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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stuart W Pullen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Patrick A Begley, West Melbourne, FL (US);
Donald R Preslar, Somerville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Intersil Corporation, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
330 10 ; 330251 ;
Abstract
A class D amplifier 100 has an integrator 10, a comparator 12, and a frequency compensation and gain control (FCGC) circuit 40. The FCGC circuit 40 senses the output and reduces the gain in order to keep the sampling frequency high enough to avoid audio artifacts.