Class D Patents (Class 330/207A)
  • Patent number: 3939380
    Abstract: A class D amplifier, suitable for use as a vertical deflection amplifier in a television receiver, includes two transistors coupled to function in a push-pull manner. Two diodes are serially coupled with each other in parallel with the output transistors and are poled to conduct forward current in a direction opposite to the forward current of the two transistors. A junction of the two transistors is coupled to a junction of the two diodes and forms an output terminal to which a deflection winding is coupled. A series of pulses at a first frequency, such as the horizontal deflection frequency or a multiple thereof, are pulse width modulated in accordance with the amplitude of a sawtooth waveform at a second frequency, such as the vertical deflection frequency, in a pulse width modulation stage and are coupled to the input terminals of the two transistors. The two transistors are alternately enabled for conduction by the pulse width modulated signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1976
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventor: John Charles Peer