High-fidelity PWM inverter for digital audio amplification: Spectral analysis, real-time DSP implementation, and results

A complete digital audio amplifier has been developed, implemented and tested. The process is entirely computational, and the output load and filter are the only analog components in the system. The process makes use of digital signal processing and a switching power stage to provide both high fidelity and high efficiency, beginning with a digital audio data stream. The advantages of naturally-sampled pulse-width modulation (PWM) are discussed in depth, including spectral analysis and comparisons to uniformly-sampled PWM. It is shown that natural PWM does not introduce audible distortion at switching frequencies consistent with power electronics practice. Interpolation methods for sample data conversion to natural PWM are discussed, and error analysis is presented based on Lagrange's Expansion Theorem. Noise-shaping processes are used to support high fidelity with practical values of time resolution. A counter conversion process enforces switching dead time in the inverter gate signals. The experimental full-bridge inverter implementation demonstrates that miniaturization is possible. A complete test system delivered more than 50 W into an 8 /spl Omega/ load with an efficiency of 80% and total harmonic distortion plus noise of 0.02%.

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