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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2017
Applicants:

Akustica, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;

Inventors:

Saikrishna Ganta, Milpitas, CA (US);

Chinwuba Ezekwe, Albany, CA (US);

Assignees:

Akustica, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/02 (2006.01); H04R 19/00 (2006.01); H04R 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/02 (2013.01); H04R 19/005 (2013.01); H04R 19/04 (2013.01); H04R 2201/003 (2013.01); H04R 2410/03 (2013.01);
Abstract

A microphone biasing circuit comprises a microphone connected between a first node and a first DC bias voltage, the microphone configured to provide a sensed voltage at the first node in response to sound; a first diode and a second diode, the first diode and the second diode connected antiparallel with one another between the first node and a second node, the second node having a second DC bias voltage; an amplifier having an input connected to the first node and an output connected to a third node, the amplifier configured to provide an output voltage to the third node based on the sensed voltage at the first node; and a feedback path connected from the third node to the second node. The feedback path comprises at least one element configured to couple alternating components of the output voltage at the third node to the second node.


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