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US 9,693,136 · App. 14/919,349 · Granted Jun 27, 2017

Digital speaker driving apparatus

Inventors: Jun-ichi Okamura (Tokyo, JP); Akira Yasuda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Trigence Semiconductor Inc.
H04R3/00H03F3/211H03F3/217H04R1/005H04R3/12H04R1/1008H04R15/00H04R27/00H04R2227/003H04R2499/13H04R2499/15
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Patent No.
US 9,693,136
App. No.
14/919,349
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A digital sound system suitable for a digital speaker device to directly convert analog sound by a circuit using a ΔΣ modulator and a mismatch shaping filter circuit to output a plurality of digital signals and a plurality of speakers driven by the plurality of digital signals. A digital speaker driving device includes a ΔΣ modulator, a post filter, s driving circuits, and a power supply circuit to supply power to the ΔΣ modulator, the post filter and the s driving elements, and the s driving circuits are adapted to s digital signal terminals.

Claims (29)

1. A headphone apparatus having a digital signal source from a mobile electronic device comprising:

a digital speaker having s number of digital signal terminals; and

a digital speaker driving apparatus connected to the mobile electronic device and driving the digital speaker including:

a ΔΣ modulator modulating a digital input signal inputted from the mobile electronic device and outputting an n bit digital signal;

a post filter connected to the ΔΣ modulator and outputting an m bit digital signal obtained by miss-match shaping the n bit digital signal; and

s number of driving circuits corresponding to the s number of digital signal terminals, one part of the m bit digital signal being inputted to the s number of driving circuits and the s number of driving circuits outputting a digital signal,

wherein the s numbers of both the digital signal terminals and the driving circuits are less than a number of discrete values represented by a number of bits of the digital input signal inputted from the mobile electronic device.

2. The headphone apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the digital speaker driving apparatus is arranged in the vicinity of a group of coils of the digital speaker.

3. The headphone apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the mobile electronic device is a mobile digital sound source play back apparatus.

4. The headphone apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the mobile electronic device is a mobile phone device.

5. The headphone apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a power circuit including a battery;

wherein the power circuit supplies a power to the ΔΣ modulator, the post filter and the s number of driving circuits.

6. The headphone apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ΔΣ modulator, the post filter and the s number of driving circuits are supplied with power from a separate external power source.

7. The headphone apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the digital input signal is inputted from the mobile electronic device via wireless communication.

8. A personal computer comprising:

a digital speaker having s number of digital signal terminals; and

a digital speaker driving apparatus driving the digital speaker including:

a ΔΣ modulator modulating a digital input signal and outputting an n bit digital signal;

a post filter connected to the ΔΣ modulator and outputting an m bit digital signal obtained by miss-match shaping the n bit digital signal; and

s number of driving circuits, one part of the m bit digital signal being inputted to the s number of driving circuits, the s number of driving circuits outputting a digital signal,

wherein the s numbers of both the digital signal terminals and the driving circuits are less than a number of discrete values represented by a number of bits of the digital input signal.

9. The personal computer according to claim 8 ,

wherein the digital speaker driving apparatus is arranged in the vicinity of a group of coils of the digital speaker.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF PATENT OWNER'S ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2020
From: TRIGENCE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
To: TRIGENCE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 052003/0540 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: OKAMURA, JUN-ICHI; YASUDA, AKIRA
To: TRIGENCE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 051728/0029 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2008-156284 · Jun 16, 2008 · national
JP 2008-314438 · Dec 10, 2008 · national
JP 2008-314905 · Dec 10, 2008 · national
JP 2008-314929 · Dec 10, 2008 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 13665320 · Oct 31, 2012
Continuation 12659813 · Mar 22, 2010
Continuation PCTJP2009059867 · May 29, 2009
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