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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1999
Hiromi Kusakabe, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsurumi, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A power amplifier comprises a pair of power-supply rails, a power-supply voltage divider, an intermediate power-supply line, a first and second BTL amplifiers, and a first to fourth switching circuits. The power-supply rails are composed of a first power-supply line to which a power-supply potential is applied and a second power-supply line to which the ground potential is applied. The power-supply divider produces an intermediate potential by dividing the voltage between the power-supply rails in two and supplies it to the intermediate power-supply line. The first BTL amplifier is provided between the second power-supply line and the intermediate power-supply line. The second BTL amplifier is provided between the first power-supply line and the intermediate power-supply line. The first and second BTL amplifiers each include an output bridge circuit. At small signal input, the switching circuit connects not only the output bridge circuit of the first BTL amplifier between the intermediate power-supply line and second power-supply line, but also the output bridge circuit of the second BTL amplifier between the first power-supply line and the intermediate power-supply line. At large signal input, the switching circuit connects each of the output bridge circuits of the first and second BTL amplifiers between the power-supply rails.