Power converters
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12267016B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-01

    申请号:US17677097

    申请日:2022-02-22

    Inventor: John P. Lesso

    Abstract: A buck-boost converter for converting an input voltage at an input node into an output voltage at an output node, the converter comprising: first and second inductor nodes for connection of an inductor therebetween; a first converter stage coupled between the input node and the first inductor node; and a second converter stage coupled between the second inductor node and the output node, wherein one or more of the first converter stage and the second converter stage comprises a switching network, comprising: a first switch for selectively connecting a first flying capacitor node to a stage input node; a second switch for selectively connecting the first flying capacitor node to a stage output node; a third switch for selectively connecting a second flying capacitor node to the stage output node; and a fourth switch for selectively connecting the second flying capacitor node to a reference voltage, the first and second flying capacitor nodes for connection of a flying capacitor therebetween.

    Switching transducer driver
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12184272B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-31

    申请号:US18308395

    申请日:2023-04-27

    Abstract: A switching transducer driver operable in: a first mode in which first and second output stage switches are controlled to generate a two-level output signal, wherein an impedance of the first output stage switch is substantially the same as an impedance of the second output stage switch; and a second mode in which the first and second output stage switches and a third switch are controlled to generate a three-level output signal, wherein an impedance of the third switch is substantially greater than the impedance of the first output stage switch and the second output stage switch.

    Filters and filter chains
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12114137B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US18524887

    申请日:2023-11-30

    Inventor: John P. Lesso

    CPC classification number: H04R3/04 H04R1/32

    Abstract: An apparatus, comprising: an audio input for receiving an input audio signal; an tuning input for receiving a tuning signal; a filter chain comprising a plurality of filters for filtering the audio signal to produce a filtered input audio signal, the filter chain comprising: a first filter module operating at a first sampling rate; and a second filter module operating at a second sampling rate greater than the first sampling rate, wherein a phase response of the first filter module is dependent on the tuning input and wherein a magnitude response of the first filter module is substantially independent of the tuning input.

    DC-DC converter with reservoir circuitry

    公开(公告)号:US12107494B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17704142

    申请日:2022-03-25

    Inventor: John P. Lesso

    CPC classification number: H02M3/07 H02M1/0067 H02M1/0083 H02M1/0095

    Abstract: A DC-DC converter for converting an input voltage at an input node, the converter comprising: first and second inductor nodes for connection of an inductor therebetween; first and second flying capacitor nodes for connection of a flying capacitor therebetween; a first switching network for selectively connecting the first flying capacitor node to each of the input node and the first inductor node; a second switching network for selectively connecting the second flying capacitor node to each of the input node and a reference voltage node; and reservoir circuitry, comprising: first and second reservoir capacitor nodes for connection of a reservoir capacitor therebetween; a third switching network for selectively connecting the first reservoir capacitor node to each of the first and second flying capacitor nodes; a fourth switching network for selectively connecting the second reservoir capacitor node to each of the second flying capacitor node and the reference voltage node.

    On-ear transition detection
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11689871B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-27

    申请号:US17396974

    申请日:2021-08-09

    Inventor: John P. Lesso

    CPC classification number: H04R29/001 H04R2400/01 H04R2460/03

    Abstract: The disclosure relates in general to on-ear transition detection, and in particular to on-ear transition detection circuitry comprising: a monitoring unit operable to monitor a speaker current flowing through a speaker and/or a speaker voltage induced across the speaker, and to generate a monitor signal indicative of the speaker current and/or the speaker voltage; and an event detector operable to detect a qualifying disturbance in a sensor signal indicative of a qualifying pressure change incident on the speaker caused by the speaker transitioning from an on-ear state to an off-ear state or vice versa, wherein the sensor signal is, or is derived from, the monitor signal.

    Amplifier circuits
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11418153B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US16897847

    申请日:2020-06-10

    Abstract: This application relates to amplifier circuitry and, in particular, to class-D amplifier circuits. The application describes amplifier circuitry (400) for receiving an input signal (Sin) and generating first and second driving signals (SoutP, SoutN) for driving a bridge-tied-load. The amplifier circuitry includes first and second class-D output stages (403p, 403n) for generating the first and second driving signals based on the input signal. A controller (406) controllably varies a common-mode component of the first and second driving signals based on an indication of amplitude of the first and second driving signals. The controller varies the common-mode component, at lower signal amplitudes, so the common-mode level of the first and second driving signals is moved away from an operating region that leads to distortion.

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