Driver circuitry and operation
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12160166B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-03

    申请号:US17971039

    申请日:2022-10-21

    Abstract: A driver apparatus for driving a load with a differential drive signal is described. For a level of input signal within a first range, a first switching driver modulates the voltage at a first output node with a first modulation index by switchably connecting at least one flying capacitor to the first output node, whilst a second switching driver modulates the voltage at a second output node with a second modulation index by controlling switching between DC voltages that are maintained throughout a switching cycle of the driver apparatus. The first and second switching drivers are controlled so, for at least a first part of the first input range, a change in input signal level results in a change of the first controlled modulation index that has a different magnitude to any change in the second controlled modulation index, a constant modulation frequency of the differential drive signal is maintained.

    Digital PWM modulator
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10164590B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-25

    申请号:US15910774

    申请日:2018-03-02

    Abstract: An improved Class-D amplifier may include a digital PWM modulator that receives a digital audio signal and that provides a PWM signal as an input to an analog PWM modulator of the Class-D amplifier. A digital PWM modulator may be configured to receive a digital signal and to generate a first PWM signal based on the digital signal. A digital PWM driver may be coupled to the digital PWM modulator. The digital PWM driver may be configured to receive the first PWM signal and to generate a reference PWM signal based on the first PWM signal. An analog PWM modulator may be coupled to the digital PWM driver. The analog PWM modulator may be configured to receive the reference PWM signal and to generate an output PWM signal based on the reference PWM signal.

    Driver circuitry and operation
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12155380B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-26

    申请号:US18188053

    申请日:2023-03-22

    Abstract: This application relates to methods and apparatus for driving a transducer connected between two output nodes in a bridge-tied-load configuration. A driver receives first and second supply voltages and has charge pumps that generate respective first and second boosted voltages. The driver is operable in a first driver mode in which each output node is modulated between the first and second supply voltage; a second driver mode in which one output nodes is modulated between the first and second supply voltages and the other output node is modulated between either the first boosted voltage and the first supply voltage or between the second supply voltage and the second boosted voltage; and a third driver mode in which one of the output nodes is modulated between the first supply voltage and the first boosted voltage and the other output node is modulated between the second supply voltage and the second boosted voltage.

    Multichannel driver circuitry and operation

    公开(公告)号:US12101085B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-24

    申请号:US18188067

    申请日:2023-03-22

    CPC classification number: H03K17/693 H03K3/017 H03K17/6871

    Abstract: This application relates to methods and apparatus for multichannel drivers for driving transducers in different channels. A multichannel driver has a plurality of output stages configured such that two output nodes can be modulated between selected switching voltages with a controlled duty cycle to generate a differential output signal across a respective transducer, each output stage being operable with different switching voltages in different modes of operation. A first set of two or more of the output stages are arranged to receive a voltage output by a capacitive voltage generator to use as a switching voltage. A controller is configured to control the mode of operation and duty-cycle of each of the output stages based on a respective input signal and also based on operation of the other output stages of the first set.

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