Joys of Low-Voltage Audio: Avoiding input stage crossover

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In this installment of the Joys of Low Voltage Audio series, I want to present some considerations and techniques to help you work with one of the biggest quirks found in RRIO opamps.

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Joys of Low-Voltage Audio: R2R terms and techniques

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In the third installment of this series, I want to talk about one of the device types you’re almost guaranteed to encounter in low-voltage audio: the rail-to-rail opamp. More specifically, I want to talk about the terminology around rail-to-rail opamps and the techniques used by IC designers to achieve rail-to-rail behavior. So let’s start by answering a fundamental question.

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Joys of Low-Voltage Audio: Power strategies

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In an earlier post, I talked about how I entered the world of low-voltage audio and my commitment to delivering the best possible performance subject to that constraint. In this post I’d like to consider some strategies for generating power in your LV application.

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Joys of Low-Voltage Audio: A journey begins

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It turns out the world of low-voltage audio is a lot of fun, and I’d like to start sharing some of my journey through it.

I suspect everyone has a different reason for entering this world, lending each story a different color and set of priorities. Mine goes something like this.

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