Patent ID: 8447251

Claim:
An audio signal processing circuit comprising: a modulation circuit configured to output a modulated signal of a frequency corresponding to an input audio signal; a drive circuit configured to generate a driving current for driving the modulation circuit based on a control signal; an audio detection circuit configured to detect presence or absence of the audio signal input to the modulation circuit; and a control signal generation circuit configured to generate the control signal for generating the driving current in the drive circuit when the presence of the audio signal is detected and generate the control signal for stopping generation of the driving current in the drive circuit when the absence of the audio signal is detected for a predetermined period, based on a detection result of the audio detection circuit, wherein the drive circuit is configured to generate the driving current based on the control signal of one logic level, and stop the generation of the driving current based on the control signal of the other logic level; and wherein the audio detection circuit is configured to output a detection signal of one logic level when the presence of the audio signal is detected, and output the detection signal of the other logic level when the absence of the audio signal is detected; and wherein the control signal generation circuit includes: a counter configured to reset a count value when the detection signal becomes the one logic level, and start counting in synchronization with a clock signal of a predetermined cycle when the detection signal becomes the other logic level; and a control signal output circuit configured to output the control signal of the other logic level when the count value reaches a predetermined value corresponding to the predetermined period, and output the control signal of the one logic level when the count value does not reach the predetermined value.