Apparatus and method for a driver with an adaptive drive strength for a class D amplifier

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PATENT NO 7227390
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11043797

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A circuit for adaptively adjusting the drive strength of output power transistors in a class D amplifier is provided. The circuit includes a driver circuit and a low-voltage detect circuit. The low-voltage detect circuit is arranged to assert a low-voltage detect signal if a low supply voltage condition is detected. The driver circuit is arranged to increase the drive strength if the low-voltage detect signal is asserted. The driver circuit includes a first driver and a second driver. The second driver is enabled if the low-voltage detect signal is asserted, and disabled if the low-voltage detect signal is unasserted.

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  • NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bapat, Sumant Santa Clara, CA 9 52
Bhatt, Ansuya P Cupertino, CA 11 51

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