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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Christopher Santiago, Spring, TX (US);
Leech Philip, Houston, TX (US);
Christopher Rijken, Houston, TX (US);
Christopher Santiago, Spring, TX (US);
Leech Philip, Houston, TX (US);
Christopher Rijken, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a Muting Circuit used to control the path of signal flow for the amplified audio signals from an audio CODEC in a dual audio subsystem. More specifically, to the muting control of the rear and front panel head phone/line out and microphone connectors for the audio subsystem of a standard PC system. The present invention implements muting on the headphoneline-out jacks while allowing the Front Audio Board to be optional without the need for jumpers.