Class D amplifier

• US 6,924,700 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2003
• Issued: 08/02/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Taura, Kenichi, Nakada, Tsuyoshi, Tsuji, Masayuki, Ishida, Masayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Choe, Henry
• Application Number:
  US10/673,883
• Publication Number:
  US 20040066229A1
• Time in Patent Office: 672 Days
• Field of Search: 330/251, 330/207.A, 330/10, 330/100
• US Class Current: 330/251
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/331 Sigma delta modulation being used in an amplifying circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/217 Class D power amplifiers; Switching amplifiers

Abstract

A pulse modulated signal (ei) output from a pulse modulator (1) and a feedback signal (ef) containing distortion caused by a power switch (3) are integrated in a first integrator (21) and a second integrator (24), respectively, and are input to input terminals of a comparator (25 or 29), respectively, so that a correction signal (Vc) is generated.

Claims

1. A class D amplifier comprising:

a pulse modulator for generating a pulse modulated signal;

a correction circuit for correcting a feedback signal input thereto by feedback in reference to said pulse modulated signal; and

a power switch for generating a voltage signal on the basis of a correction signal output from said correction circuit, wherein

said feedback signal is generated on the basis of said voltage signal,

said correction circuit includes;

a first integrator for performing integration on the basis of said pulse modulated signal;

a second integrator for performing integration on the basis of said feedback signal;

a first subtracter for obtaining a difference between a first integrated signal output from said first integrator and a second integrated signal output from said second integrator;

a third integrator for integrating a first differential signal output from said first subtracter;

a reverser for reversing a third integrated signal output from said third integrator; and

a comparator for comparing said first differential signal and said third integrated signal as reversed by said reverser, thereby generating said correction signal in correspondence with the result of comparison.

2. The class D amplifier according to claim 1, wherein

said correction circuit further includes:

a gain controller for controlling gain of said first integrated signal;

a second subtracter for obtaining a difference between an output signal from said gain controller and said pulse modulated signal, thereby generating a second differential signal to be input to said first integrator;

a third subtracter for obtaining a difference between said output signal from said gain controller and said feedback signal, thereby generating a third differential signal to be input to said second integrator.

3. The class D amplifier according to claim 1, further comprising

a feedback circuit for attenuating an amplitude of said voltage signal generated in said power switch and outputting said feedback signal to be input to said correction circuit.

4. The class D amplifier according to claim 1, wherein

a constant for gain of said first integrator and a constant for gain of said second integrator are equal to each other.