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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:
Dec. 17, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2017
Applicant:

Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd., Edinburgh, GB;

Inventors:

Bruce Duewer, Round Rock, TX (US);

Dylan Hester, Austin, TX (US);

Shafagh Kamkar, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Cirrus Logic, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H03M 1/66 (2006.01); H03M 1/68 (2006.01); H03M 5/14 (2006.01); H03M 5/08 (2006.01); H03M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/162 (2013.01); H03M 1/662 (2013.01); H03M 1/68 (2013.01); H03M 5/14 (2013.01); H03M 3/458 (2013.01); H03M 5/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Audio content in a single-bit audio stream can be reproduced at a transducer by mapping the single-bit audio stream to symbols in a multi-bit audio stream. Volume control may be implemented, in part, in the digital domain and, in part, in the analog domain. In the digital domain, when converting the single-bit audio stream to a plurality of symbols, the plurality of symbols is selected based, at least in part, on audio content of the single-bit audio stream and a desired volume level. In the analog domain, when converting an analog current signal output from a current-steering DAC processing the plurality of symbols to an analog voltage signal, an analog gain value may be selected based, at least in part, on the desired volume level.


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