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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2010
Tatsuya Kishii, Iwata, JP;
Moritaka Iyoda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hirotoshi Tsuchiya, Fukuroi, JP;
Toshio Maejima, Iwata, JP;
Masayoshi Nakamura, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Masato Miyazaki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Akihisa Himeno, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tatsuya Kishii, Iwata, JP;
Moritaka Iyoda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hirotoshi Tsuchiya, Fukuroi, JP;
Toshio Maejima, Iwata, JP;
Masayoshi Nakamura, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Masato Miyazaki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Akihisa Himeno, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Abstract
A class-D amplifier for generating from an input signal a digital signal for driving a load, includes an output limit instruction generating section that detects that the digital signal falls outside a limit range and that outputs an output limit instruction signal, an attenuation instruction pulse generating section that includes an integrator for integrating the output limit instruction signal and that outputs a periodical attenuation instruction pulse having pulse width corresponding to an integrated value in the integrator, an attenuating section provided in an input path for the input signal and that attenuates the input signal based on the attenuation instruction pulse, and a mute control section that controls the integrated value in the integrator independently of the output limit instruction signal to control an amount of the attenuation of the attenuating section applied to the input signal.