Synchronous delay-line amplification technique
View Patent ↗An open-loop switching amplifier achieves synchronous operation using a ring oscillator based upon a tapped delay line. A counter is clocked from the ring oscillator, periodically comparing incoming more significant data to the value of the counter to form a pulsewidth modulated output waveform. Modulating the effective width of the output waveform in incremental delay line taps is equivalent to incoming less significant data. This technique then effects time-period summation of coarse and fine resolution clocked data.
1. Electronic circuitry enabling an open-loop switching amplifier receiving incoming data to achieve synchronous operation, comprising:
a ring oscillator based upon a tapped delay line;
a decoder having an input connected to the taps of the delay line and an output forming the more significant data to a comparator;
a counter clocked by the ring oscillator; and
wherein the comparator periodically compares the more significant data to the value of the counter to form a pulsewidth modulated output waveform.
2. The circuitry of claim 1 , wherein the tapped delay line has 8 taps.