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US 10,020,781 B2Granted
Noise cancellation in amplifier systems
AssigneeSteven M. Fryette
InventorSteven M. Fryette
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Abstract
A low power amplifier architecture that employs a single-ended (single triode) push-pull (SEPP) vacuum tube and output transformer arrangement, and that cancels unwanted amplifier signal components such as hum and noise. The SEPP amplifier operates to cancel power supply ripple and local EMI induced noise in the output transformer by providing reverse polarity of the primary coils of the output transformer.
Claims15
A cancellation circuit of an amplifier system, comprising:
- a transformer tapped to match different output loads;
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- a vacuum tube circuit having a single vacuum tube, the outputs of the tube which connect to the transformer, the outputs of the tube include an inverted output and a non-inverted output such that when the vacuum tube is powered, an inverted output signal and a non-inverted output signal are electrically coupled to the transformer, the inverted output signal and the non-inverted output signal operate to mitigate undesirable signal components in the transformer.
A cancellation circuit of an amplifier system, comprising:
- an output transformer having a primary winding tapped to create at least a first primary winding and a second primary winding;
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- a vacuum tube circuit comprising a vacuum tube for amplification of a signal, the output transformer connects to the vacuum tube to transfer the signal to a load at the transformer output, the vacuum tube having outputs which include an inverted output and a non-inverted output such that when the vacuum tube is powered by a power supply, an inverted output signal and a non-inverted output signal are coupled into the output transformer, the inverted output signal and the non-inverted output signal used to mitigate undesirable signal components generated in the output transformer.
A cancellation circuit of an amplifier system, comprising:
- an output transformer having a primary winding tapped to create at least a first primary winding and a second primary winding, and a secondary winding tapped to create multiple secondary windings for corresponding audio loads;
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- a single vacuum tube, the first and second primary windings of the output transformer connect to the vacuum tube according to a configuration that enables phase inversion by floating electrically between a positive voltage phase and a negative voltage phase of an alternating current cycle, thereby eliminating crossover effects in an audio signal transferred to the audio loads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.