Electronic – Help understanding negative feedback & bias design on audio amplifier

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Please take a minute to look at the audio amplifier diagram below:

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In case it helps, the diagram comes from a do it yourself Velleman 7W Mono Aplifier (K4001) kit. The amplifier is based around the TDA2003 amplifier.

My question is: Are R1, R2, R3, C1 and C5 forming some sort of negative feedback network? If yes, how does this setup work?

The reason I ask is because so far, I have only seen negative feedback on op-amps and the setup always consists of two resistor that can be configured to provide negative feedback and adjust the op-amp gain. This particular audio amplifier looks like an op-amp to me but I don't see the usual two resistors… heck, I don't even see one of the input biased to half the voltage supply.

Whats going on here? Am I missing something obvious?

Thanks.

Best Answer

It's like an op-amp but it has the output DC set-point control mechanism already inside the chip: -

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R7 connects the output to pin 2 which is regarded generally as the "inverting input". So, any external negative feedback you apply should avoid upsetting the internallt set dc bias, hence C1 and C5 in your circuit.

At high frequencies (maybe above 10kHz or 20kHz) I expect that C1 starts to become significant and this effectively places R3 in parallel with R1 and the gain reduces.