ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,601, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Cirrus Logic Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Voltage monitoring of switching drivers" was invented by Ross C. Morgan (Bathgate, Great Britain) and Michael Robinson (Edinburgh, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to methods and apparatus for voltage monitoring of switching drivers. A modulator is configured to receive a modulator input signal and to controlling switching of an output stage of the switching driver to generate a first drive signal. A voltage monitor is configured to receive a first digital signal tapped from the modulator and to generate an indication of o...