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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 1991
Filed:
May. 09, 1990
Robert L Rodgers, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Altec Lansing Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Abstract
A power amplifier provided with overload protection responsive to the impedance of a load falling below a threshold value having a pair of power output devices connected to the load and driven through a balanced operational amplifier and transistor couplers. The operational amplifier has opposed voltage supply inputs, and each is connected through a first resistor to a voltage source and to the load through a pair of diodes connected in series opposition and a second resistor, and the junction between the diodes is connected to the base of one of the transistor couplers. A fault condition causes current to flow through the diodes lowering the potentials of the voltage supply inputs and the bias on the transistor couplers.