APA2120/2121
Application Information (Cont.)
Power Dissipation
Whether the power amplifier is operated in BTL or SE
modes, power dissipation is a major concern. Equation13
states the maximum power dissipation point for a SE
mode operating at a given supply voltage and driving a
specified load.
SE
mode
:
PD,MAX=
VDD2
2π2RL
(13)
In BTL mode operation, the output voltage swing is
doubled as in SE mode. Thus, the maximum power dis-
sipation point for a BTL mode operating at the same given
conditions is 4 times as in SE mode.
BTL
mode
:
PD,MAX=
4VDD2
2π 2RL
(14)
Since the APA2120/1 are dual channel power amplifiers,
the maximum internal power dissipation is 2 times that
both of equations depend on the mode of operation. Even
this substantial increase in power dissipation, the
APA2120/1 do not require extra heatsink. The power dis-
sipation from equation14, assuming a 5V-power supply
and an 8Ω load, must not be greater than the power dis-
sipation that results from the equation15 :
PD,MAX=
TJ,MAX -
θJA
TA
(15)
The thermal pad on the bottom of the APA2120/1 should
be soldered down to a copper pad on the circuit board.
Heat can be conducted away from the thermal pad through
the copper plane to ambient. If the copper plane is not on
the top surface of the circuit board, 8 to 10 vias of 13 mil or
smaller in diameter should be used to thermally couple
the thermal pad to the bottom plane.
For good thermal conduction, the vias must be plated
through and solder filled. The copper plane used to con-
duct heat away from the thermal pad should be as large
as practical.
If the ambient temperature is higher than 25°C, a larger
copper plane or forced-air cooling will be required to keep
the APA2120/1 junction temperature below the thermal
shutdown temperature (150°C). In higher ambient
temperature, higher airflow rate and/or larger copper area
will be required to keep the IC out of the thermal shutdown.
Recommended Minmum Footprint
Via diameter
=0.3mm X10
1.7mm
3mm
4.7mm
Via diameter
=0.3mm X8
1.7mm
For TSSOP-24 package with thermal pad, the thermal
resistance (θJA) is equal to 45οC/W.
Since the maximum junction temperature (TJ,MAX) of
APA2120/1 are 150οC and the ambient temperature (TA)
are defined by the power system design, the maximum
power dissipation which the IC package is able to handle
can be obtained from equation16.
Once the power dissipation is greater than the maximum
limit (P ), either the supply voltage (V ) must be
D,MAX
DD
decreased, the load impedance (R ) must be increased
L
or the ambient temperature should be reduced.
Thermal Pad Consideration
The thermal pad must be connected to the ground. The
package with thermal pad of the APA2120/1 require spe-
cial attention on thermal design. If the thermal design
issues are not properly addressed, the APA2120/1 4Ω
will go into thermal shutdown when driving a 4Ω load.
0.35mm
0.65mm
Ground plane
for ThermalPAD
Exposed for
thermal PAD
connected
TSSOP-24P
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