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Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2013
Applicant:

Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Frits Anthonie Steenhof, Waalre, NL;

Mattheus Johan Koerts, Arnhem, NL;

Skule Pramm, Nijmegen, NL;

Assignee:

NXP, B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/38 (2006.01); H03F 3/217 (2006.01); H03F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/2171 (2013.01); H03F 1/26 (2013.01); H03F 3/217 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of adjusting the frequency or phase of operation of a Class-D amplifier is disclosed. The method comprises making a series of step changes in the frequency or phase to adjust the frequency or phase from a start value to a desired end value, each step change in frequency or phase causing a corresponding disturbance of an output of the Class-D amplifier to produce a series of disturbances, each of which varies from an initial magnitude in first and second senses to exhibit a first peak and then in the first sense to exhibit a second peak. The time between the step changes is selected so that the second peak of each disturbance other than a final disturbance in the series overlaps the first peak of an immediately succeeding disturbance.


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