A Novel Boost Class-D Amplifier Using an H-bridge Circuit

Autor: Hiroyuki Akaba, Naoto Shinkawa, Hirotaka Tsuchiya, Yoshino Michitaka, Akira Yasuda
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 5:660-663
ISSN: 1931-4973
DOI: 10.1002/tee.20589
Popis: A novel class-D amplifier with a boost mode is proposed. It solves a problem that cannot boost the signal over a power supply voltage when a certain power supply given. The proposed amplifier can output higher voltages than the power supply voltage. Since the boost DC-DC converter circuit and the class-D amplifier utilize similar switching circuits, the boost DC-DC function is implemented within the class-D amplifier circuit. The half-bridge circuit utilized in a conventional class-D amplifier is replaced with an H-bridge circuit. The simulation results show that the output voltage swing is twice that of the power supply voltage without an external boost DC-DC converter. The signal-to-noise ratio and third-harmonic distortion are 103.5 dB and 0.0058%, respectively.
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