Chapter 15

Speed and Slew-rate

Speed and Slew-rate in Audio Amplifiers

The Basics of Amplifier Slew-limiting

Slew-rate Measurement Techniques

Improving the Slew-rate

Simulating Slew-limiting

Slewing Limitations in Real Life

Some Additional Complications

On Asymmetrical Slew-rates

Further Improvements and other Configurations

References

 

…the speed was power, and the speed was joy, and the speed was pure beauty.

Richard Bach

Speed and Slew-rate in Audio Amplifiers

It seems self-evident that a fast amplifier is a better thing to have than a slow one, but — what is a fast amplifier? Closed-loop bandwidth is not a promising yardstick; it is virtually certain that any power amplifier employing negative feedback will have a basic closed-loop ...

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