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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2010
Anthony Gribben, Edinburgh, GB;
Mykhaylo Teplechuk, Edinburgh, GB;
Anthony Gribben, Edinburgh, GB;
Mykhaylo Teplechuk, Edinburgh, GB;
Dialog Semiconductor GmbH, Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern, DE;
Abstract
A circuit and a method are provided for suppressing the pop and click noise during the power on and power off of Class D amplifiers. The technique also suppresses pops and clicks when the Class D amplifier enters or exits standby mode. A duplicate feedback network is used to establish the stable operating points, including offsets in the Class D circuit without turning on the outputs. The technique works by gradually propagating or dissipating the offset through the signal path of a Class D amplifier by swapping the differential outputs using switches to suppress pops and clicks when starting up and shutting down the amplifier.