Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reducing audio artifacts in an amplifier with configurable final output stage
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Application No.: US15651314Application Date: 2017-07-17
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Publication No.: US10020778B1Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Ku He , Tejasvi Das , John L. Melanson
- Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Jackson Walker L.L.P.
- Main IPC: H03F3/38
- IPC: H03F3/38 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F3/217 ; H03F3/185 ; H04R3/04

Abstract:
An amplifier may include a first stage configured to receive an input signal at an amplifier input and generate an intermediate signal which is a function of the input signal, and a final output stage configured to generate an output signal which is a function of the intermediate signal at an amplifier output, and a signal feedback network coupled between the amplifier output and input. The final output stage may be switchable among a plurality of modes including at least a first mode in which the final output stage generates the output signal as a modulated output signal which is a function of the intermediate signal, and a second mode in which the final output stage generates the output signal as an unmodulated output signal which is a function of the intermediate signal. Control circuitry may reduce audio artifacts associated with switching between modes.
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