage 200 mV
Gv Voltage Gain 31 32 33 dB
Po Output Power THD = 10% 20 22 W
THD = 1% 16.5 18 W

THD = 10%; VS = 14V 19 21 W

THD = 5%; VS = 14V 17 19 W
THD = 1%; VS = 14V 16 17 W

THD = 10%; VS = 13.2V 17 18.5 W

THD = 1%; VS = 13.2V 14 15 W
Po EIAJ EIAJ Ouput Power (*) VS = 13.7V 27.5 30 W
Po max. Max. Output Power (*) VS = 14.4V 33 35 W
THD Distortion Po = 4W 0.05 0.3 %
eNo Output Noise ”A” Weighted 75 µV
Bw = 20Hz to 20KHz 100 150 µV
SVR Supply Voltage Rejection f = 100Hz 50 65 dB
fcl Low Cut-Off Frequency 20 Hz
fch High Cut-Off Frequency 75 KHz
Ri Input Impedance 70 100 KΩ
CT Cross Talk f = 1KHz 50 70 dB
ISB St-By Current Consumption St-By = LOW 100 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 VO = 1Vrms 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
Im (L) Muting Pin Current VMUTE = 1.5V 5 10 16 µA
(Source Current)
ICDOFF Clipping Detector ”OFF” Output THD = 1% (**) 100 µA
Average Current
ICDON Clipping Detector ”ON” Output THD = 10% (**) 100 240 350 µA
Average Current
(*) Saturated square wave output.
(**) Diagnostics output pulled-up to 5V with 10KΩ series resistor.

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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 TAB
C5 C6
0.1µF D94AU179B
47µF

DIAGNOSTICS

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

COMPONENTS & TDA7383

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

THD (%)
10
Vs= 14.4 V
RL = 4 Ohm

1
f= 10 KHz

0.1 f= 1 KHz

0
0.1 1 10
Po (W)

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

Frequency
THD (%) SVR (dB)
10 100
Rg= 600 Ohm
Vs= 14.4 V 90 Vripple= 1 Vrms
RL = 4 Ohm
Po= 1 W 80
1
70

60
0.1 50

40

30
0 10 100 1000 10000
10 100 1000 10000 f (Hz)
f (Hz)

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Figure 9: Output Noise vs. Source Resistance Figure 10: Power Dissipation & Efficiency vs.
Output Power
En (µV) Ptot (W)
200
180 Vs= 14.4 V
RL= 4 Ohm
160
140
120
22 - 22K Hz lin.
100
”A” wgtd
80
60
40
1 10 100 1k 10k 100k
Rg (Ohm)

APPLICATION HINTS (ref. to the circuit of fig. 1) To ensure proper operation and high supply volt-
BIASING AND SVR age rejection, it is of fundamental importance to
provide a good impedance matching between IN-
As shown by fig. 11, all the TDA7383’s main sec- PUTS and AC-GROUND terminations. This im-
tions, such as INPUTS, OUTPUTS AND AC-GND plies that C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 CAPACITORS HAVE
(pin 16) are internally biased at half Supply Volt- TO CARRY THE SAME NOMINAL VALUE AND
age level (Vs/2), which is derived from the Supply THEIR TOLERANCE SHOULD NEVER EXCEED
Voltage Rejection (SVR) block. In this way no cur- ±10 %.
rent flows through the internal feedback network.
Besides its contribution to the ripple rejection, the
The AC-GND is common to all the 4 amplifiers SVR capacitor governs the turn ON/OFF time se-
and represents the connection point of all the in- quence and, consequently, plays an essential role
verting inputs. in the pop optimization during ON/OFF transients.
Both individual inputs and AC-GND are con- To conveniently serve both needs, ITS MINIMUM
nected to Vs/2 (SVR) by means of 100KΩ resis- RECOMMENDED VALUE IS 10µF.
tors.

Figure 11: Input/OutputBiasing.

100KΩ
+
-
0.1µF
C1 ÷ C4
8KΩ
IN
400Ω

400Ω
VS
8KΩ
10KΩ -
70KΩ SVR 100KΩ AC_GND +

10KΩ 47µF 0.1µF TOWARDS

C6 C5 OTHER CHANNELS
D95AU302

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INPUT STAGE tion with microprocessor-driven audioprocessors.

The TDA7383’s inputs are ground-compatible and The maximum load that pin 25 can sustain is
can stand very high input signals (± 8Vpk) without 1KΩ.
any performances degradation. Due to its operating principles, the clipping detec-
If the standard value for the input capacitors tor has to be viewed mainly as a power-depend-
(0.1µF) is adopted, the low frequency cut-off will Figure 12: Diagnostics circuit.
amount to 16 Hz.

STAND-BY AND MUTING

STAND-BY and MUTING facilities are both
25 R
CMOS-COMPATIBLE. If unused, a straight con- VREF
nection to Vs of their respective pins would be ad-
missible. Conventional low-power transistors can
be employed to drive muting and stand-by pins in Vpin 25
absence of true CMOS ports or microprocessors.
R-C cells have always to be used in order to
smooth down the transitions for preventing any
audible transient noises. D95AU303A
Since a DC current of about 10 uA normally flows
out of pin 22, the maximum allowable muting-se-
ries resistance (R2) is 70KΩ, which is sufficiently
high to permit a muting capacitor reasonably
small (about 1µF). Figure 13: Clipping Detection Waveforms.
If R2 is higher than recommended, the involved
risk will be that the voltage at pin 22 may rise to
above the 1.5 V threshold voltage and the device
will consequently fail to turn OFF when the mute
line is brought down.
About the stand-by, the time constant to be as-
signed in order to obtain a virtually pop-free tran-
sition has to be slower than 2.5V/ms.

DIAGNOSTICS FACILITY
The TDA7383 is equipped with a diagnostics cir-
cuitry able to detect the following events:

CLIPPING in the output stage

ent feature rather than frequency-dependent.This
OVERHEATING (THERMAL SHUT-DOWN means that clipping state will be immediately sig-
proximity) naled out whenever a fixed power level is
OUTPUT MISCONNECTIONS (OUT-GND & reached, regardless of the audio frequency.
OUT-Vs shorts) In other words, this feature offers the means to
Diagnostics information is available across an counteract the extremely sound-damaging effects
open collector output located at pin 25 (fig. 12) of clipping, caused by a sudden increase of odd
through a current sinking whenever at least one order harmonics and appearance of serious inter-
of the above events is recognized. modulation phenomena.
Among them, the CLIPPING DETECTOR acts in Another possible kind of distortion control could
a way to output a signal as soon as one or more be the setting of a maximum allowable THD limit
power transistors start being saturated. (e.g. 0.5 %) over the entire audio frequency
As a result, the clipping-related signal at pin 25 range. Besides offering no practical advantages,
takes the form of pulses, which are perfectly syn- this procedure cannot be much accurate, as the
cronized with each single clipping event in the non-clipping distortion is likely to vary over fre-
music program and reflect the same duration time quency.
(fig. 13). Applications making use of this facility In case of OVERHEATING, pin 25 will signal out
usually operate a filtering/integration of the pulses the junction temperature proximity to the thermal
train through passive R-C networks and realize a shut-down threshold. This will typically start about
o
volume (or tone bass) stepping down in associa- 2 C before the thermal shut-down threshold is
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Figure 14: Diagnostics Waveforms.

ST-BY PIN
VOLTAGE

MUTE PIN
VOLTAGE

Vs

OUTPUT
WAVEFORM

Vpin 25
WAVEFORM

t
CLIPPING
SHORT TO GND THERMAL
D95AU304
OR TO Vs PROXIMITY

reached. In fact, clipping will produce pulses normally

As various kind of diagnostics information is avail- much shorter than those present under faulty con-
able at pin 25 (CLIPPING, SHORTS AND OVER- ditions. An example of circuit able to distinguish
HEATING), it may be necessary to operate some between the two occurrences is shown by fig. 15.
distinctions on order to treat each event sepa- STABILITY AND LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS
rately. This could be achieved by taking into ac- If properly layouted and hooked to standard car-
count the intrinsically different timing of the diag- radio speakers, the TDA7383 will be intrinsically
nostics output under each circumstance. stable with no need of external compensations

Figure 15.

VREF

25 T1 - CLIP DET. (TO GAIN

+ COMPRESSOR/
TONE CONTROL)
T2
VREF1
- FAULT, THERMAL SHUTDOWN
(TO POWER SUPPLY
+ SECTION, µP VOLTAGE
REGULATOR, FLASHING SYSTEM)
VREF2
T1 << T2
VREF ≥ VREF1 >> VREF2 D95AU305A

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such as output R-C cells. Due to the high number portant to connect the AC-GND capacitor (C5) to
of channels involved, this translates into a very the signal GND, as close as possible to the audio
remarkable components saving if compared to inputs ground: this will guarantee high rejection of
similar devices on the market. any common mode spurious signals.
To simplify pc-board layout designs, each ampli- The SVR capacitor (C6) has also to be connected
fier stage has its own power ground externally ac- to the signal GND.
cessible (pins 2,8,18,24) and one supply voltage Supply filtering elements (C7, C8) have naturally
pin for each couple of them. to be connected to the power-ground and located
Even more important, this makes it possible to as close as possible to the Vs pins.
achieve the highest possible degree of separation Pin 1, which is mechanically attached to the de-
among the channels, with remarkable benefits in vice’s tab, needs to be tied to the cleanest power
terms of cross-talk and distortion features. ground point in the pc-board, which is generally
About the layout grounding, it is particularly im- near the supply filtering capacitors.

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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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