“Class-D” switching amplifiers are considered to be the most efficient amplifiers available on the market. However, designers must deal with supply rail, and radio frequency interference, as well as the need to switch power devices at high frequencies. Because of these, and other problems, not everyone wishes to use switching based technologies for their amplifiers. Unfortunately, linear amplifiers are significantly more inefficient than switching amplifiers, under sine wave testing. However real audio signals spend much more time at low amplitudes than a sine wave. By changing the switch points for “Class-G” or “Class-H” they can have efficiencies that rival “Class-D” amplifiers producing the same output. The paper develops optimum switch points for both single and multiple switching points, with respect to the expected amplitude distribution of the audio.
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