Patent ID: 9444488
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: H03M,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A signal modulation circuit for delta-sigma modulating and outputting an input signal, comprising: a subtracter configured to calculate a difference between the input signal and a feedback signal; an integrator configured to integrate an output from the subtracter; a quantizer configured to quantize a signal integrated by the integrator; a driver circuit configured to generate a drive signal for driving a load based on the signal from the quantizer; and a feedback circuit configured to generate the feedback signal for feeding back the drive signal from the driver circuit to the input signal, wherein the feedback circuit includes at least first and second resistors connected together in series, the second resistor having a higher resistance value than that of the first resistor, one end of the first resistor is connected to the subtracter, and one end of the second resistor is connected to the driver circuit, a first line distance as a line length between the one end of the first resistor and the subtracter and a second line distance as a line length between the one end of the second resistor and the driver circuit are set shorter than a third line distance as a line length between the other end of the first resistor and the other end of the second resistor, and the feedback signal is generated from the one end of the first resistor, and further comprising: a phase inversion circuit configured to invert a phase of the signal integrated by the integrator to output the phase-inverted signal to the quantizer, wherein the quantizer receives the signal integrated by the integrator and the output signal from the phase inversion circuit to output a signal quantized into three or more values to the driver circuit, the feedback circuit further includes at least third and fourth resistors connected together in series, the fourth resistor having a higher resistance value than that of the third resistor, one end of the third resistor is connected to the subtracter, and one end of the fourth resistor is connected to the driver circuit, a fourth line distance as a line length between the one end of the third resistor and the subtracter and a fifth line distance as a line length between the one end of the fourth resistor and the driver circuit are set shorter than a sixth line distance as a line length between the other end of the third resistor and the other end of the fourth resistor, and a second feedback signal is generated from the one end of the fourth resistor.