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What defines a class D amplifier?

  • A.Its output stage is biased into deep class A
  • B.It uses a transformer to reach the load
  • C.Its output devices switch rather than amplify
  • D.Its conduction angle is smaller than class C's

Answer: C

A class D stage switches its devices fully on or fully off at a high rate, encoding the signal in the duty cycle and recovering it with a low-pass filter. A switch dissipates little because it never carries current and voltage together, which is where the efficiency comes from. Conduction angle is not how the switching classes are described, and neither deep class A nor a transformer is involved. Moving from a linear device to a switch is the same step that transformed power supplies.

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