I need another brain this late at night because I am at a loss for an explanation.
I am using the OPA561 which is a power op-amp from Burr-Brown. It is a class AB output stage and it is configured as a non-inverting gain of 5 driving a 4Ω load The power supply is +15/0V while the load is AC coupled via a 330uF and referenced to circuit common. The input voltage is 2Vp.
I am measuring the power supply current using a current probe but what I am seeing makes no sense. I fully expect current to be pulled from the supply proportional to the load plus some quiescent current during the positive cycle only. This means Q1 or the pMOS is conducting sourcing current to the load. During the negative cycle the nMOS is conducting sinking current from the cap and load and no current is being pulled from the supply (neglecting quiescent current). The current waveform under this circuit configuration should resemble a half-wave rectified waveform. The peak supply current should be equal to the peak load current if quiescent current is neglected.
interestingly enough it does, but only at low frequency ~1kHz. If I increase the input frequency to 64kHz the supply current waveform looks like a DC 600mA waveform with ~50mA of ripple. Coincidentally, the DC supply reads 650mA but that should be some averaging function of the supply itself. The voltage across the load remains, as expected, a sinusoid with no sign of slew rate limiting.
I am expecting to see a half-wave looking waveform even at this frequency as long as the amp is not slew rate limiting.
What am I missing?
-Ken
I am using the OPA561 which is a power op-amp from Burr-Brown. It is a class AB output stage and it is configured as a non-inverting gain of 5 driving a 4Ω load The power supply is +15/0V while the load is AC coupled via a 330uF and referenced to circuit common. The input voltage is 2Vp.
I am measuring the power supply current using a current probe but what I am seeing makes no sense. I fully expect current to be pulled from the supply proportional to the load plus some quiescent current during the positive cycle only. This means Q1 or the pMOS is conducting sourcing current to the load. During the negative cycle the nMOS is conducting sinking current from the cap and load and no current is being pulled from the supply (neglecting quiescent current). The current waveform under this circuit configuration should resemble a half-wave rectified waveform. The peak supply current should be equal to the peak load current if quiescent current is neglected.
interestingly enough it does, but only at low frequency ~1kHz. If I increase the input frequency to 64kHz the supply current waveform looks like a DC 600mA waveform with ~50mA of ripple. Coincidentally, the DC supply reads 650mA but that should be some averaging function of the supply itself. The voltage across the load remains, as expected, a sinusoid with no sign of slew rate limiting.
I am expecting to see a half-wave looking waveform even at this frequency as long as the amp is not slew rate limiting.
What am I missing?
-Ken