Patents by Inventor Shawn Barden

Shawn Barden 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: 9591421
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a detection system configured to identify a type of a pole of a four-pole audio jack using first and second comparators. The detection system can include a bias circuit configured to bias a detection input coupled to the pole, and first and second comparators configured to compare the detection input to respective first and second thresholds to provide an indication of the type of the pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seth M. Prentice, Julie Lynn Stultz, Yongliang Li, Graham L S Connolly, Shawn Barden
  • Patent number: 9432786
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a MIC audio noise filtering system configured to detect MIC audio noise at a pole of a four-pole audio jack using first and second comparators. The MIC audio noise detection system can include first and second comparators configured to compare a value of the pole to respective first and second thresholds and to provide an output indicative of the comparisons and a detection circuit configured to count changes in the output over a first period of time and to detect MIC audio noise at the pole of the four-pole audio jack using the count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Prentice, Shawn Barden
  • Patent number: 8928392
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a switching device and method configured to receive a signal at a signal input, to provide the signal at an output in a first state without an applied voltage at a first control input, and to isolate the signal from the output in a second state with an applied voltage at the first control input. In an example, the switching device can include first, second, and third transistors, wherein the source of the first transistor is coupled to the drain of the second transistor and to the gate of the third transistor, wherein the signal input is coupled to the drain of the first transistor and to the drain of the third transistor, and wherein the output is coupled to the source of the third transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Tony Cheng Han Lee, Shawn Barden
  • Publication number: 20130034242
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a MIC audio noise filtering system configured to detect MIC audio noise at a pole of a four-pole audio jack using first and second comparators. The MIC audio noise detection system can include first and second comparators configured to compare a value of the pole to respective first and second thresholds and to provide an output indicative of the comparisons and a detection circuit configured to count changes in the output over a first period of time and to detect MIC audio noise at the pole of the four-pole audio jack using the count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Prentice, Shawn Barden
  • Publication number: 20130021046
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a detection system configured to identify a type of a pole of a four-pole audio jack using first and second comparators. The detection system can include a bias circuit configured to bias a detection input coupled to the pole, and first and second comparators configured to compare the detection input to respective first and second thresholds to provide an indication of the type of the pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Prentice, Julie Lynn Stultz, Eric Li, Graham LS Connolly, Shawn Barden
  • Publication number: 20120242396
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a switching device and method configured to receive a signal at a signal input, to provide the signal at an output in a first state without an applied voltage at a first control input, and to isolate the signal from the output in a second state with an applied voltage at the first control input. In an example, the switching device can include first, second, and third transistors, wherein the source of the first transistor is coupled to the drain of the second transistor and to the gate of the third transistor, wherein the signal input is coupled to the drain of the first transistor and to the drain of the third transistor, and wherein the output is coupled to the source of the third transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Tony Cheng Han Lee, Shawn Barden