ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,212, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Split pass device applications for DAC supply systems" was invented by Antonio Passamani (Munich), Timo W Gossmann (Neubiberg, Germany), Adrien F Vargas (Munich) and Guillaume Gourlat (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to power management for digital-to-analog converters (DACs). As electronic devices and the components therein become increasingly smaller to satisfy the desire for more compact/portable devices, the operating voltage may be reduced to reduce the likelihood of shorts and/or voltage/current bleeds. To maintain comp...