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Battery polarity insensitive integrated circuit amplifier

US6157252A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 9, 1998
Grant dateDec 5, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 9, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2225/33
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A battery polarity insensitive amplifier utilizes a power management architecture to reduce the size of the circuitry used to accomplish the polarity correction function. An efficient Class D amplifier and compact voltage multiplying driver circuit reduce the size of the battery polarity insensitive amplifier circuit.

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