Audio Power Amplifi er Design
Handbook
This book is dedicated to Julie,
without whom it would not have happened.
Audio Power Amplifi er Design
Handbook
Fifth Edition
Douglas Self
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British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Self, Douglas.
Audio power amplifi er design handbook. – 5th ed.
1. Audio amplifi ers—Design. 2. Power amplifi ers—Design.
I. Title
621.3’81535—dc22
Library of Congress Control Number: 2009920721
ISBN: 978-0-240-52162-6
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