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US 7,253,684 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for reducing ripple in Class D amplifiers
AssigneeRGB Systems, Inc.
InventorEric Mendenhall
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Abstract
Class D amplifiers are used for their high efficiency, but they have some undesirable characteristics, one of these being the residual switching frequency ripple. Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and apparatuses for reducing the switching frequency ripple using a technique known herein as ripple steering. A secondary output is added to the amplifier for the purpose of steering the switching ripple away from the main output thus substantially relieving the main output from a major artifact of prior art Class D amplifiers.
Claims11
A class D amplifier comprising:
- a first set of switches coupled together to form a first switching node;
- a first inductor circuit having a first primary winding from a first end to a second end and a tap at a first intermediate point therein, wherein said first end of said first primary winding is coupled to said first switching node;
- a first capacitor coupled to said second end of said first primary winding and to ground;
- and
- an auxiliary output circuit coupled to said tap at said first intermediate point in said primary winding.
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