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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/217 (2006.01); H03F 1/04 (2006.01); H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H03F 3/185 (2006.01); H03F 3/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/0205 (2013.01); H03F 3/185 (2013.01); H03F 3/211 (2013.01); H03F 3/217 (2013.01); H03F 2200/03 (2013.01); H03F 2200/129 (2013.01); H03F 2200/351 (2013.01); H03F 2203/21142 (2013.01);
Abstract
One example discloses a class-D amplifier apparatus, comprising: an amplifier circuit, having a set of input terminals, a set of output terminals, a quiescent circuit configuration, and an active circuit configuration; an amplifier control device, coupled to the amplifier circuit; wherein the amplifier control device is configured to place the amplifier circuit in the quiescent circuit configuration before measuring a voltage between the set of output terminals; wherein the amplifier control device is configured to add the output terminals voltage from the set of input terminals before placing the amplifier circuit in the active circuit configuration.