Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Advanced load current monitoring circuit and method for a class-AB amplifier
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Application No.: US16291971Application Date: 2019-03-04
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Publication No.: US10944366B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Ru Feng Du , XiangSheng Li
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: CN Shenzhen
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shenzhen
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Main IPC: H03F1/52
- IPC: H03F1/52 ; H03F3/21 ; H03F3/189 ; H03F3/24 ; H03F3/45

Abstract:
In an embodiment, a class-AB amplifier includes: an output stage that includes a pair of half-bridges configured to be coupled to a load; and a current sensing circuit coupled to a first half-bridge of the pair of half-bridges. The current sensing circuit includes a resistive element and is configured to sense a load current flowing through the load by: mirroring a current flowing through a first transistor of the first half-bridge to generate a mirrored current, flowing the mirrored current through the resistive element, and sensing the load current based on a voltage of the resistive element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200287507A1 ADVANCED LOAD CURRENT MONITORING CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR A CLASS-AB AMPLIFIER Public/Granted day:2020-09-10
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