Need A Cost-Effective, Plug-and-Play, Compact Solution, Check Out Maxim’s Digital Class D Speaker Amplifiers

Maxim Integrated Products Inc. recently introduced its MAX98358 and MAX98357 digital-input Class D audio power amplifiers. These digital-input Class D audio power amplifiers would allow designers achieve best levels of efficiency in the world of affordable, plug-and-play, and compact solutions. The small size of MAX98358 and MAX98357 digital-input Class D audio power amplifiers doesn’t stops these from delivering 3.2W of Class AB audio performance for far superior audio quality. These digital-input Class D audio power amplifiers are perfect for plethora of applications.

Amplifiers Deliver the Highest Efficiency in a Compact, Cost-Effective Plug-and-Play Solution

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Before the MAX98358 and MAX98357 digital-input Class D audio power amplifiers electronics designers made use of analog amplifiers that needed line driver amplifier and digital-to-analog converters over application processors. This further increased the overall cost of the speaker and also affected the form factor of overall size of solution. With the changing demands of consumers, designers need to make better devices that come with low-power, simple but efficient design features. The MAX98358 and MAX98357 digital-input Class D audio power amplifiers from Maxim come with an ability to reduce average size of solution by leveraging Maxim;’s wise pin-out.

The MAX98357 pulse-code modulation (PCM) and MAX98358 pulse-density modulation also bring down the number of components needed as compared to the old analog amplifier designs. Since, most byers like to control the volume of their digital speakers in an upstream fashion, usage of these new amplifiers will also allow them to benefit of Maxim’s pocket friendly wafer-level packaging without having to spend high amount on costly vertical interconnect access.

Those looking for far superior audio quality will also find the Maxim’s Digital Class D Speaker Amplifiers ideal as these feature noise immunity and much higher jitter tolerance. At par electromagnetic interference performance and longer trace usage in speakers without any external filtering are some of the other noteworthy attributes that you need to consider while choosing these speaker amplifiers.