Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sensing circuit, corresponding amplifier, apparatus and method
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Application No.: US16539478Application Date: 2019-08-13
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Publication No.: US10566940B2Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: Stefano Ramorini , Alberto Cattani , Germano Nicollini , Alessandro Gasparini
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza (MB)
- Assignee: StMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: StMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza (MB)
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy
- Priority: IT102017000058135 20170529
- Main IPC: H03F3/21
- IPC: H03F3/21 ; H03F3/217 ; H03F3/45

Abstract:
A switching amplifier, such as a Class D amplifier, includes a current sensing circuit. The current sensing circuit is formed by replica loop circuits that are selectively coupled to corresponding output inverter stages of the switching amplifier. The replica loop circuits operated to produce respective replica currents of the output currents generated by the output inverter stages. A sensing circuitry is coupled to receive the replica currents from the replica loop circuits and operates to produce an output sensing signal as a function of the respective replica currents.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190372535A1 SENSING CIRCUIT, CORRESPONDING AMPLIFIER, APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-12-05
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