Could anyone let me know how can I calculate the current rating required for a ferrite bead on speaker path?
The speaker impedance is 32 ohms.
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Sign up to join this communityCould anyone let me know how can I calculate the current rating required for a ferrite bead on speaker path?
The speaker impedance is 32 ohms.
If the speaker is R ohms and is rated for P watts, then the maximum RMS current will be \$I_{RMS(max)}=\sqrt \frac{P}{R}\$
That will suffice for the current rating of the ferrite bead, but if you want to make sure it does not saturate you'll have to use a much higher number for the peak current. PMPO is a ratio of 5~6 higher, so maybe 10:1. There's a bunch of guesswork here because the speaker rating probably takes that into account to some degree (I don't think a typical speaker can take continuous sine-wave inputs at the rated power for very long).
If the amplifier is direct-coupled you can simply look at the power supply rails and divide that by R (and add a bit because the impedance is not constant).
Power is related to current by the equation \$P = I^2 R\$.
Assuming you know how much power is being fed to the speaker, you can solve for the current:
$$I = \sqrt{\frac{P}{R}}$$
This gives the RMS current that any compoenent in the speaker path, including ferrite beads, must handle.