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Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 05, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Susan A. Thompson, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);

Harish Venkataraman, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);

Yazan Z. Alnahhas, Stanford, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 45/305 (2020.01); H05B 45/31 (2020.01); H04B 10/516 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H01S 5/026 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 45/305 (2020.01); H01S 5/026 (2013.01); H04B 10/502 (2013.01); H04B 10/516 (2013.01);
Abstract

An arbitrary current waveform generator operates by oversampling an input clock signal, and decimating the oversampled clock signal to a decimated clock signal. The oversampled clock signal can be provided as a clock signal to a shift register preloaded with digital values corresponding to samples of a selected waveform to provide as output, and the decimated clock signal can be used to maintain phase synchronization with the input clock signal. Digital output of the shift register is provided to a digital to analog converter, output from which may be used to drive a current-controlled electronic circuit element.


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