A fully integrated audio amplifier in flexible a-IGZO TFT technology for printed piezoelectric loudspeakers

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Beitragende

Abstract

This paper presents the design, implementation and characterization of an integrated power efficient cascode amplifier in a flexible a-IGZO thin-film transistors (TFTs) with minimum channel lengths of 25 μm. The circuit consists of a two-stage cascode amplifier for the audio baseband amplification and a source-follower as a buffer to drive printed loudspeakers. The proposed amplifier is fabricated on a 50 μm-thick flexible polyimide foil, and characterized with a 20 V dc supply voltage (V DD ) and an output load capacitance of 15 pF. The measured voltage gain exceeds 15 dB from 4.5 kHz to 15 dB at 25 kHz. The measured 3 dB bandwidth of the unloaded audio amplifier spans from 2.2 kHz to 60 kHz. The amplifier consumes a dc power of 40 mW and delivers 10 dBV of output signal at the 1 dB compression point; this is sufficient to drive printed piezoelectric loudspeakers. The simulated frequency response of the loaded amplifier shows that the amplifier can drive a wide range of capacitive loads from 15 pF to 500 nF. The simulated 3 dB bandwidth of the amplifier loaded with the printed loudspeaker is 29 kHz.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelEuropean Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD) 2015
Seitenumfang4
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Aug. 2015
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Konferenz

Titel2015 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design
KurztitelECCTD 2015
Dauer24 - 26 August 2015
StadtTrondheim
LandNorwegen

Externe IDs

Scopus 84959515554
ORCID /0000-0002-4230-8228/work/142251400
ORCID /0000-0002-4152-1203/work/165453346

Schlagworte

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