Mr Al, the crossover distortion example I posted has the IC with a plus and minus supply and its load connected to 0V therefore neither output transistor is class-A. I said the output transistors were not biased in class-AB like all linear amplifiers, but instead they are biased into class-B without enough conduction to prevent crossover distortion. It was designed that way so that the power is very low.
Of course you can add a resistor to the positive supply or to a negative supply to cause one of the output transistors to be a class-A heater but Spec said in this thread it causes other problems.
I worked with a Korean telephone system using an LM358 with crossover distortion that customers complained about. I fixed it with a load resistor. It was the only circuit I touched that used a lousy old LM358 or LM324.
Of course you can add a resistor to the positive supply or to a negative supply to cause one of the output transistors to be a class-A heater but Spec said in this thread it causes other problems.
I worked with a Korean telephone system using an LM358 with crossover distortion that customers complained about. I fixed it with a load resistor. It was the only circuit I touched that used a lousy old LM358 or LM324.