Self, D: Audio Power Amplifier Design Handbook

Chapter 1: Amplifiers and the audio signal Chapter 2: The basics of distortion Chapter 3: Negative feedback Chapter 4: Amplifier architecture, classes, and variations Chapter 5: General principles and distortion mechanisms Chapter 6: The input stage Chapter 7: The Voltage Amplifier Stage Chapter 8: The Push-pull Voltage Amplifier Stage Chapter 9: The output stage Chapter 10: Output stage distortions Chapter 11: More distortion mechanisms Chapter 12: Closely Observed Amplifiers: design examples Chapter 13: Compensation and stability Chapter 14: Output networks and load effects Chapter 15: Speed and slew-rate Chapter 16: Power dissipation in amplifiers Chapter 17: Class-A power amplifiers Chapter 18: Class-XD: crossover displacement Chapter 19: Class-G power amplifiers Chapter 20: Class-D power amplifiers Chapter 21: FET output stages Chapter 22: Thermal compensation and thermal dynamics Chapter 23: The design of DC servos Chapter 24: Amplifier and loudspeaker protection Chapter 25: Layout, grounding, and cooling Chapter 26: Power supplies and PSRR Chapter 27: Power amplifier input systems Chapter 28: Input processing and auxiliary systems Chapter 29: Testing and safety Chapter 30: A Brief History of solid-state power amplifiers

Douglas Self has established straightforward but highly effective amplifier design techniques based on sound engineering principles and experimental data. His rigorous and thoroughly practical approach has established him as a leading authority on audio amplifier design. Douglas studied engineering at Cambridge University, then psychoacoustics at Sussex University. He has spent many years working at the top level of design in both the professional audio and hifi industries, and has taken out a number of patents in the field of audio technology. He currently acts as a consultant engineer in the field of audio design.