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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Knowles Electronics, Llc, Itasca, IL (US);
Inventors:
Dean A. Badillo, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Michael Jennings, Plano, TX (US);
Craig Stein, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Knowles Electronics, LLC, Itasca, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/084 (2013.01);
Abstract
A MOSFET active-disable switch is configured to clip an incoming signal in opposing directions when in an off state. By one approach the clipping is symmetrical and accordingly the switch clips both positive and negative peaks of the incoming signal. In many application settings it is useful for the clipping to serve to decrease a predetermined kind of resultant distortion such as even order distortion. In the on state this MOSFET active-disable switch is configured to not clip the incoming signal in opposing directions.