Patents by Inventor Anand Ilango

Anand Ilango has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9584082
    Abstract: An audio device may include an electrical terminal for coupling a transducer device to the audio device and an audio circuit for generating an analog audio signal coupled to the electrical terminal. The audio circuit may include a pre-amplifier stage, an amplifier, and a gain selector. The pre-amplifier stage may apply a selectable gain to an audio input signal to generate a pre-amplified analog audio signal, wherein the pre-amplifier stage is powered by a first power supply. The amplifier may amplify the pre-amplified analog audio signal to generate the analog audio signal, wherein the amplifier is powered from a second power supply isolated from the first power supply. The gain selector may select the selectable gain based on a level of the first power supply, such that a difference between the second power supply and the analog audio signal is more than a predetermined headroom threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Ilango, Aniruddha Satoskar, Bharath Kumar Thandri
  • Patent number: 9578417
    Abstract: In accordance with systems and methods of the present disclosure, an audio device may include an electrical terminal, an audio circuit, and a transducer load detection circuit. The electrical terminal may couple a transducer device to the audio device. The audio circuit may generate an analog audio signal, wherein the analog audio signal is coupled to the electrical terminal. The transducer load detection circuit may detect a load impedance of the transducer device when the transducer device is coupled to the audio device from characteristics measured at the electrical terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Ilango, Daniel John Allen, Aniruddha Satoskar
  • Patent number: 9479868
    Abstract: In accordance with systems and methods of the present disclosure, an audio device may include an electrical terminal, an audio circuit, and a transducer load detection circuit. The electrical terminal may couple a transducer device to the audio device. The audio circuit may generate an analog audio signal, wherein the analog audio signal is coupled to the electrical terminal The transducer load detection circuit may detect a load impedance of the transducer device when the transducer device is coupled to the audio device from characteristics measured at the electrical terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Ilango, Daniel John Allen, Aniruddha Satoskar
  • Patent number: 9479869
    Abstract: In accordance with systems and methods of the present disclosure, an audio device may include an electrical terminal, an audio circuit, and a transducer load detection circuit. The electrical terminal may couple a transducer device to the audio device. The audio circuit may generate an analog audio signal, wherein the analog audio signal is coupled to the electrical terminal. The transducer load detection circuit may detect a load impedance of the transducer device when the transducer device is coupled to the audio device from characteristics measured at the electrical terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Ilango, Daniel John Allen, Aniruddha Satoskar
  • Publication number: 20160165348
    Abstract: In accordance with systems and methods of the present disclosure, an audio device may include an electrical terminal, an audio circuit, and a transducer load detection circuit. The electrical terminal may couple a transducer device to the audio device. The audio circuit may generate an analog audio signal, wherein the analog audio signal is coupled to the electrical terminal. The transducer load detection circuit may detect a load impedance of the transducer device when the transducer device is coupled to the audio device from characteristics measured at the electrical terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Ilango, Daniel John Allen, Aniruddha Satoskar
  • Publication number: 20150078559
    Abstract: In accordance with systems and methods of the present disclosure, an audio device may include an electrical terminal, an audio circuit, and a transducer load detection circuit. The electrical terminal may couple a transducer device to the audio device. The audio circuit may generate an analog audio signal, wherein the analog audio signal is coupled to the electrical terminal The transducer load detection circuit may detect a load impedance of the transducer device when the transducer device is coupled to the audio device from characteristics measured at the electrical terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Ilango, Daniel John Allen, Aniruddha Satoskar
  • Publication number: 20150078560
    Abstract: In accordance with systems and methods of the present disclosure, an audio device may include an electrical terminal, an audio circuit, and a transducer load detection circuit. The electrical terminal may couple a transducer device to the audio device. The audio circuit may generate an analog audio signal, wherein the analog audio signal is coupled to the electrical terminal The transducer load detection circuit may detect a load impedance of the transducer device when the transducer device is coupled to the audio device from characteristics measured at the electrical terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Ilango, Daniel John Allen, Aniruddha Satoskar
  • Patent number: 8390493
    Abstract: A voltage reference circuit provides a precision voltage reference output without requiring a filter capacitor. The voltage reference output is generated by a digitally-controlled source, which has a value set by the output of a digital filter that filters the output of a comparison circuit that compares the voltage reference output to another reference. A selectable mode can be provided to provide a fast response during a startup/reset period and an optional hold or narrowband response after startup. The mode selection may also offer selection of an externally-supplied digital control value and/or a resistor divider type voltage reference as an alternative to the digitally-controlled source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Harish Raghavan, John Christopher Tucker, Scott Allan Woodford, Daniel John Allen, Anand Ilango