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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:
Aug. 22, 2017

Filed:

May. 05, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Dan Shen, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/217 (2006.01); H03K 17/693 (2006.01); H02J 1/06 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/693 (2013.01); H02J 1/06 (2013.01); H03F 3/217 (2013.01); H03F 3/2171 (2013.01); H03K 17/6872 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H02J 2001/008 (2013.01); Y10T 307/549 (2015.04);
Abstract

Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for proportional feedback for reduced overshoot and undershoot in a switched output are described. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a switching output stage configured to receive an input signal and provide a responsive output signal. The apparatus may also include a pulling circuit coupled to one of the first switching device and the second switching device. The pulling circuit may pull a control voltage of power transistors in the switching output stage to reduce impedance of at least one of the transistors in response to a determination that the output signal at the common output node is outside of a predetermined range of a threshold value. Pulling strength may increase as a voltage difference between the output signal and one of the first supply voltage and the second supply voltage increases.


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