US Patent Issued to CIRRUS LOGIC on March 24 for "Audio artifact reduction in universal audio jack (UAJ) interface circuits" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,423, issued on March 24, was assigned to CIRRUS LOGIC INC. (Austin, Texas).

"Audio artifact reduction in universal audio jack (UAJ) interface circuits" was invented by Gaofeng Fan (Austin, Texas), Qi Cai (Austin, Texas), John B. Bowlerwell (Dunfermline, Great Britain), Richard Turkson (Pflugerville, Texas), Anindya Bhattacharya (Austin, Texas) and Bhoodev Kumar (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Circuit techniques reduce or prevent audible artifacts in a Universal Audio Jack (UAJ) interface circuit, improving handling of mis-configuration/mis-attachment of devices. The interface includes at least one terminal for acceptin...