Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low-quiescent current headset driver
- Patent Title (中): 低静态电流耳机驱动
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Application No.: US13711367Application Date: 2012-12-11
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Publication No.: US09287835B2Publication Date: 2016-03-15
- Inventor: Jianlong Chen , Sasi Kumar Arunachalam , Todd L. Brooks
- Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Fiala & Weaver P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: H03F3/68
- IPC: H03F3/68 ; H03F3/21 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F3/187 ; H03F3/45 ; H03F3/72

Abstract:
A low quiescent current amplifier and driver having multiple amplifiers (e.g. Class AB and B amplifiers) work in concert to independently amplify all or a portion of a signal into multiple amplified signals combined into a unified signal. Operation of a second amplifier is slaved to operation of a first amplifier. Each amplifier may have its own feedback loop providing the same gain transfer function to align transitions of the multiple amplified signals. Operation of the first amplifier may be detected using a replica of a signal, stage or transconductance in the first amplifier. At the same threshold, operation of the first and second amplifiers may be transitioned, e.g., the second amplifier may transition between providing increasing or decreasing current and providing zero current while the first amplifier may transition between providing constant current and providing increasing or decreasing current.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140070889A1 LOW-QUIESCENT CURRENT HEADSET DRIVER Public/Granted day:2014-03-13
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