Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Overcurrent protection for class D power amplifier
- Patent Title (中): D类功率放大器的过电流保护
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Application No.: US13646585Application Date: 2012-10-05
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Publication No.: US09088251B2Publication Date: 2015-07-21
- Inventor: Haibo Fei , Matthew D. Sienko , Chenling Huang
- Applicant: Haibo Fei , Matthew D. Sienko , Chenling Huang
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agent Howard Seo
- Main IPC: H03F3/45
- IPC: H03F3/45 ; H03F1/52 ; H03F3/217

Abstract:
In an aspect of the disclosure, a class D power amplifier with an overcurrent protection (OCP) circuit is provided. The class D power amplifier includes a plurality of output transistors, and the OCP circuit is mirrored to at least one output transistor of the plurality of output transistors in a closed-loop feedback configuration for precisely controlling a sensing current of the OCP circuit with respect to an output current of the at least one output transistor. The class D power amplifier with the OCP circuit in the closed-loop feedback configuration mitigates a variation in a current threshold value for triggering interruption of the class D power amplifier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130285744A1 Overcurrent Protection for Class D Power Amplifier Public/Granted day:2013-10-31
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