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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:
Jun. 21, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2020
Applicant:

Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dan Shen, Irvine, CA (US);

Yunfu Zhang, Sichuan Sheng, CN;

Lorenzo Crespi, Irvine, CA (US);

Assignee:

SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/217 (2006.01); H03F 3/185 (2006.01); H03M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/2171 (2013.01); H03F 3/185 (2013.01); H03M 3/39 (2013.01); H03M 3/482 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods include a circuit having a plurality of integrator circuits arranged in series and configured to receive an input signal at a first of the plurality of integrators and generate an output signal at a last of the plurality of integrators, a filter arranged to receive a feedback signal comprising the output signal and generate a filtered feedback signal, which is applied to the input signal before input to the first of the plurality of integrators, and a feedback signal path configured to receive the feedback signal and apply the feedback signal to an input of a second of the plurality of integrators. The circuit may include a class-D amplifier and/or a delta-sigma modulator. The input signal may include an analog audio signal that is amplifier to drive an audio speaker.


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