Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Jennifer L. Bales, Macheledt Bales LLP
  • Patent number: 6344811
    Abstract: The digital amplifier of the present invention comprises a delta sigma noise shaper feeding a pulse wave modulator (PWM) which drives a load such as a speaker. The amplifier includes circuitry to measure the voltage coming out of the power supply in the circuit, and using this measurement as a control signal to modify the feedback path and direct path of the noise shaper, in order to correct the pulse width output to compensate for the varying power supply voltages. The amplifier may also include circuitry to correct for the nonlinear effects of pulse wave modulation, by correcting the feedback applied to one stage of the noise shaper such that it is nontrivially different from the feedback applied to another stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: Audio Logic, Inc.
    Inventor: John Laurence Melanson