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US 2012/0068739 A1Published application
Highly efficient class-d amplifier
AssigneeHarman International Industries, Incorporated
InventorsUlrich Horbach, Armando Martinez
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Abstract
A simplistic low cost circuit that generates the necessary drive voltage for use in a source follower totem pole power switching circuit is described where the simplified gate drive circuit may have a dual charge pump and a complementary pair of low-power switching Mosfets.
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An source follower gate drive circuit with an output power source follower switching stage, comprising:
- a dual charge pump;
- a first transistor and a second transistor, where the first transistor and the second transistor are complementary pair;
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- a third transistor and a fourth transistor, where the third transistor and fourth transistor are in a totem pole source follower configuration and the dual charge pump controls the voltage to the dual charge pump that alternatively activates either the first transistor or the second transistor in response to an input signal.
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