Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Boosted-rail amplifier
- Patent Title (中): 升压放大器
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Application No.: US12838330Application Date: 2010-07-16
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Publication No.: US08212620B2Publication Date: 2012-07-03
- Inventor: James C. Strickland , Mark D. Albers , David Dean Baker
- Applicant: James C. Strickland , Mark D. Albers , David Dean Baker
- Applicant Address: US AZ Tempe
- Assignee: Rockford Corporation
- Current Assignee: Rockford Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Tempe
- Agency: Steptoe & Johnson LLP
- Main IPC: H03F3/04
- IPC: H03F3/04

Abstract:
An amplifier device including an amplifier having an input for receiving an audio input signal and an output for sending an output signal to a load. A boosted-rail circuit is connected to a power source and has a single boosted rail connected to the BTL amplifier. Also, a common-mode circuit is coupled to the boosted-rail circuit and the BTL amplifier. The common-mode circuit sends a common-mode signal to the BTL amplifier that will dynamically track the output voltage supplied from the boosted-rail circuit to the BTL amplifier. In operation, the boosted-rail circuit reacts to the BTL amplifier and switches from a non-boost mode to a boost mode to increase the output voltage supplied to the BTL when the BTL amplifier requires additional voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110050349A1 BOOSTED-RAIL AMPLIFIER Public/Granted day:2011-03-03
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