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Amplifier and Loudspeaker Protection

Categories of Amplifier Protection

Semiconductor Failure Modes

Overload Protection

Overload Protection by Fuses

Electronic Overload Protection

Plotting the Protection Locus

Simple Current-limiting

Single-slope VI Limiting

Dual-slope VI limiting

Time-dependent VI Limiting

Alternative VI-limiter Implementations

VI Limiting and Temperature Effects

Simulating Overload Protection Systems

Testing the Overload Protection

Speaker Short-circuit Detection

Catching Diodes

DC-offset Protection

DC-offset Protection by Fuses

Relay DC-offset Protection and Muting Control

Filtering for DC Protection

The Single RC Filter

The Dual RC Filter

The Second-order Active Filter

Bidirectional DC Detection

The Conventional ...

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