US Patent Issued to Skyworks Solutions on June 16 for "Reference startup circuit for audio amplifiers" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,806, issued on June 16, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Reference startup circuit for audio amplifiers" was invented by Rie Sasakawa (Beaverton, Ore.) and Wai Laing Lee (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A startup circuit for a bandgap reference source can include a first transistor coupled to a supply source and configured to provide a current to a reference resistance when the bandgap reference source is turned on, to thereby provide a reference voltage at a first node between the first transistor and the reference resistance, a second transistor coupled to the supply source to provide a secon...