TRADE PROJECT

NAME: KIBET AMON

CRAFT IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

PROJECT TITLE; TDA2030 AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT 35 WATTS OUTPUT

PAPER NO:1601

CENTER NO;553103

INDEX NO;5531030032

SERIES;JULY 2023 SERIES EXAMS

SUPERVISOR;MR KANDIE

PURPOSE;THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL FOR PARTIAL

FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF CERTIFICATE IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS
ENGINEERING

2023

DECLARATION
I,Kibet Amon declare that the project is my original work

I assert that the statements made and conclusions drawn are exact outcomes of my sincere

This project has been presented for examination with my approval as Belgut TVC appointed
supervisor.

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 DEDICATION
This research project is dedicated to my family,without whom, I would not be the man I am. There
never-ending support and encouragement throughout my life is a gift that I will never take for granted
and I am forever indebted to them.This project is also dedicated to my father, thank you for instilling
in me the importance of education and the desire to continuously gain more knowledge- your spirit
lives on through us measure. God bless you and I love you all immensely.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to thank the Almighty God for enabling me carry out this research.My gratitude goes to
the department of electrical and electronics engineering who instructed and allow me to use the
available resources given.

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 ABSTACT

This project gives an output power of 35watts at 8 ohms speaker.A very simple 35 watts

electronics project can be designed using the TDA203O power audio ic.The TDA2030 is a

monolithic ic in pantawatt package intended for use of low frequency class AB

amplifier.The TDA2030 provdes high output current and has very low harmonic and cross-

over distortion.

This circuit require few external electronics parts and supports a 8 ohms load.this 35 watts

power amplifier require a very good filtered dc power supply,that will provide an output

voltage of +/-12 volts to +/-15 volts.

The device incorpodates a short circuit protection system comprising an arrangement for

automatically limiting the dissipated power so as to keep the working point of the output

transistors within their safe operatng area

This is a TDA2030 stereo amplifier circuit. It is a special project.Because it is an OCL type amplifier.

Which provide power driver of 14 watts/channel at load 8 ohms.So, it is suitable for beginners
thought will build electroacoustics to listen to themselves.

This project use IC of The SGS company number TDA2030 .Which SGS said that TDA2030 is a
power amplifier IC in 5 pins form.

The Setting circuit on a class AB power amplifier to the output of the high harmonic distortion and
low crossover.

They are ready, shock output protection, and the temperature is too high, complemented within the
integrated circuit

They are ready, shock output protection, and the temperature is too high, complemented within the
integrated circuit.

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As we listen to the sound quality nice. We turn the volume fully to several hours. The IC is not hot.
Or just warm. so, suitable for beginners to build this circuit to listen with yourself.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Contents
Cover page................................................................................................I
Declaration...............................................................................................ii
Dedication...............................................................................................iii
Acknowledgement.................................................................................iv
Abstract..................................................................................................v
Tables of contents.................................................................................vi
Chapter one
1.0 Introduction..................................................................................7
1.1 Background of the project...........................................................8
1.2 Aim of the project.........................................................................9
1.3 Objective of the project................................................................9
1.4 Purpose of the project..................................................................9
1.5 Application of the project.............................................................9
1.6 significance of the project...........................................................10
1.7 Disadvantage of the project..........................................................10
1.8 Terms .............................................................................................10

Chapter two
2.0 literature review.........................................................................11
2.1 History ........................................................................................12
2.2 classification of amplifiers.........................................................14
2.3 mode of operation.......................................................................16

Chapter three
3.0 Construction................................................................................18
3.1 Block Diagram.............................................................................19
3.2 Circuit Diagram..........................................................................19

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3.3 circuit operation..........................................................................20
3.4 circuit description......................................................................9
3.5 power supply circuit...................................................................9

Chapter four
4.0 construction procedures and testing......................................10
4.1 Casing and packaging................................................................10
4.2 Assembling of sections..............................................................11
4.3 Testing of system operations.....................................................11
4.4 cost analysis...................................... ........................................12

Chapter five
5.0 conclusions......................................................................................13
5.1 Recommendation.............................................................................14
5.2 Reference............................................................................................15
7CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION

The TDA2030 amplifier IC-based single-stage amplifier project produces 14w power in its

output so, the TDA2030 bridge amplifier circuit can have the ability to generate 35watts of

audio output.

Before going to explaining about TDA2030 bridge amplifier circuit, we need to consider

different expects of TDA2030 ICs, such as bridge circuit connection, speakers loads used

at output, and power supply used for this circuit.

Here we can see the TDA2030 bridge amplifier circuit, talk in general, bringing

of the amplifier simply means connecting two outputs towards output load.

When we consider the bridging of amplifiers, it is a process in which the

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power of the amplifier is multiplied 3times than at the normal signal stage

amplifier, this is happened by connecting both the channel outputs directly into the

speaker, and the ground is taken as common to the whole circuit.

We know the TDA2030 based single-stage amplifier can produce 14watts of

power on 8Ω and 4Ω speakers, and in this case, we have a tda2030 bridge

amplifier circuit, they simply doubles or triples the input signal, thus they can

produce 35watts of power on 8Ω load.

The power supply used for the tda2030 bridge amplifier circuit needs to consider

many factors such as estimated power delivery by the amplifier circuit,

transformer current rating, overall components power ratings.

For this amplifier, we are setting a power supply, which is divided into three

sections for a simple explanation, first transformer section, rectifier, and filter

section.

At this power supply, we are using a 12-0-12center-tapped transformer with a

2 amp current rating, after that, we have a rectifier stage using a bridged shaped

diode network, and a last capacitor filter circuit for the filtration process.

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT

Normally, TDA2030 is an integrated circuit that uses as a low-frequency class AB amplifier .

Typically it provides 14W output power at ± 14V. However, you can get more 35W output on
TDA2030 in a bridged connection with a +- 12V power supply. In the circuit above, there are
two TDA2030 that are connected together.

It gives an output power of 35 watts to 40 watts at 8 ohms speaker. This requires a +/- 12v
Dual Power supply at the current least of 2A. Its advantage is small, easy to crease, cheap, and
without any modifications. Because we use two TDA2030.

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It is a normal unregulated power supply circuit. You should use the least 2A transformer. It
makes output full to 35 watts. Other details see in the circuit.

1.2 AIM OF THE PROJECT

1. To incorporate bipolar transistors in a variety of push-pull circuits to determine the functioning of
class A, class A-B and class B power amplifiers.
2. To determine the signal transfer characteristics and identify the impacts of signal distortion.

1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT

This amplifier produces linear output with respect to the input. It

produces an output that is 180 degrees out of phase with the input.

1.4 PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT

As the name suggests, the purpose of an amplifier or an op-amp is to amplify or increase the input
signal to produce an output signal which is much larger than that
of the input, with a similar waveform as that of the input. The main change in the output
signal will be the increase in the power level.

1.5 APPLICATION
An Amplifier or an operational amplifier (op-amp) circuit is commonly used in the automation,
control and other electronic circuits for marine applications . The applied
input signal is usually a voltage or a current signal.

1.6 SIGNIFICANCE

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An amplifier is an electronic device that increases the voltage, current, or power of a signal .
Amplifiers are used in wireless communications and broadcasting, and in audio equipment of all
kinds. They can be categorized as either weak-signal amplifiers or power amplifiers.

1.7 DISADVANTAGE
1.Input bias currents for the two inputs may be slightly different
2 The amplitude of the noise/common mode signal that it can accept . Ironically, vacuum tube type
amplifiers with their much higher supply voltages were less susceptible to large amplitude common
mode signals.

1.8 TERMS

1. Capacitor - a device consisting of two parallel plates separated by an insulator, called the
"dielectric". The capacitance is proportional to the area of the plates, and
inversely proportional to the distance between them.
Capacitors are used to block DC while passing AC. They are frequency-dependent devices, which
means that their capacitive reactance, or "effective resistance" to AC increases
as the frequency gets lower.
2. Diode- a two-element device which passes a signal in one direction only. They are used most
commonly to convert AC to DC, because they pass the positive part of the wave, and block the
negative part of the AC signal, or, if they are reversed, they pass only the negative part and not
the positive part.

3. Resistor - a circuit element that presents a resistance to the flow of electric current. A current
flowing through a resistance will create a voltage drop across that resistance in accordance with
Ohm's law.

4. Speaker - a transducer designed to reproduce audio frequencies. There are many different
models of guitar speakers, each with its own particular power handling capability and tone.

5.Transformer - a device for changing levels of AC signals, or for changing impedances of

circuits. It consists of a minimum of two coils, the primary and the secondary, wound
on the same core. The core material can be ferrous (magnetic, such as iron), or non-ferrous (non-
magnetic, such as an air core). Transformers used in guitar amplifiers are invariably wound on iron
cores.
6.circuit-Interconnection of components to provide an
electrical path between two or more components.
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7.clamp-A diode circuit used to change the DC level of a waveform without distorting the
waveform.

8.class A amplifier-A linear amplifier biased so the active device conducts through 360 degrees
of the input waveform.

9.DC load line-A graph representing all possible combinations of voltage and current for a
given load resistor in an amplifier.

10.DC offset-The change in input voltage required to produce a zero output voltage when no
signal is applied to an amplifier.

11.DC power supply-Any source of DC power for electrical

CHAPTER TW0
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW

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Amplifier is the generic term used to describe a circuit which produces and increased version of
its input signal. However as we will see in this introduction to the amplifier tutorial, not all
amplifier circuits are the same as they are classified according to their circuit configurations
and modes of operation.

In “Electronics”, small signal amplifiers are commonly used devices as they have the ability to
amplify a relatively small input signal, for example from a Sensor such as a photo-device, into a
much larger output signal to drive a relay, lamp or loudspeaker for example.

There are many forms of electronic circuits classed as amplifiers, from Operational Amplifiers
and Small Signal Amplifiers up to Large Signal and Power Amplifiers. The classification of an
amplifier depends upon the size of the signal, large or small, its physical configuration and how
it processes the input signal, that is the relationship between input signal and current flowing in
the load.

Amplifiers can be thought of as a simple box or block containing the amplifying device, such as
a Bipolar Transistor, Field Effect Transistor or Operational Amplifier,
which has two input terminals and two output terminals (ground being common) with the
output signal being much greater than that of the input signal as it has been “Amplified”.

An ideal signal amplifier will have three main properties: Input Resistance or (R ), Output
Resistance or (R ) and of course amplification known commonly as Gain or ( A). No matter how
complicated an amplifier circuit is, a general amplifier model can still be used to show the
relationship of these three properties

The amplified difference between the input and output signals is known as the Gain of the
amplifier. Gain is basically a measure of how much an amplifier “amplifies”the input signal.
For example, if we have an input signal of 1 volt and an output of 50 volts, then the gain of the
amplifier would be “50”. In other words, the input signal
has been increased by a factor of 50. This increase is called Gain.

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Amplifier gain is simply the ratio of the output divided-by the input. Gain has no units as its a
ratio, but in Electronics it is commonly given the symbol “A”, for Amplification. Then the gain
of an amplifier is simply calculated as the “output signal divided by the input
signal”.

Note that for the Power Gain you can also divide the power obtained at the output with the
power obtained at the input. Also when calculating the gain of an amplifier,the subscripts v , i
and p are used to denote the type of signal gain being used.The power gain (Ap) or power level
of the amplifier can also be expressed in Decibels , (dB). The Bel (B) is a logarithmic unit (base
10) of measurement that has no units. Since the Bel is too large a unit of measure, it is prefixed
with deci making it Decibels instead with one decibel being one tenth (1/10th) of a Bel. To
calculate the gain of the amplifier in Decibels or dB, we can use the following expressions.
Voltage Gain in dB: a = 20*log
(Av)
Current Gain in dB: a = 20*log(Ai)
Power Gain in dB: a = 10*log(Ap)
Note that the DC power gain of an amplifier is equal to ten times the common log of the
output to input ratio, where as voltage and current gains are 20 times the common log
of the ratio. Note however, that 20dB is not twice as much power as 10dB because of the log
scale. Also, a positive value of dB represents a Gain and a negative value of dB represents a
Loss within the amplifier. For example, an amplifier gain of +3dB indicates that the amplifiers
output signal has “doubled”, (x2) while an amplifier gain of -3dB indicates that the signal has
“halved”, (x0.5) or in other words a loss. The -3dB point of an amplifier is called the half-power
point which is -3dB down from maximum, taking 0dB as
the maximum output value.

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2.1.HISTORY

The audio amplifier was invented around 1912 by Lee de Forest , made possible by his invention
of the first practical amplifying electrical component, the triode vacuum tube (or

"valve" in British English) in 1907. The triode was a three terminal device with a control grid that can
modulate the flow of electrons from the filament to the plate. The triode

vacuum amplifier was used to make the first AM radio . [2] Early audio power amplifiers were based
on vacuum tubes and some of these achieved notably high audio quality (e.g., the Williamson
amplifier of 1947–9). Audio power amplifiers based on transistors became

practical with the wide availability of inexpensive transistors in the late 1960s. Since the 1970s, most
modern audio amplifiers are based on solid-state transistors, especially

the bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and the metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor
(MOSFET). Transistor-based amplifiers are lighter in weight, more reliable and

require less maintenance than tube amplifiers .

The MOSFET , invented by Mohamed Atalla and Dawon Kahng at Bell Labs in 1959, [3] was
adapted into a power MOSFET for audio by Jun-ichi Nishizawa at Tohoku University in 1974. [4]
Power MOSFETs were soon manufactured by Yamaha for their hi-fi audio amplifiers.

JVC, Pioneer Corporation , Sony and Toshiba also began manufacturing amplifiers with power
MOSFETs in 1974. [4] In 1977, Hitachi introduced the LDMOS (lateral diffused MOS),

a type of power MOSFET. Hitachi was the only LDMOS manufacturer between 1977 and 1983,
during which time LDMOS was used in audio power amplifiers from manufacturers such as HH
Electronics (V-series) and Ashly Audio, and were used for music and public address systems . [4]
Class-D amplifiers became successful in the mid-1980s when low-cost, fast-switching MOSFETs
were made available. [5] Many transistor amps use MOSFET

devices in their power sections, because their distortion curve is more tube-like .[6]

In the 2010s, there are still audio enthusiasts, musicians (particularly electric guitarists , electric
bassists , Hammond organ players and Fender Rhodes electric piano players,

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among others), audio engineers and music producers who prefer tube-based amplifiers, and what is
perceived as a "warmer" tube sound .

2.2 CLASSIFICATION OF AMPLIFIER

Most electronic devices use at least one amplifier,but there are many types of amplifiers. This section
will not try to describe all the different types of

amplifiers. You will be shown the general principles of amplifiers and some typical amplifier circuits.
Most amplifiers can be classified in two ways. The first classification is by their function. This means
they are basically voltage amplifiers or power amplifiers. The second classification is by their
frequency response. In other words what frequencies

are they designed to amplify? If you describe an amplifier by these two classifications (function and
frequency response) you will have a good working description of the amplifier.

You may not know what the exact circuitry is, but you will know what the amplifier does and the
frequencies that it is designed to handle

The connections of the amplifying device (electron tube, transistor, magnetic amplifier, etc.) and
the circuitry of the amplifier determine the classification. Amplifiers are classified as voltage or
power amplifiers.

A voltage amplifier is an amplifier in which the output signal voltage is larger than the input signal
voltage. In other words, a voltage amplifier amplifies the voltage of the input signal.

A power amplifier is an amplifier in which the output signal power is greater than the input signal
power. In other words, a power amplifier amplifies the power of the input signal. Most power
amplifiers are used as the final amplifier (stage of amplification) and

control (or drive) the output device. The output device could be a speaker, an indicating device, an
antenna, or the heads on a tape recorder. Whatever the device, the power to make it work (or drive it)
comes from the final stage of amplification which is a power amplifier.

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2.3 MODE OF OPERATION

Operational Amplifiers , or Op-amps as they are more commonly called, are one of the basic building
blocks of Analogue Electronic Circuits.Differential Amplifier Op-amp Symbol

In this operational amplifier basics tutorial, we will see that Operational amplifiers are linear devices
which have all the properties required for nearly ideal DC amplification. They are used extensively in
signal conditioning, filtering or to perform mathematical

operations such as add, subtract, integration and differentiation.

An Operational Amplifier, or op-amp for short, isfundamentally a voltage amplifying device designed
to be used with external feedback components such as resistors and capacitors between its output and
input terminals. These feedback components determine the resulting function or “operation” of the
amplifier and by virtue of the different feedback configurations whether resistive, capacitive or both,
the amplifier can perform a variety of

different operations, giving rise to its name of “Operational Amplifier”.

An Operational Amplifier is basically a three-terminal device which consists of two high impedance
inputs. One of the inputs is called the Inverting Input , marked with a negative or “minus” sign, ( – ).
The other input is called the Non-inverting Input , marked with a positive or “plus” sign ( + ).

A third terminal represents the operational amplifiers output port which can both sink and source
either a voltage or a current. In a linear operational amplifier, the output signal is the amplification
factor, known as the amplifiers gain ( A ) multiplied by the value of the input

signal and depending on the nature of these input and output signals, there can be four different
classifications of operational amplifier gain.

Operational Amplifier Basics of Classification

Voltage – Voltage “in” and Voltage “out”

Current – Current “in” and Current “out”

Transconductance – Voltage “in” and

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Current “out”

Transresistance – Current “in” and

Voltage “out”

Since most of the circuits dealing with operational amplifiers are voltage amplifiers, we will limit the
tutorials

in this section to voltage amplifiers only, (Vin and Vout). The output voltage signal from an
Operational Amplifier is the difference between the signals being applied to its two

individual inputs. In other words, an op-amps output signal is the difference between the two input
signals as the input stage of an Operational Amplifier is in fact a differential amplifier

CHAPTER THREE

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3.0 CONSTRUCTION

An amplifier can be considered as the basic electronic device. These amplifiers do exist in various
types. Based on the operations performed in various modes and the types of configurations used the
amplifiers are classified. The basic operation of these devices is to enhance and increase the strength
of the applied input signal. Amplifiers can be classified under various categories it may be an
operational amplifier , small-signal strength, and large-signal or power amplifiers. These devices
consist of a basic unit as transistors. There are three regions of operation in transistors. Among those
three regions the transistor works in the active region, this makes it a good option for amplification of
the signals.

Let us consider a basic amplifier circuit with a bipolar junction transistor (BJT). BJT is of two
different types N-P- N and P-N-P based on the type of semiconductor material

chosen. In the above circuit, we have considered common emitter with N-P-N type. By connecting
the resistors across the input and the emitter terminal along with that a resistor

must also be connected across the output. Capacitors and the presence of the resistor in the circuit
make the transistor to get biased properly. Once it will be done the amplification of the signal task
will become efficient and simpler.

Generally, the classification is based on the variant of the signal. If it is of small-signal then these
amplifiers can be utilized in the pre-amplification of the signals or as

instrumentation amplifiers . While in the large signals amplifications the power must drive the load.
Hence these are known as power amplifiers. These are connected to the output stages. In practical
examples, these are seen in the output stages of loudspeakers.

The amplifiers can be chosen based on its operating frequency ranges. Each amplifier based on its
operating frequency can be further classified into various classes.

The amplifiers utilized in audio amplification are classified in the alphabetical order of the classes.
The classification is characterized based on the applied input and the output

relation and its characteristics.

3.1 BLOCK DIAGRAM

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3.2 CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

3.3.CIRCUIT OPERATION

TDA2030 IC had 5 pins, 1st pin non-

inverting, 2nd pin inverting, 3rd -ve negative power pin, 4th output pin, and 5th +ve positive power
pin.· This is a single power supply circuit based

Circuit, so the 3rd and 5th pin are connected to the power supply 12-volt dc. ·

When we connect our input signal towards the amplifier circuit, the C1 capacitor acts as the

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input DC coupling capacitor, it creates a division between signal incoming and R3 resistors are for to
create an input impedance at the amplifier.Non inverting pin is our input portion, at this portion R5
and R6 resistors and C6 capacitor, is for non-investing input action by R6 and R5 resistor, which is to
attenuate poor higher frequency signals and C6 capacitor is for bypassing the over energy flow
towards R6resistor. ·

After non-inverting amplification, the signal reaches the output pin4, here we have D1 and D2 diodes
for protection of the whole amplifier against the formation of voltage spikes, then the diodes are
connected across both power supply ports such as pin5 and pin3. · Then after it reaches output, the
amplifier needs negative feedback, it is done with components such as R1 and R2 resistors and C2
capacitor. R1, R2 resistor network set again using a closed-loop, the value difference of both resistors
will cause gain changing at the output. ·

Whole feedback network works using our inverting pin2, so the C2 capacitor is for decoupling DC
current at the inverting portion. ·And at the output we have a C5 Capacitor for

supply voltage bypassing and an R4 resistor stabilizing the frequency of the amplified signal,

and then C7 capacitor acts as a stabilizing supporting agent combined with an R4 resistor. Last is our
two capacitors such as C8 and C3,they are bypassing capacitors, the C8 capacitor is to bypass upper-
frequency purpose and the C4 capacitor is the supply voltage bypassing capacitor

3.4 CIRCUIT DISTRIBUTION

.The TDA2030 is a monolithic IC, available in Pentawatt package. This IC can be used as a low-
frequency amplifier and generates 14W of o/p power. This IC includes high o/p current, low
harmonic as well as crossover distortion. And also includes the protection system from the short-
circuit & very high temperature.

This power amplifier has the capacity of amplifying the audio signals from audio sources like
microphone or mobile phone jack to increase the volume once the audio is generated from a speaker.
The designing of these circuits can be done using operational amplifiers , however, if we need high
volume then this amplifier is the best choice. This chip delivers o/p

power up to 20W, so this circuit generates 12W power at 4Ω & 8W at 8Ω.

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This power amplifier has the capacity of amplifying the audio signals from audio sources like
microphone or mobile phone jack to increase the volume once the audio is generated from a speaker.
The designing of these circuits can be done using operational amplifiers , however, if we need high
volume then this amplifier is the best choice. This chip delivers o/p

power up to 20W, so this circuit generates 12W power at 4Ω & 8W at 8Ω.

The required components used in TDA2030 IC subwoofer circuit are audio jack pin, IC TDA2030
IC, Resistors three-100K, one- 4.7 K and one-0 ohm,

capacitors like one-100 mf, two-0.1 mf, two-2.2 mf & one-22mf, one- In4007 diode, one speaker, 12v
battery, and one variable resistor with 22k value. The TDA2030 IC subwoofer circuit using 12v is
shown below. A 2.2uf capacitor is connected in series with a noninverting pin of the IC and it acts
like HPF (high pass filter) . The main function of this filter in this amplifier is to allow high-
frequency audio signals.

3.5 POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT

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CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES AND TESTING

- Add-on 50K potentiometer (When output power of your music player such as PC’s audio output is
relatively weak, use 20K pot for better volume control) for input audio volume control

- Using 1uF 100V (C1 in the schematics above) film capacitor as audio input coupling purpose

- Applying 220uF power filtering capacitor (C3 and C5) instead of 100uF electrolytic capacitor which
is recommended by STMicroelectronics

- Adding 0.1uF ceramic capacitors (C8 and C9) for filtering high frequency noise from input

power supply lines

- 4700uF of DC output smoothening electrolytic capacitors (C10 and C11) using instead of

2200uF cap recommended by STMicroelectronics

- Including 2 power indicator LEDs (D3 and D4) as well as 2 current limiting 1K resistors (R5 and
R6)

Above modifications are not much critical and just included as personal preferences such as having
visual LED power indicator, and anticipations for preventing high frequency noise

from power supply lines by using additional 0.1uF ceramic capacitors and so on.

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For example, originally recommended 100uF (C3 and C5) and 2200uF (C10 and C11) capacitors are
quite OK for proper audio amplifying operation by TDA2030.

But using more high capacity of parts (such as 220uF and 4700uF) seems to make audio output
quality more dynamic. (Maybe it can be personal

impression. I can’t say any scientific backgrounds or proofs on this matter)

Therefore, several modifications mention above can be safely omitted when you want to make overall
amplifier circuit simple.

4.1 CASING AND PACKAGING

Maybe it can be called as plastic enclosure, simply as acrylic box, or acrylic board chassis.

Let’s call it simply as chassis from now on in this story.What shown above is one of chassis design
example for housing audio amplifier circuits shall be made later.I’m using different shape of chassis
design for the TDA2030 amplifier in this story.Anyway designing and assembling chassis is very
important as quality level of finished amplifier product is highly dependable to the perfection of
chassis design and relevant workmanships while

assembling. For making acrylic chassis shown in the picture above, the following materials are used.

- Acrylic boards (Top/Bottom 150mm (H) x 200mm (W) x 5mm (D) 2 boards, front/rear

60mm (H) x 250mm (W) x 3mm (D) 2 boards)

- “L” shape acrylic board mounting and fixingnmetal brackets

- M3 (2.5mm diameter size) bolts and nuts forn fixing “L” shape bracket

- M4 (3mm diameter size) metal PCB supporter (total 63mm length) x 4

- M4 size nuts for fixing metal supporter

4.2 ASSEMBLING OF SECTIONS

The detail assembling methods are like follows.

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- Front and rear acrylic boards are mounted on the bottom side panel with “L” shaped mounting
brackets and M3 bolts and nuts

- Heat sink also mounted and fixed on the bottom side acrylic board with “L” shaped mounting
brackets and M3 bolts and nuts

- Bottom side board mounting to the top side acrylic board with M4 size metal supporter, bolts and
nuts

When assembling is finished, completed acrylic chassis is very sturdy and strong to stand several tens
KG of heavy things can be safely stacked on the top of the chassis.

Also all electronic/electric circuit boards and components can be safely housed inside chassis and
preventing any accidental touching by user.

4.3 TESTING OF SYSTEM OPERATIONS

• Connect the VCC pin and the GND pin of the amplifier to a power supply. The amplifier

works on 12-15V, here we are giving it a 12 V supply.

• Connect the IN and GND pins of the amplifier to a source of audio signals, here we are using our
laptop as a source of audio signal for which purpose we have used the audio jack of a headphone to
provide the input signal to the board. You can use any other input source like a mic or an instrument
capable of transmitting signals. We can also use an RCA socket to connect the amplifier input pins
with our laptop to provide an input to the circuit.

• Connect the output channel of the amplifier to a speaker, and we have our amplifier ready for use.
(Buy link 8 ohm 35w Speaker )

TDA2030 can work with the range of voltage between 9 V to 24 V with total harmonic distortion of
0.08. It has the ability to deliver the output of 18 W. Below is the Top View and Pin Diagram of
TDA2030 from its datasheet:

4.4 COST ANALYSIS

ITEMS QUANTITY COSTS

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TDA2030 2 200

CAPACITOR S

3300ŲF 2 80

100ŲF 2 60

22ųf 2 40

2.2ųf 1 30

0.1ųf 2 60

O.24ųf 2 60

TRANSISTORS

22k 4 120

1ň 2 40

680ň 2 40

TRANSFORMER 1 350

HEATSINK 1 250

Total 1210

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5.0 CONCLUSION

The amplifier design revealed to be a major challenge, being an excellent source of knowledge for
acquiring an extended background on analog and digital electronics. Considering the multiple
variables that may influence the performance of the analog audio-amplifier, all major goals were
accomplished. An integrated valve amplifier with excellent characteristics has resulted. In part credit
should be given to available electric simulators that allowed a much easier optimization procedure.

Due mainly to parasitic oscillations and noise problems that occurred during implementation, some of
the work was delayed in a way that made the schedule to be overextended

5.1 RECOMMENDATION

This amplifier is in the same high-end category as the Duet is. They’re very comparable but the
Vorzuge doesn’t have the full balanced circuit the Duet has. On the other hand it does have an EQ
system. Nathan stated: “no amp I’ve reviewed, and no amp I’ve tested, packages the DUO II’s
performance with such a badass EQ system. And no amp company I’ve dealt with is so demonstrably
dedicated to a platform.”

With laptops, phones and music streaming services becoming ever-more popular music sources, the
integrated amplifier has indeed moved with the times.

5.2 REFERENCE

[1] Morgan Jones. Valve Amplifiers. United Kingdom: Newnes,

Oxford, 3rd edition, 2003.

[2] T. A. Edison. Electrical indicator, October 21, 1884. U.S.

Patent 307,031.

[3] J. A. Fleming. Instrument for converting alternating

electrical currents into continuous currents, November 7, 1905.

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[4] L. de Forest. Wireless telegraphy, January 15, 1907. U.S.

Patent 841,386.

[5] L. de Forest. Space telegraphy, February 18, 1908. U.S.

Patent 879,532.

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