Semiconductor device and sound output device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11190889-B2
Application number	US-202016749835-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2020
Priority date	Jan 23, 2019
Publication date	Nov 30, 2021
Grant date	Nov 30, 2021

Abstract

A semiconductor device is provided, the device including a first detection section having a removal section to remove DC offset components included in each of an input signal and an output signal output from an amplification section that amplifies the input signal, and a correction section configured to perform correction to match phases of the input signal and the output signal from which the DC offset components have been removed, and to match gains of the input signal and of the output signal, the first detection section comparing a waveform of the input signal to a waveform of the output signal, and a second detection section to detect a mismatch between the DC offset component included in the input signal that is input into the removal section and the DC offset component included in the output signal that is input into the removal section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a first detection section including:
a removal section configured to remove DC offset components included in each of an input signal and an output signal output from an amplification section that amplifies the input signal, and
a correction section configured to perform correction to match phases of the input signal and the output signal from which the DC offset components have been removed, and to match gains of the input signal and of the output signal,
the first detection section being configured to compare a waveform of the input signal to a waveform of the output signal; and

a second detection section configured to detect a mismatch between the DC offset component included in the input signal that is input into the removal section and the DC offset component included in the output signal that is input into the removal section.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a third detection section configured to detect a mismatch between gain of the input signal that is input into the correction section and gain of the output signal that is input into the correction section.

3. A semiconductor device of claim 2 , further commprising a comparator that compares an amount of the mismatch detected by the third detection section against a predetermined fault detection threshold value.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a comparator that compares an amount of the mismatch detected by the second detection section against a predetermined fault detection threshold value.

5. A sound output device comprising:
a sound source configured to output a sound signal;
the semiconductor device of claim 1 , into which the sound signal is input as an input signal; and
a speaker configured to output a sound corresponding to an output signal output from the semiconductor device.

6. The semiconductor device comprising:
a first detection section including:
a removal section configured to remove DC offset components included in each of an input signal and an output signal output from an amplification section that amplifies the input signal, and
a correction section configured to perform correction to match phases of the input signal and the output signal from which the DC offset components have been removed, and to match gains of the input signal and of the output signal,
the first detection section being configured to compare a waveform of the input signal to a waveform of the output signal; and

a second detection section configured to detect mismatch between the gain of the input signal that is input into the correction section and the gain of the output signal that is input into the correction section.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , further comprising a third detection section configured to detect a mismatch between the DC offset component inluded in the iput signal that is input into the removal section and the DC offset component inlcuded in the output signal that is input into the removal section.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , further comprising a comparator that compares an amount of the mismatch detected by the third detection section against a predetermined fault detection threshold value.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , further comprising a comparator that compares an amount of the mismatch detected by the second detection section against a predetermined fault detection threshold value.

10. A sound output device comprising:
a sound source configured to output a sound signal;
the semiconductor device of claim 6 , into which the sound signal is input as an input signal; and
a speaker configured to output a sound corresponding to an output signal output from the semiconductor device.

Assignees

• Lapis Semiconductor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hashimoto Takanori

Classifications

• H04R2430/01

  Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in sound systems · CPC title

• H04R3/00 Primary

  Circuits for transducers (arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K15/08; amplifiers H03F) · CPC title

• H04R29/001 Primary

  for loudspeakers (H04R29/007 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04R3/007 Primary

  Protection circuits for transducers · CPC title

• H03F3/45

  Differential amplifiers (differential sense amplifiers G11C7/062) · CPC title