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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Tony Doy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Tony Doy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A headphone driver amplifier operative from a single DC voltage supply, coupled directly to the headphone speakers without the need for DC coupling capacitors used for preventing DC reaching the headphones. An onboard power supply generates a negative voltage rail which powers the output amplifiers, allowing driver amplifier operation from both positive and negative rails. Since the amplifiers can be biased at ground potential (0 volts), no significant DC voltage exists across the speaker load and the need for DC coupling capacitors is eliminated.