ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,451, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).
"Linearizer circuits and methods for audio switches" was invented by Chienchung Yang (San Diego), Khaled Mahmoud Abdelfattah Aly (Irvine, Calif.) and Vijayakumar Dhanasekaran (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless device may include a plug that is shared by high speed data, analog audio signals, and power. Switches may be included on wires between the plug and the circuits that provide the high-speed data, analog audio signals and power to isolate those circuits from overvoltage conditions. Linearizer circuits may be included to provide gate driving sign...