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Transient signal suppression for a class-D audio amplifier arrangement

US8686789B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 2011
Grant dateApr 1, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03G3/348
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A Class-D amplifier arrangement is disclosed that implements an auxiliary feedback loop and a primary feedback loop. The auxiliary feedback loop operates upon an input signal when the Class-D amplifier arrangement is operating under a power-up condition and a power-down condition so that a modulated signal is confined within the auxiliary feedback loop during the power-up condition and the power-down condition. The confinement of the modulated signal within the auxiliary feedback loop during the power-up condition and the power-down condition diverts transient signals coupled onto the modulated signal from an output device. The primary feedback loop operates upon the input signal when the Class-D amplifier arrangement is operating under a normal condition so that the modulated signal is introduced to the output device during the normal condition.

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