Any decent quality audio power amplifier will have THD below 1% these days.
Consider using a step-up transformer such as the Solar Electronics 8810-1.
It is designed to impedance match from 1.5 Ohms to 50 Ohms, and can handle
200 Watts.  That will more than suffice for your needs.
 
Ken Javor

Phone: (256) 650-5261


> From: <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:30:55 -0800
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Power Amp for IEC 61000-4-16
> 
> A new testing requirement for some of my company's products is IEC
> 61000-4-16 Conducted Common Mode Disturbances. I need to test from 10 kHz
> to 150 kHz.
> 
> I have a good low distortion signal source, but I need a power amplifier
> to give me the signal at the test level: 30 Vrms open circuit, 50±5 ohms
> source impedance, total harmonic distortion below 1%. While this sounds
> like something not far beyond the capability of a good audio amplifier
> (with a series 50 ohm resistor at the output), it is proving rather
> difficult to find such an amplifier. Amplifier Research and Techron both
> have amplifiers that are close but not quite there (either voltage swing
> or distortion).
> 
> I can buy complete solutions from EM Test, Frankonia, EMC Partner, and HV
> Technologies. But I believe that there must be a power amplifier out there
> that can do the job.
> 
> Ideas anyone?
> 
> Donald Borowski
> EMC Compliance Engineer
> Schweitzer Engineering Labs
> Pullman, WA, USA
> 
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