US Patent Issued to Cirrus Logic on June 9 for "Power limiting for amplifiers" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,652,006, issued on June 9, was assigned to Cirrus Logic Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Power limiting for amplifiers" was invented by Kemal S. Demirci (Dallas), Tian Zhao (Austin, Texas), Jeffrey A. May (Dripping Springs, Texas), Theodore M. Burk (Cedar Park, Texas), Thomas H. Hoff (Austin, Texas) and Edward M. Veeser (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to methods and apparatus for power limiting for amplifiers. An amplifier is configured to receive an input supply voltage and to draw, in use, an amplifier input current resulting in an amplifier input power. A power limiter is configured to monitor an indication...