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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2024
Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd., Edinburgh, GB;
Eric J. King, Austin, TX (US);
John L. Melanson, Austin, TX (US);
Cirrus Logic Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
This application relates to methods and apparatus for controlling a switching driver to drive a load with a drive signal based on an input signal. A controller is configured to control modulation of at least one driver output node between selected switching voltages of a set of at least four different switching voltages to generate the drive signal. The output node is modulated according to a switching pattern and the controller is configured such that, for a given level of drive signal, the controller can selectively operate with a plurality of different switching patterns and selects an appropriate switching pattern to control at least one parameter of the switching driver other than the drive voltage.