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MERUS™ audio amplifier solutions
Infineon enables customers to create better sounding products,
for the benefit of all who love audio.
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MERUS™ audio solutions 4
MERUS™ applications and use cases 5
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MERUS™ audio solutions
Hear it, feel it, experience it - it’s all about clear sound. MERUS™ products are developed to enable exactly that, relying on a
set of three basic principles:
››audio components should produce sound in the speakers, not heat, to its surroundings
››audio components should be heard, not seen; smaller and lighter is better while bulky and heavy is history
››audio components must be robust and flexible, not delicate and demanding
By combining our core principles, competencies, and leadership in groundbreaking innovative power semiconductor
technologies with new audio architectures, such as MERUS™ multi-level class D amplifier ICs, we provide solutions that are
smaller, lighter and run with less heat dissipation.
With patented architectures, proprietary algorithms, advanced manufacturing technologies, as well as elaborate
verification and testing, we offer our expertize and partnership to manufacturers aiming to deliver advanced audio
products for an unprecedented sound experience.
MERUS™ portfolio of advanced audio amplifier solutions ensures highest reliability, outstanding performance, and
maximum flexibility.
Reliability
Thanks to the enhanced design and production standards, customers can rely on the robustness of Infineon’s MERUS™
amplifier solutions to ensure complete system stability and reliability over their entire product lifetime. Standardized
design processes used by our world-class high-voltage/mixed-signal IC design and verification teams along with
extremely high manufacturing standards and enhanced product testing enable exceptional product durability and
reliability over lifetime, ensuring a benchmark quality.
Performance
In addition to quality and reliability, Infineon’s MERUS™ amplifier solutions are designed to maximize power efficiency and
dynamic range while providing best-in-class audio performance in product form factors that make them an optimal fit for any
audio application. This means that our customers are enabled to manufacture heatsink-free and filter-free high performance
audio products with fewer components, lower total system costs, and longer battery playback time. By utilizing patented
IC architectures, proprietary algorithms and advanced manufacturing technologies, our MERUS™ amplifier ICs provide
unsurpassed peak-power to idle-power ratios, best-in-class audio performance and size-optimized solutions.
Flexibility
The broad MERUS™ portfolio covers all power ranges. It includes fully integrated monolithic amplifier ICs, multi-chip
amplifier modules (MCMs) as well as discrete driver and MOSFET solutions, scalable in output power range from 20 watts
to several kilowatts to meet the most stringent and demanding application needs.
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MERUS™ applications
MERUS™ audio amplifiers address a wide range of applications in the field of portable/battery powered, home and
professional audio applications.
Application overview
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MERUS™ use cases
When designing portable/battery powered audio devices, it is essential to maximize battery playback time, and at the
same time, maintain an excellent audio performance. Infineon’s MERUS™ amplifiers provide up to twice as long battery
playback time in combination with the best-in-class audio performance and unsurpassed sound quality.
Bluetooth
Audio amplifier IC
MA12040P
Battery power unit
Solution specification
Number of audio channels: 2 single-endedd (SE) and 1 bridge tied load (BTL) channels
Peak power output: 2x10 W @ and 40 W @ 4 Ω, 10% THD
Featured audio IC: MA12040P including volume control and limiter
Audio amplifier IC
MA12070P
Solution specification
Number of audio channels: 2 bridge tied load (BTL) and 1 parallel BTL channels
Peak power output: 2x40 W @ 4 Ω, 10% THD and 160 W @ 2 Ω, 10% THD
Featured audio ICs: MA12040P and MA12070P including volume control and limiter
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MERUS™ use cases
Modern home audio products come in many shapes, sizes and configurations but one thing they all have in common is
the requirement for great sound in combination with outstanding industrial and acoustic design. In addition to producing
exceptional sound quality, MERUS™ amplifiers from Infineon can completely eliminate the need for bulky and expensive LC
output filters and heatsinks. This allows design of new innovative and great sounding home audio products in form factors
and shapes that were previously unthinkable.
Audio amplifier IC
Wireless connection MA12070
e.g. WiFi
Solution specification
Number of audio channels: 2 bridge tied load (BTL) and 1 parallel BTL channels
Peak power output: 2x80 W @ 4 Ω, 10% THD and 160 W @ 2 Ω, 10% THD
Featured audio ICs: 2x MA12070
Audio amplifier IC
MA12040
Wireless connection
e.g. WiFI
Audio amplifier IC
MA12070
Audio amplifier IC
MA12070
Solution specification
Number of audio channels: 4 bridge tied load (BTL) and 1 parallel BTL channels
Peak power output: 2x80 W @ 4 Ω, 10% THD and 160 W @ 2 Ω, 10% THD
Featured audio ICs: MA12040 and 2x MA12070
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MERUS™ use cases
Professional audio equipment is all about maximizing output power and power density. Professional audio electronics
used to be big, heavy and not very energy-efficient. But with the conception of Infineon's MERUS™ multilevel class D
technology and gallium nitride (GaN) HEMTs, it is now possible to conceive both amplifiers and power supplies units with
great audio performance and high efficiency in a very compact space. For engineers developing amplifiers, Infineon offers
both monolithic and chip-set solutions with versatile MOSFET combinations for the scaling of output power.
IRS2092S/
IRS20957S
Mixer Level adjust. and
MOSFET
in parallel
Solution specification
Number of audio channels: 2 half-bridge channels
Peak power output: 3000 W @ 4 Ω, 1% THD
Featured audio ICs: IRS2092S, IRS20957S
IR43xx
or
Mixer Level adjust. IRS2092S/
IRS20957S
and
MOSFET
Solution specification
Number of audio channels: 2 half-bridge channels
Peak power output: 500 W @ 4 Ω, 1% THD
Featured audio ICs: IRS2092S, IRS20957S
Solution specification
Number of channels: 2 half bridge channels
Peak power output: 500 W, 70 Vrms/100 Vrms, 1% THD
Featured audio ICs: IRS2452AM
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Audio amplifier solutions
Class D audio amplifiers have practically eliminated class A/B amplifiers as they offer greatly improved energy efficiency,
and thereby enable small form factor designs for even high power amplification. In addition, since class D audio amplifiers
theoretically can reach 0 percent distortion and 100 percent energy efficiency (i.e. an ideal power switch), the class D stage
is ideal for providing excellent sound quality with practically negligible thermal design limitations. Depending on your
design requirements, we offer high-performance class D amplifier solutions for all power ranges and applications between
20 W and 2000 W per channel. From the smallest fully-integrated single-chip solutions to highly scalable driver and discrete
MOSFET combination – Infineon has them all.
No heatsink
IRS209X (1 ch) + CoolGaN™ 400 V e-mode HEMTs*
IC + MOSFETs /E-GaN
IR43x1 (1 ch)
IR43x2 (2 ch)
Competitive advantage
Infineon offers a unique design platform with high-performance class D amplifier solutions for all power ranges and
application requirements - from the smallest fully integrated single-chip solutions to highly scalable driver and discrete
MOSFET combinations. Choose from:
››MERUS™ integrated multi-level MERUS™ amplifier driver ICs with ››Integrated multi-level audio IC
audio amplifier ICs ››MOSFETs for audio solutions evaluation boards
››MERUS™ inregrated audio amplifiers ››CoolGaN™ e-mode HEMTs for audio ››Integrated audio amplifier multi-chip
multi-chip modules (MCM) solutions module (MCM) evaluation boards
››Discrete audio amplifier driver IC
and MOSFET evaluation boards
››Discrete audio amplifier driver IC
We help you reduce complexity. MERUS™ products' scalability in output power and CoolGaN™ evaluation board
meets the most stringent and demanding application needs. ›› Power supply for audio evaluation boards
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Integrated audio solutions
MERUSTM integrated audio amplifier solutions enable customers to maximize power efficiency, output power, audio
performance and design freedom. These audio ICs are available in compact and thermally efficient PQFN packages which
eliminate the need for mechanical heatsinks.
MERUS™ integrated multi-level audio amplifier ICs for class D audio solutions
With the revolutionary multi-level class D audio amplifier ICs, Infineon is leading in efficiency and power density.
Monolithic multi-level class D amplifier ICs give designers full flexibility to optimize audio systems for size, performance,
and cost to meet critical design objectives in today’s and tomorrow’s audio applications.
Multilevel amplifiers
PVDO
PWM
modulator
Protection
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MERUS™ integrated audio amplifier multi-chip modules (MCM)
The integrated class D audio module family of devices integrates PWM controller and digital audio power MOSFETs in
a single package to offer a highly efficient, compact solution that reduces component count, shrinks PCB size up to 70
percent and simplifies class D amplifier design.
LPF
PWM
Gate driver
modulator
Protection
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Integrated audio solutions
*All ICs carry a full protection scheme comprising undervoltage lockout, overtemperature warning/error, short circuit/overload protection, power stage pin-to-pin short circuit, error reporting through serial
interface (I2C), and DC protection
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Integrated audio solutions
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Discrete audio solutions
Infineon offers best-in-class power efficiency discrete solutions which are scalable to various output power levels by
simply replacing the MOSFETs. The MOSFETs are tailored for Class D applications offering high efficiency and improved
audio performance.
Infineon’s family of ICs, developed specifically for class D audio applications, enables audio system manufacturers to more
efficiently design audio products with superior audio performance and higher reliability.
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Discrete audio solutions
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Discrete audio solutions
Audio MOSFETs are specifically designed for class D audio amplifier applications. Key parameters, such as on-state
resistance (RDS(on)), gate charge (QG), and reverse recovery charge (Qrr), are optimized for maximizing efficiency, THD and
EMI amplifier performance.
DirectFET™ voltage vs. audio output power Through-hole MOSFET voltage vs. audio power
8Ω 6Ω 4Ω
250 250
IRF6641 IRFB4020H
IRF6641 x 2 IRFB4227 IPP120N20NFD
IRF6785M
IRFI4020H 1Ω
150 2Ω 150
IRFB4019 IRFB4228 x 2
IRF6775M IRF6643 IRFI4019H
IRF6643 x 2
IRFB4228
100
1Ω IRFB5615
IRF6644 x 2 100
IRF6645 IRF6644 IRF6645 x 2
IRF6665
IRF6646 IRF6668 IRFI4212H
IRF6665 x 2 IRF6646 x 2 IRFB4212 x 2
50 IRF6648 50
IRFB4212
FP 5-Pin TO-220
0 0
0 50 100 150 200 250 350 450 550 650 750 0 50 100 150 200250 300 500 700 800 900 1000 1250 1500
Speaker resistance
Output power Recommended driver IC
2Ω 4Ω 8Ω
150 W IRS2093S IRFB4019 IRFB4019 IRFI4020H
200 W IRS2052M IRFB5615 IRFB4019 IRFI4020H
300 W IRS2092S IRFB4228 IRFB4227 IRFB4229
500 W IRS20957S IRFB4228 IRFB4227 IRFB4229
750 W IRFB4227 IRFB4229
1000 W IRFP4668 IRFB4229 x 2
IRS2093S works up to 150 W and IRS2052M works up to 300 W. IRS2092S and IRS20957S work with all power levels
listed above.
IRS2093S works up to 150 W and IRS2052M works up to 300 W. IRS2092S and IRS20957S work with all power levels
listed above.
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Discrete audio solutions
Gallium nitride (GaN) is a material behind the next generation of power semiconductor products such as high
electron mobility transistors (HEMTs). GaN has a much higher critical electrical field density allowing very low
on-resistance. Very high electron mobility enables small die size, therefore, small input and output capacitances in the
device, which makes GaN HEMTs great for high speed switching.
The CoolGaN™ 400 V enhancement mode (e-mode) HEMTs portfolio is built around class D audio requirements, with high
performing SMD packages to fully exploit the benefits of GaN. Class D audio amplifiers offer 0 percent distortion and 100
percent efficiency. The decrease of the actual number depends on how close the PWM is to an ideal waveform shape and
how great power loss is in the device. The zero reverse recovery charge in the body diode and very small linear input and
output capacitances from Infineon CoolGaN™ technology allows switching waveforms to be close to an ideal switch device.
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MERUS™ evaluation environment
Infineon’s portfolio of advanced audio amplifiers is accompanied with a variety of evaluation boards, for both integrated
and discrete solutions. These boards allow designers to evaluate the performance of the amplifier within their system.
Via our evaluation environment, products are developed faster, resulting in reduced time to market.
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MERUS™ evaluation environment
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MERUS™ evaluation environment
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MERUS™ evaluation environment
EVAL_AUDAMP24*
Number of audio
channels: 2
Output power per
channel [RMS]: 300 W @ 1%
Featured driver IC:
IRS20957S
Featured HEMT
IGOT40R070D1
IGT40R070D1
OPN: EVAL_AUDAMP24
*Order on request
IRAUDPS1 IRAUDPS3
Input voltage: 12 VDC Input voltage: 110/220 VAC
Output voltage: ± 35 V Output voltage: ± 30 V
Output power per channel Output power per channel
[RMS]: 100 W [RMS]: 200 W
Featured driver IC: Featured driver IC:
IR2085 IRS27952S
Description: Description:
250-1000 W scalable Power supply for class D
audio power supply audio amplifier
OPN: IRAUDPS1 OPN: IRAUDPS3
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