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Class-D amplifier

US7167046B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 24, 2004
Grant dateJan 23, 2007
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03F2200/78
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A class-D amplifier includes: an operational amplifier and capacitors, which constitute an integrator for integrating a difference between a plus-sided input signal and a minus-sided input signal which constitute analog input signals; delay circuits for delaying a phase of a triangular wave by a desirable very small angle; resistors, which constitute a synthesizing circuit for synthesizing an output of the integrator, the triangular wave, and outputs of the delay circuits with each other; comparators for comparing outputs of the synthesizing circuit with each other; AND circuits which constitute a buffer for inputting outputs of the comparators; and resistors feeding back an output of the buffer to an input side of the integrator.

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