892 Index
Audio amplifi er printed circuit
board design , 381 , 390
audio PCB layout sequence , 389
cross talk , 382–383
output devices, mounting of ,
383–384
power amplifi er PCB layout
details , 386–389
power supply PCB Layout ,
385–386
rail induction distortion , 383
single- and double-sided PCBs ,
384–385
Audio amplifi ers , 283
block diagram , 350
circuit components , 307
constant current sources ,
307–309
current mirror layouts , 309
circuit oddments , 309–311
emitter–follower systems ,
291–294
insulated gate FETs , 299–303 ,
304
JFETs , 295–299 , 300
junction transistors , 283–286
circuit confi gurations ,
289–291 , 292
operating bias, control of ,
286–288
performance , 313
AC coupled amplifi ers ,
325–326
architectures , 314
DC coupled amplifi ers ,
327–330
history, of amplifi ers ,
313–314
NFB, in power amplifi ers ,
330–334
power amplifi er classes ,
317–325
three-stage architecture ,
314–317
power BJTs vs. power
MOSFETs , 303–305
slew rate limiting , 311–312
stage gain , 288–289
thermal dissipation limits ,
294–295
U and D MOSFETs , 305–307
Audio Interchange File Format
(AIFF), and AIFC , 601
Audio level metering , 30–31
Audio mixer circuitry , 779–793
Audio object , 592
Audio signal , 411–413
Autonulling , 263 , 264
Axial lead capacitor , 124 , 125
Azimuth recording , 559 , 561B
Backward masking , 19
Balanced input , 253
balancing requirements , 254
CMR , 254–257
defi nition , 253
real conditions , 253
Balanced mains power , 398–400
Band-pass fi lters derivation ,
804–805
Base , 9
Basilar membrane , 10 , 11 , 16 ,
17–18
Battery supply , 159
Beam tetrodes , 345
Beat frequency , 20
Bel, defi nition of , 27–29
Bernoulli cartridges , 604
Biasing circuits , 287
Binary system , 414–418
Biphonics , 733–734
Bipolar breakdown limits , 295
Bipolar/FET cascode , 298
Bipolar junction transistors
(BJTs) , 185 , 188–192 ,
193 , 283 , 349–350
nonlinearity , 285stage gain , 288–289
Bit error , 426 , 541
Bits and bobs, signifi cance of ,
445–448
Bitstream process , 518–520
Bi-wiring , 718
Block address , 551
Blocks , 446
Blomley principle , 324
Blumlein , 236
Boolean algebra , 443–444
Bootstrap gyrator circuit , 787
Braithwaite , 176
RAI4 head amplifi er , 178
Brick wall fi lter , 502
Bridging load , 254
Brimar , 347 , 348
BS415 , 403
Buffer memory , 618 , 620
Building block components , 117
capacitors , 122–126
diodes , 126–127
ICs , 129–131
jack plugs and sockets ,
134–136
LEDs , 136–137
resistors , 117–122
switches , 131–134
transistors , 128–129
Burst error , 425 , 540 , 543
Bytes , 418 , 445–446C
Capacitative cross talk , 382
Capacitors , 122–126 , 644
Carbon microphones , 643–644
Cardioid microphone , 659 , 660
Cascode input moving coil head
amplifi er , 180
Cascode layouts , 291
Cassette-based multitracks ,
759–760
Cathode , 338–339
and heater ratings , 347–348