General Description

The MAX9820 Windows Vista®-compliant stereo headphone amplifier is designed for portable equipment where board space is at a premium. It features Maxim’s patented DirectDrive® architecture to produce a ground-referenced output from a single supply, eliminating the large output-coupling capacitors required by conventional single-supply headphone amplifiers.

Features

♦ Clickless/Popless Operation

♦ High RF Noise Rejection

♦ Windows Vista Premium Mobile Compliant

♦ 2.7V to 5.5V Single-Supply Operation

♦ 95mW Output Power (32Ω, VDD = 5V)

♦ Low-Current Shutdown Mode, < 1µA

♦ Low 3mA (VDD = 3.3V) Quiescent Current

♦ Space-Saving, 3mm x 3mm, 10-Pin TDFN Package

Applications

    Cell Phones

    MP3 Players

    Notebook PCs

    PDAs