Pulse modulation power amplifier with enhanced cascade control method
First Claim
1. Pulse modulation power amplifier for the audio frequency range, comprising:
- a pulse modulator, and a switching stage for amplifying the modulated signal, the output of which is low pass filtered in a demodulation filter for obtaining an analog output to feed to a consumer, wherein a first negative feedback is introduced from the switching stage output to one or several feedback loops feeding into one or several forward paths preceding the modulator, at least one of said feedback loops comprising a feedback path with a phase characteristic such that a pole in the demodulation filter is compensated.
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Abstract
A digital switching power amplifier with Multivariable Enhanced Cascade Controlled (MECC) includes a modulator, a switching power stage and a low pass filter. In the first preferred embodiment an enhanced cascade control structure local to the switching power stage is added, characterised by having a single local feedback path A (7) with a lowpass characteristic and local forward blocks B1 or B (3, 4). The leads to a much improved system with a very low sensitivity to errors in the switching power stage. In the second preferred embodiment of the invention the control structure is extended with a global structure composed of a single feed-back path C (8) and forward paths blocks D1 or D (1, 2). This provides further improvements and a very low sensitivity to load variations and filter errors. Both MECC embodiments are characterised by being simple in implementation, stable and extendible by adding/removing simple local (3) or global (1) forward path blocks. A third embodiment of the invention is a controlled self-oscillating pulse modulator, characterised by first a non-hysteresis comparator as modulator and second by a higher order oscillating loop realized in both forward path B1 and feedback path A to determine stable self-oscillating conditions. An implemented 250W example MECC digital power amplifier has proven superior performance in terms of audio performance (0.005% distortion, 115 dB dynamic range) and efficiency (92%).
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24 Claims
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1. Pulse modulation power amplifier for the audio frequency range, comprising:
- a pulse modulator, and a switching stage for amplifying the modulated signal, the output of which is low pass filtered in a demodulation filter for obtaining an analog output to feed to a consumer, wherein a first negative feedback is introduced from the switching stage output to one or several feedback loops feeding into one or several forward paths preceding the modulator, at least one of said feedback loops comprising a feedback path with a phase characteristic such that a pole in the demodulation filter is compensated.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A pulse modulation power amplifier for the audio frequency range, comprising:
- a pulse modulator, and a switching stage for amplifying the modulated signal, the output of which is low pass filtered in a demodulation filter for obtaining an analog output to feed to a consumer, wherein a first negative feedback is introduced from the switching stage output to one or several forward paths preceding the modulator, and wherein a second feedback is established from the output of the demodulation filter to one or several forward paths.
- View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
- 22. A controlled self-oscillating modulator comprising a non-hysteresis comparator for pulse modulation of a switching stage, and a voltage feedback loop from the switching stage to the comparator, said feedback loop securing stable oscilating conditions by means of at least two polcs, wherein said feedback loop comprises a feedback path providing a feedback signal to a forward path, said feedback signal being superposed with a reference signal in the forward path, said feedback path comprising at least one pole, and said forward path comprising at least one pole.
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