Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Amplifier speaker drive current sense
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Application No.: US16218615Application Date: 2018-12-13
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Publication No.: US10484791B2Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Mohit Chawla
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent John R. Pessetto; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Priority: IN201641023194 20160706
- Main IPC: H03F3/217
- IPC: H03F3/217 ; H04R3/00 ; H03M3/00 ; H03F3/187 ; H03F3/45 ; H04R29/00

Abstract:
A class-D amplifier includes measurement of speaker current via the low-side drive transistors of the amplifier. In one embodiment, a class-D amplifier includes two high-side transistors, two low-side transistors, a first sense resistor, a second sense resistor, and a sigma delta analog to digital converter (ΣΔ ADC). The two high-side transistors and two low-side transistors are connected as a bridge to drive a bridge tied speaker. The first sense resistor is connected between a first of the low-side transistors and a low-side reference voltage. The second sense resistor is connected between a second of the low-side transistors and the low-side reference voltage. The ΣΔ ADC is coupled to the bridge to measure voltage across the first sense resistor and the second sense resistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190116420A1 AMPLIFIER SPEAKER DRIVE CURRENT SENSE Public/Granted day:2019-04-18
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