Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Using a tracking switched-mode power supply to increase efficiency of a current digital-to-analog converter-based output stage
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Application No.: US16945520Application Date: 2020-07-31
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Publication No.: US11050433B1Publication Date: 2021-06-29
- Inventor: John L. Melanson , Johann G. Gaboriau , Lei Zhu , Wai-Shun Shum , Xiaofan Fei , Leyi Yin
- Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
- Applicant Address: GB Edinburgh
- Assignee: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: GB Edinburgh
- Agency: Jackson Walker L.L.P.
- Main IPC: H03M1/74
- IPC: H03M1/74 ; H02M3/158 ; H04R3/00 ; H03M3/00

Abstract:
A system may include a current digital-to-analog converter (IDAC) configured to convert a digital input signal into an output current signal and a switched-mode power supply configured to provide electrical energy in the form of a supply voltage to the IDAC for operation of the IDAC, the switched-mode power supply configured to track a voltage signal derived from the digital input current signal and generate the supply voltage based on the voltage signal and a voltage headroom above the voltage signal.
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