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

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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

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEuropean Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD) 2015
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2015
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title2015 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design
Abbreviated titleECCTD 2015
Duration24 - 26 August 2015
CityTrondheim
CountryNorway

External IDs

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

Keywords

Research priority areas of TU Dresden