Audio and Electronics for Vehicles during Transition Periods

2002-01-0124

03/04/2002

Event
SAE 2002 World Congress & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
Battery voltage for automobile is going to transition from 12-volt to 24-volt to 42-volt. Audio equipment and other vehicular electronics will have to adapt to that transition while minimizing the cost of changeover. The innovative class-N switching amplifiers and servo control systems offer a virtually painless transition while offering higher performance, lower cost, and smaller size. Class-N amplifier and servo system combine the functions of a switch-mode power supply and a high power amplifier into a single irreducible mixed-signal circuit that can be used with virtually any supply voltage by changing two components: a MOSFET and a transformer of fixed footprints. The overall efficiency of class-N amplifiers and servos is over 90%.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-0124
Pages
7
Citation
Nguyen, T., "Audio and Electronics for Vehicles during Transition Periods," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-0124, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-0124.
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Publisher
Published
Mar 4, 2002
Product Code
2002-01-0124
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English