Class-D Amplifier Power Stage With PWM Feedback Loop

This paper presents a second-order pulsewidth modulation (PWM) feedback loop to improve power supply rejection (PSR) of any open-loop PWM class-D amplifiers (CDAs). PSR of the audio amplifier has always been a key parameter in mobile phone applications. In contrast to class-AB amplifiers, the poor PSR performance has always been the major drawback for CDAs with a half-bridge connected power stage. The proposed PWM feedback loop is fabricated using GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 0.18-μm CMOS process technology. The measured PSR is more than 80 dB and the measured total harmonic distortion is less than 0.04% with a 1-kHz input sinusoidal test tone.