Empirical analysis of the effect of parasitics and of reverse recovery as an amplitude error on distortion in a class D audio amplifier

Abstract

An analysis of the effect of parasitics and reverse recovery on harmonic distortion in a class D audio amplifier is performed in this paper. The error sources under investigation are modelled empirically as an amplitude error, after which an existing strategy based on Newton's numerical method is implemented to simulate its effect within the audible band. The results are compared to existing timing errors to determine its degree of dominance.