Texas Instruments Incorporated
System and Method for Estimating Temperature of Voice Coil

Abstract:

A system for determining the temperature of a voice coil of a speaker includes a first pre-emphasis filter which has an input coupled to receive a digitized current sense signal. The first pre-emphasis filter applies a gain to signal components at a selected frequency band and provides a pre-emphasized current sense signal. The system includes a second pre-emphasis filter which has an input coupled to receive a digitized voltage sense signal. The second pre-emphasis filter applies a gain to the signal components at the selected frequency band and provides a pre-emphasized voltage sense signal. The system includes a first quantizer module configured to map the pre-emphasized signal to a quantized current sense signal, and includes a second quantizer module configured to map the pre-emphasized voltage sense signal to a quantized voltage sense signal.