Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modulator circuit, corresponding device and method
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Application No.: US17322100Application Date: 2021-05-17
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Publication No.: US11463078B2Publication Date: 2022-10-04
- Inventor: Marco Raimondi , Giovanni Gonano
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Priority: IT102020000014302 20200616
- Main IPC: H03K7/08
- IPC: H03K7/08 ; H03F3/217 ; H03F1/32 ; H03K5/24 ; H03F1/08 ; H03F3/183

Abstract:
An embodiment pulse-width modulation (PWM) modulator circuit comprises a first half-bridge stage having a first output node and a second half-bridge stage having a second output node. The first output node and the second output node are configured to have an electrical load coupled therebetween to apply thereto a PWM-modulated output signal. The circuit comprises a differential stage having input nodes configured to receive an input signal applied between the input nodes and produce a differential control signal for the first half-bridge stage and the second half-bridge stage. A current comparator is arranged intermediate the differential stage and the first and second half-bridge stages. The current comparator is configured to produce a PWM-modulated drive signal to drive the half-bridge stages as a function of the input signal applied between the input nodes in the differential stage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210391856A1 MODULATOR CIRCUIT, CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-12-16
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