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I am struggling to understand how to calculate the Plimit voltage based on the datashetet. The values in Table 2 do not make sense to me. I've looked at a few other forum posts, and didn't get any clarity, and the supporting documentation and graphs seem to contradict each other.
If I follow the above equation, for the first set of table values:
PLIMIT = 1.92V
Vp = 4* PLIMIT = 7.68V
RL = 4ohm as given.
Rs =~240mohm as given in the datasheet
Pout for unclipped power using those values yields Pout=5.88W
Pout =1.25*Pout unclipped = ~7.4W
This is far less than the 10W shown in the table, and no where close to the 15Vpp.
If I instead start with 1VRMS input and 20db gain => factor of 10.
Then I get 10Vrms output =>~14.14Vpeak output voltage. This is closer to the 15Vpp shown in the table, but a little bit less. I'm not sure how 15Vpp is calculated in either case.
Using 14.14Vpeak amplitude, the output power is closer to 20W
Ultimately, I want to power the device off 24V for PVCC, and I will use an 8ohm speaker, and want to limit the output power to 3W. I plan to set the gain to 32dB
Based on the graph for Figure 7, I expect the voltage for Plimit would be near 1V if I had a 20dB gain. I need to understand how to adjust this equation for a gain of 32dB. Any help you can provide would be appreciated.