FULL-SCALE RANGE ENHANCEMENT IN A DUAL-PATH PULSE WIDTH MODULATION PLAYBACK SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20190260365A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-22

    申请号:US16144104

    申请日:2018-09-27

    Abstract: A method may include, in a system comprising a digital PWM subsystem having a tunable digital gain, a first path coupled to an output of the digital PWM subsystem and configured to drive an open-loop driver stage, and a second path coupled to the output of the digital PWM subsystem and configured to drive a closed-loop driver stage having a tunable analog gain: selecting one of the first path and the second path for processing an input signal to generate an output signal based on one or more characteristics of the input signal, setting the digital gain to a maximum digital gain and the analog gain to a minimum analog gain when the input signal is lesser than a first threshold, setting the digital gain to a minimum digital gain and the analog gain to a maximum analog gain when the input signal is greater than a second threshold magnitude, and varying the analog gain and the digital gain when the input signal is in a range greater than the first threshold and lesser than a second threshold.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE SWITCHING IN AUDIO AMPLIFIERS

    公开(公告)号:US20180205347A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-19

    申请号:US15925469

    申请日:2018-03-19

    Abstract: An audio amplifier circuit for providing an output signal to an audio transducer may include a power amplifier and a control circuit. The power amplifier may include an audio input for receiving an audio input signal, an audio output for generating the output signal based on the audio input signal, and a power supply input for receiving a power supply voltage, wherein the power supply voltage is variable among at least a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage greater than the first supply voltage and wherein the power supply voltage is generated by a configurable charge pump power supply. The control circuit may be configured to predict, based on one or more characteristics of a signal indicative of the output signal, an occurrence of a condition for changing the power supply voltage, and responsive to predicting the occurrence of the condition, change, at an approximate zero crossing of the signal indicative of the output signal, the power supply voltage.

    DRIVER CIRCUITRY
    27.
    发明公开
    DRIVER CIRCUITRY 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230146592A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US17729626

    申请日:2022-04-26

    CPC classification number: H03F3/2173 H03F3/213 H03M1/12

    Abstract: Circuitry for driving a load, the circuitry comprising: driver circuitry; and load sensing circuitry, wherein the circuitry is operable in: a driving mode of operation in which the driver circuitry supplies a drive signal to a load coupled to the circuitry; and a load sensing mode of operation, for estimating a characteristic of a load coupled to the circuitry based on a signal output by the load sensing circuitry in response to a stimulus signal, wherein the circuitry is configured to, in response to a request for operation of the circuitry in the load sensing mode: compare an indication of a current through the load to a predefined threshold; and if the indication of the current through the load meets the predefined threshold, prevent or delay operation in the load sensing mode.

    SENSOR SIGNAL CORRECTION
    29.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230043516A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17968565

    申请日:2022-10-18

    Abstract: A correction unit for use in a sensor system, the sensor system comprising a force sensor configured to output a sensor signal indicative of a temporary mechanical distortion of a material under an applied force, the correction unit configured, based on the sensor signal, to: estimate an effect of the applied force on how the material will return towards an undistorted form upon a substantial reduction or removal of the applied force; and generate a corrected signal based on the estimation.

    MAXIMIZING DYNAMIC RANGE IN RESONANT SENSING

    公开(公告)号:US20220307867A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-29

    申请号:US17215157

    申请日:2021-03-29

    Abstract: A system may include a resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor configured to sense a physical quantity, and a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and configured to measure one or more resonance parameters associated with the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and indicative of the physical quantity and, in order to maximize dynamic range in determining the physical quantity from the one or more resonance parameters, dynamically modify, across the dynamic range, either of reliance on the one or more resonance parameters in determining the physical quantity or one or more resonance properties of the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor.

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