Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driver circuits
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Application No.: US18101816Application Date: 2023-01-26
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Publication No.: US11792569B2Publication Date: 2023-10-17
- Inventor: Anthony S. Doy , Eric J. King
- Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
- Applicant Address: GB Edinburgh
- Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Jackson Walker L.L.P
- Main IPC: H04R3/00
- IPC: H04R3/00 ; H03K17/687 ; H03F3/217

Abstract:
The application describes a switched driver (401) for outputting a drive signal at an output node (402) to drive a load such as a transducer. The driver receives respective high-side and low-side voltages (VinH, VinL) defining an input voltage at first and second input nodes and has connections for first and second capacitors (403H, 403L). A network of switching paths is configured such that each of the first and second capacitors can be selectively charged to the input voltage, the first input node can be selectively coupled to a first node (N1) by a path that include or bypass the first capacitor, and the second input node can be selectively coupled to a second node (N2) by a path that includes or bypasses the second capacitor. The output node (402) can be switched between two switching voltages at the first or second nodes. The driver is selectively operable in different operating modes, where the switching voltages are different in each of said modes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230171540A1 DRIVER CIRCUITS Public/Granted day:2023-06-01
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