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633results about "Low frequency amplifiers" patented technology

Closed-loop control method and system for power driving and protection

The embodiment of the invention provides a closed-loop control method for power driving and protection, and the method comprises the steps: constructing a voltage feedback type circuit through a high-speed operational amplifier, and forming a closed-loop gain structure through a feedback network of the voltage feedback type circuit; the load current of the output end of the voltage feedback type circuit is monitored in real time, and when the load current exceeds a first set threshold value, a protection mechanism is triggered to turn off the output stage; the power-on surge current is limited through the soft start control circuit; phase information of a load reflection coefficient is obtained, an inductance / capacitance combination of the variable dynamic impedance matching network is selected according to phase information table look-up, inductance / capacitance parameters are switched through a relay, and the transmission standing-wave ratio between the power amplifier and a load is optimized; monitoring the temperature of the radiating fin of the power tube, and dynamically adjusting the resistance value of the feedback network; and performing cooperative control of short-circuit protection, over-temperature protection and surge suppression according to the priority. According to the embodiment of the invention, the performance bottleneck in a load fluctuation scene is broken through.
Owner:XIAN THERMAL POWER RES INST CO LTD +1

Audio circuit

A class D amplifier circuit receives an analog audio signal with a first reference voltage as its center level, and outputs an output pulse signal having a duty cycle that corresponds to the analog audio signal. A bias circuit generates a second reference voltage having a voltage level obtained as a division of the first reference voltage and the power supply voltage. A periodic voltage generating circuit of the class D amplifier circuit generates a periodic voltage having a triangle waveform or otherwise a sawtooth waveform having an amplitude that corresponds to the second reference voltage.
Owner:ROHM CO LTD

Methods and apparatus to regulate a common mode voltage of an amplifier

An example apparatus includes: current source circuitry having a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal; current sink circuitry having a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal; common mode voltage circuitry having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the common mode voltage circuitry coupled to the first terminal of the current source circuitry and the first terminal of the current sink circuitry, the second terminal of the common mode voltage circuitry coupled to the second terminal of the current source circuitry and the second terminal of the current sink circuitry; idle current source circuitry having a terminal coupled to the third terminal of the current source circuitry; and feedback current source circuitry having a terminal coupled to the fourth terminal of the current source circuitry.
Owner:TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC

Parallel constant-voltage digital audio power amplifier and broadcasting system

The invention discloses a parallel constant-voltage digital audio power amplifier and a broadcasting system. Comprising a line input module, a line output module, a first analog-to-digital conversion circuit, a second analog-to-digital conversion circuit, a third analog-to-digital conversion circuit, a digital signal processor, a single-chip microcomputer, a digital-to-analog conversion circuit, an error comparator, a modulator, an integrating circuit, a pulse width modulation input half-bridge output stage, and a first carrier frequency selection and gain adjustment module. A second carrier frequency selection and gain adjustment module, a first LC filter, a high-frequency compensation network, a communication bus and a power switch. The technical problems that an existing multi-channel parallel digital constant-voltage power amplifier is only limited to power amplifier channels in the same power amplifier, the parallel connection mode only uses the first channel as a main power amplifier and only uses the other channels as slave power amplifiers, and certain limitation exists are solved.
Owner:广州市迪士普音响科技有限公司

Switching drivers

This application relates to methods and apparatus for switched mode drivers. A BTL driver has a switch network operable in different switch states, wherein, in each switch state, each of first and second output nodes is connected to a respective one of a first switching voltage, a second switching voltage or an intermediate switching voltage between the first and second switching voltages which is provided by a driver capacitance. A controller is configured to control the switch network to operate in a sequence of switch states to generate a differential drive signal based on an input signal. The controller is configured such that operation of driver switch network in said sequence of switch states to generate said differential drive signal provides voltage regulation of the intermediate voltage provided by said driver capacitance.
Owner:CIRRUS LOGIC INT SEMICON LTD

Circuitry for and methods of gain control

An integrated circuit (IC), comprising: a first gain stage configured to apply a first gain to a first signal to generate a first amplified signal; a first converter configured to convert the first signal to a first output signal; a first output pin for outputting the first output signal; gain update circuitry configured to: output a first internal gain control signal to the first gain stage to update the first gain of the first gain stage, subsequently output a first external gain control signal to a second output pin of the IC, wherein output of the first external gain control signal is delayed relative to output of the first internal gain control signal by a first predetermined delay, the first predetermined delay to compensate for signal chain delay between the first gain stage and the first output pin.
Owner:CIRRUS LOGIC INT SEMICON LTD

Methods of providing multi-level amplification and devices and systems therefor

A circuit comprises a first half-bridge power stage including a first set of switches and a second half-bridge power stage including a second set of switches. The circuit further comprises a first power source and a second power source that are coupled to the first and second half-bridge power stages for supplying a first direct current (DC) voltage and a second DC voltage, respectively. The circuit further comprises an output interface coupled to the first and second half-bridge power stages and configured to couple to a speaker load. The first and second half-bridge power stages are configured to generate a five-level differential signal for driving the speaker load. Each set of switches includes a respective first subset of switches configured to operate at a first voltage level and a respective second subset of switches configured to operate at a second voltage level.
Owner:META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Numerical control programmable gain amplifier chip

The invention belongs to the technical field of integrated circuits, and particularly discloses a numerical control programmable gain amplifier chip, which adopts an SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) packaged operational amplifier, a digital potentiometer, an input end Vin and an output end Vout, and is characterized in that an alternating current signal is input from the Vin end and is connected to an inverted input end of the operational amplifier through a capacitor C1 and an input resistor R1; a positive power supply pin of the operational amplifier is connected with a power supply positive electrode VDD, a negative power supply pin is grounded, and a VDD / 2 direct current bias voltage is obtained by an in-phase input end through a precision resistance voltage dividing network and is accessed after low-pass filtering; the high end of the digital potentiometer is connected with the Vout end, the low end is connected with the inverting input end of the operational amplifier, and a feedback path is formed through a sliding end. The digital potentiometer and the operational amplifier are integrated, high integration and modularization of the programmable gain amplification circuit are achieved, and the problems that in a traditional discrete scheme, due to analog switch conduction resistance, gain precision is insufficient, reliability of a multi-element system is lowered, and the circuit size is large are solved.
Owner:OCEAN UNIV OF CHINA

Audio power amplifier starting-up sonic boom suppression method based on sound masking effect

The invention discloses an audio power amplifier starting-up sonic boom suppression method based on a sound masking effect, and belongs to the technical field of power amplifiers, and the method comprises the following steps: S1, presetting a voltage reference value for audio detection; s2, correspondingly outputting a suppression signal or a working signal according to the comparison between the input voltage value and the voltage reference value; s3, generating a PWM signal, and connecting the PWM signal to a switch module through an AND gate and a buffer; s4, when the suppression signal is generated, it is judged that the audio input signal has sonic boom at the moment, and the output end of the power amplifier does not generate an impact signal; and when the working signal is generated, the output end of the power amplifier generates an impact signal containing a suppression effect. According to the invention, through input signal threshold detection, the composite sound superposed with the preset switch music signal is generated, and the method has the advantages of solving the bottleneck of response lag during shock-wave suppression of the D-type power amplifier and promoting the D-type power amplifier to be miniaturized.
Owner:CHENGDU HONGYI TECH LTD CORP

Last-stage voltage tracking anti-clipping circuit for audio power amplifier

The invention discloses a final-stage voltage tracking anti-clipping circuit for an audio power amplifier, and relates to the technical field of power amplifiers, and the circuit comprises a voltage division circuit which is used for receiving final-stage voltage from target power amplifier equipment and generating a combined voltage signal; the audio attenuation module is used for receiving an audio input signal and a final-stage voltage, and judging whether amplitude limiting modulation is carried out on the audio input signal or not to complete power amplifier output by judging whether a starting signal is received or not; and the starting judgment module is used for receiving the combined voltage signal and the first output signal, and comparing the combined voltage signal with the first output signal to generate a starting signal. According to the invention, the collected final-stage voltage of the target power amplifier is set as the dynamic amplitude limiting threshold, so that an over-high signal can be effectively suppressed to a safe range quickly when the power supply drops instantaneously, and the effects of avoiding hearing deterioration caused by power amplifier signal waveform truncation and avoiding potential safety hazards caused by amplitude limiting and topping to the loudspeaker are achieved.
Owner:CHENGDU HONGYI TECH LTD CORP

Class-d amplifier

A method includes determining whether an audio signal processed in a class-D amplifier is clipping. Responsive to clipping of the audio signal, a speaker voltage is estimated as a ratio of a power supply voltage of the class-D amplifier to a resistance of a speaker driven by the class-D amplifier. An amplitude of the audio signal is controlled based on the speaker voltage.
Owner:TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC

Audio playing module and audio processing circuit thereof, and electronic device

Provided are an audio playing module and an audio processing circuit thereof, and an electronic device, which belong to the technical field of electronics. In the audio processing circuit, by adding a feedback control circuit between a power circuit and an audio amplifier, the feedback control circuit can control, according to a change in the amplitude of an audio signal received by the audio amplifier, the power circuit to adjust a power supply voltage provided for the audio amplifier. Thus, when the amplitude of the audio signal changes, an appropriate power supply voltage can be matched for the audio amplifier by means of the feedback control circuit, thereby solving the problem of the audio playing module generating whistling when the amplitude of the audio signal changes, and thus optimizing the sound quality of played sounds.
Owner:BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECH CO LTD +1

Circuitry for and methods of gain control

Signal processing circuitry configured to receive an input signal and to output a processed output signal, wherein the signal processing circuitry is configured to: receive an indication of a temporal location of a transient in the input signal; and provide, in the processed output signal, a masking signal bridging the temporal location of the transient to mask the transient.
Owner:CIRRUS LOGIC INC

Low-power-consumption high-performance D-type power amplifier modulation method and circuit and D-type audio power amplifier

The invention relates to a low-power-consumption high-performance D-type power amplifier modulation method and circuit and a D-type audio power amplifier, and the method comprises the steps: separating a pair of BD mode modulated signals outputted by a PWM modulation module in the D-type audio power amplifier circuit into a common mode component and a differential mode component, and outputting the common mode component and the differential mode component; feeding back the common-mode component and the differential-mode component to a differential input end through a common-mode feedback link and a differential-mode feedback link respectively; wherein the common-mode component and the common-mode feedback link are completely arranged in the chip; the differential mode component and the differential mode feedback link are realized by a power MOSFET (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) integrated inside the chip or an external power MOSFET; and outputting the differential mode component to a to-be-driven object through the power output stage. According to the method, after two feedback links are separated, in a zero-input mute state, no common-mode signal is sent to an output stage for amplification, and power consumption is not caused at the output stage, so that the overall efficiency is greatly improved; and meanwhile, static bottom noise is almost eliminated.
Owner:SUZHOU ACME SEMI CO LTD

Intelligent audio power amplifier system and working method thereof

The invention provides an intelligent audio power amplifier system and a working method thereof. The working method comprises the steps that a dynamic noise suppression module enables an input signal after reverse noise injection to enter a distortion compensation module; a distortion compensation signal is synthesized by using a distortion compensation module; the life cycle parameter self-calibration module calibrates parameters and inputs the parameters to the dynamic noise suppression module and the distortion compensation module; the dynamic noise suppression module is based on an intelligent learning method and adopts a frequency band channel network, a time sequence channel network and a fusion layer; the life cycle parameter self-calibration module provides the temperature and the working time for the dynamic noise suppression module to optimize the time domain channel network and provides the temperature and the working time for the distortion compensation module to update the predistortion coefficient of the dynamic nonlinear distortion model; the output of the dynamic noise suppression module is provided for the distortion compensation module; and the output of the distortion compensation module is fed back to the dynamic noise suppression module. The problems of high-frequency noise interference, nonlinear distortion degradation and insufficient long-term stability are solved at the same time.
Owner:SHANGHAI ORIENT CHIP TECH CO LTD

Methods and apparatus to maintain a phase lock during a frequency change

In an embodiment, a device includes: phase frequency detector (PFD) circuitry having an input and an output; an oscillator having an input and an output, the input of the oscillator coupled to the output of the PFD circuitry; clock divider circuitry having a first input, a second input, and an output, the first input of the clock divider circuitry coupled to the output of the oscillator, the output of the clock divider circuitry coupled to the input of the PFD circuitry; and a controller having an output coupled to the second input of the clock divider circuitry.
Owner:TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC

Multiphase pulse width modulation method for reducing harmonic waves for D-type power amplifier and related equipment

The invention provides a multi-phase pulse width modulation method and related equipment for reducing harmonic waves for a class-D power amplifier, and relates to the field of radio and television, and the method comprises the steps: sampling an original audio signal at a preset sampling rate, and obtaining a sine wave audio signal; generating a plurality of triangular wave signals corresponding to the sine wave audio signal according to a preset frequency multiple; performing amplitude comparison on the sampling signal and each triangular wave signal to obtain a pulse width modulation signal corresponding to each triangular wave signal; superposing the plurality of pulse width modulation signals to obtain a superposed signal; and inputting the superposed signal into a D-type power amplifier to obtain a power amplifier output signal after harmonic wave reduction. By implementing the method, the performance requirement on a post-stage low-pass filter can be reduced, so that the harmonic distortion of the output signal is suppressed on the premise of not increasing the cost and complexity of the filter.
Owner:BEIJING C&W ELECTRONICS GRP

Digital lavalier microphone

A lavalier microphone has improved dynamic range. The lavalier microphone incorporates a pair of microphone transducer elements into the same housing or attached housings, with one of the microphone transducer elements being more sensitive to acoustic input than the other. The voltage signals from the respective transducer elements are processed and combined, resulting in a digital output audio signal with improved signal to noise both at lower and higher input acoustic levels.
Owner:SOUND DEVICES LLC

Dry-type transformer discharge detection device

The utility model discloses a discharge detection device for a dry-type transformer, and the device comprises a sound collection module which is used for collecting sound signals generated during the discharge of the dry-type transformer; the audio pre-amplification module is connected with the sound collection module and is used for carrying out primary amplification on the sound signal to obtain a first sound signal; the frequency selection module is connected with the audio pre-amplification module and is used for screening the frequency of the first sound signal to obtain a second sound signal; the audio amplification module is connected with the frequency selection module and is used for carrying out secondary amplification on the second sound signal to obtain a third sound signal; and the audio output module is connected with the audio amplification module and is used for outputting the third sound signal. According to the utility model, the sound collection module is arranged to collect sound during operation of the transformer, the audio pre-amplification module and the audio amplification module are adopted to amplify the sound to a frequency band which can be heard by people, the sound is output through the audio output module, and an operator hears the sound to judge the discharge condition of the transformer.
Owner:GUANGZHOU METRO GRP CO LTD

Adaptive adjustment of boost converter input current limit

Apparatus and techniques for adaptively adjusting an input current limit of a boost converter that supplies power to a load, such as an amplifier. An exemplary circuit for supplying power generally includes a boost converter having an output coupled to the load, and logic configured to adaptively adjust the input current limit of the boost converter and apply the input current limit to the boost converter based on an estimated output power of the boost converter. One exemplary method for supplying power generally includes converting an input voltage to an output voltage by a boost converter to power a load for the boost converter, adaptively adjusting the input current limit of the boost converter based on the estimated output power of the boost converter, and applying the input current limit to the boost converter during conversion.
Owner:QUALCOMM INC

Method and apparatus for modulating signal using multi-class modulation circuitry

An example apparatus includes class D amplifier circuitry (130) having a first input, a second input, a third input, and an output, the first input of the class D amplifier circuitry (130) being coupled to the output of the class D amplifier circuitry (130); and class AB amplifier circuitry (140) having a first input, a second input, a third input, and an output, the first input of the class AB amplifier circuitry (140) being coupled to the first input of the class D amplifier circuitry (130) and the output of the class D amplifier circuitry (130), the second and third inputs of the class AB amplifier circuitry (140) are coupled to the second and third inputs of the class D amplifier circuitry (130) and the output of the class AB amplifier circuitry (140).
Owner:TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC

Overload protection method for audio power amplifier

The invention discloses an overload protection method for an audio power amplifier, and relates to the field of audio power amplifiers. According to the invention, the instantaneous output amplitude signal of the power amplifier is divided by the preset overload threshold impedance to obtain the reference current dynamically changing along with the signal, and the actual output current is compared with the reference current in real time, so that the protection criterion is converted from a fixed current threshold to an adaptive impedance threshold; therefore, real-time identification and turn-off of a low-impedance abnormal load are realized, and normal output of a high-peak-factor audio signal is compatible.
Owner:CHENGDU HONGYI TECH LTD CORP

Power supply voltage control method, audio power amplifier system, electronic device and chip

This application relates to the field of electronic technology and discloses a power supply voltage control method, an audio power amplifier system, an electronic device, and a chip. The method, applied to an audio power amplifier system, includes: obtaining audio data input to the audio power amplifier system; determining the input amplitude of the audio data; determining a control voltage based on the input amplitude; and adjusting the power amplifier supply voltage based on the control voltage to power the power amplifier of the audio power amplifier system based on the power amplifier supply voltage. The power supply voltage of the power amplifier of the audio power amplifier system is determined based on the input amplitude of the audio data, and the audio data is amplified based on the supply voltage. This reduces the power consumption of the audio power amplifier system and improves conversion efficiency while ensuring that the audio signal does not produce truncation distortion.
Owner:SHANGHAI AWINIC TECH CO LTD

A method for suppressing startup pop noise of an audio power amplifier based on sound masking effect

The application discloses a kind of audio power amplifier booting pop noise suppression methods based on sound masking effect, belong to power amplifier technical field, this method includes: step S1: preset voltage reference reference value for audio detection;Step S2: according to the comparison of input voltage value and voltage reference reference value, corresponding output suppression signal or working signal;Step S3: generate PWM signal, through and buffer connection to switch module;Step S4: when generating suppression signal, it is judged that audio input signal exists pop noise at this time, and power amplifier output end does not generate impact signal;When generating working signal, power amplifier output end generates impact signal containing suppression effect.The present application generates composite sound by input signal threshold detection, which is superimposed with preset switch music signal, has the advantages of solving the response lag bottleneck when D-class power amplifier pop noise suppression and promoting D-class power amplifier to miniaturization.
Owner:CHENGDU HONGYI TECH LTD CORP

On-chip inductor with audio earphone amplifier

A single integrated circuit (9) may include: a signal path configured to receive an input signal (V) IN Generate output signal (V) OUT ), wherein the signal path includes a signal configured to drive the output signal (V). OUT The amplifier (16); a DC-DC power converter (10) having a power inductor integrated in a single integrated circuit (9) and configured to generate a power supply voltage (V) from the source voltage to the amplifier. SUPPLY ); and a control circuit for controlling the operation of the converter switch of the DC-DC power converter (10) so that the power supply voltage (V SUPPLY Tracking input signal (V) IN ) and output signal (V OUT At least one of them.
Owner:CIRRUS LOGIC INT SEMICON LTD

Voice response apparatus, voice response method, and storage medium

A voice response device, a voice response method, and a storage medium are provided to improve the accuracy of voice recognition. According to one embodiment, the voice response device includes a microphone, a processor, and a speaker. Sound is input to the microphone. The processor generates response content in the form of speech corresponding to a user's voice detected from the sound input from the microphone, and determines a volume for outputting the response content as response speech based on an input volume (the volume of the user's voice) and the volume of ambient sounds other than the user's voice. The speaker outputs the response speech at the volume determined by the processor.
Owner:TOSHIBA TEC KK

Method for outputting an amplified audio output signal through an amplification unit for an acoustic vehicle warning system and acoustic vehicle warning system

The proposed solution relates to a computer-implemented method for outputting an amplified audio output signal (S2) using an amplification unit (1) for an acoustic vehicle warning system (100) to generate sound audible from persons in the vicinity of a vehicle (200). The method involves receiving an audio input signal (S1) and a temperature value (T) from a temperature sensing unit (20). A control unit (10) of the amplification unit (1) adjusts the amplification of the audio input signal (S1), taking into account at least one temperature reduction measure depending on the temperature value (T), in order to generate the audio output signal (S2). According to the proposed solution, the temperature reduction measure comprises at least one of i.a. adjusting the audio input signal (S1) with respect to at least one frequency (F1) of the audio input signal (S1) while maintaining or increasing the gain of at least one other frequency (F2) of the audio input signal (S1), ii. reducing an operating frequency of the amplification unit (1), and iii. adding at least one frequency (F3) to the audio output signal (S2) that is not included in the audio input signal (S1).
Owner:BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO KG

Class D amplifier with stabilized PWM control loop

A class D amplifier including a pulse width modulation (PWM) control loop, an H-bridge driver, a PWM controller having a PWM pulse generator to generate PWM pulses supplied to the H-bridge driver in response to an ADC value output by an analog-to-digital converter of the PWM control loop, and a comparator. The comparator is configured to trigger a cutoff of a PWM pulse generated by the PWM pulse generator during a respective loop cycle of the PWM control loop and to trigger generation of at least one counter PWM pulse with an opposite polarity in the respective loop cycle such that a net pulse energy of the cutoff PWM pulse and of the at least one generated counter PWM pulse corresponds to a pulse energy representing the ADC value provided by the analog-to-digital converter of the PWM control loop during the respective loop cycle.
Owner:SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC

Audio amplification system with double D-class power amplifiers and low power supply stress based on phase reversal

The invention discloses an audio amplification system based on phase reversal double-class-D power amplifier low power stress. The audio amplification system comprises a signal receiving and decoding module, an operational amplifier module, a double-group class-D power amplifier module, a filtering output module and a power supply module for supplying power to each module, which are connected with one another, a first operational amplifier unit in the operational amplifier module is configured to perform in-phase amplification on the analog audio signal; the second operational amplifier unit is configured to perform inverting amplification on the input signal; a first D-type power amplifier unit in a double-group D-type power amplifier module receives an in-phase signal and outputs an in-phase PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) power signal, and a second D-type power amplifier unit receives an inverted signal and outputs an inverted PWM power signal; and the first D-type power amplifier unit and the second D-type power amplifier unit work based on driving signals with opposite phases, so that peak current drawn from the power supply module is staggered or complementary in time to reduce instantaneous current stress and voltage fluctuation of the power supply module. The same audio output power is realized through ingenious signal phase management on the premise that the power supply cost is not increased or even reduced.
Owner:DALIAN GOLDEN HUALU DIGITAL TECH