Controlled overlap driver circuit

A sound reproducing assembly, comprising:

• a digital audio signal generator;
• a pulse-width modulation (PWM) or pulse-density modulation (PDM) modulator operatively coupled to the digital audio signal generator and adapted to provide modulated digital signals;
• a driver circuit having a control circuit operatively coupled for receipt of the modulated digital signals, the driver circuit including:
• a first driver including an upper leg coupled between a first power supply voltage and a first driver output and a lower leg coupled between the first driver output and a second power supply voltage,
• the upper leg including a first set of parellelly coupled semiconductor switches controlled by respective control signals of a first set of control signals,
• the lower leg including a second set of parellelly coupled semiconductor switches controlled by respective control signals of a second set of control signals,
• the control circuit being configured to generate the first and second sets of control signals for the first and second sets of parellelly coupled semiconductor switches, respectively, to create a current path through the upper and lower legs during an overlap time period between state transitions of the first driver output;
• and
• an electroacoustical loudspeaker electrically coupled to the first driver output and one of the first and second power supply voltages, or electrically coupled in-between the first driver output and the second driver output.