US 12,341,504 B2
Pre-conditioning a node of a circuit
Hamed Sadati, Swindon (GB); John A. Breslin, Glasgow (GB); Sushanth Hegde, Edinburgh (GB); and John L. Melanson, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Cirrus Logic Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd., Edinburgh (GB)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/428,442.
Application 18/428,442 is a continuation of application No. 17/356,606, filed on Jun. 24, 2021, granted, now 11,936,373.
Prior Publication US 2024/0380396 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. H03K 17/30 (2006.01); H03K 17/042 (2006.01); H03K 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC H03K 17/302 (2013.01) [H03K 17/04206 (2013.01); H03K 17/063 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Pre-conditioning circuitry for pre-conditioning a capacitor of a circuit to support a change in operation of the circuit, wherein the pre-conditioning circuitry is configured to apply a voltage, current or charge directly to the capacitor prior to the change in operation of the circuit to reduce a settling time of the circuit following the change in operation of the circuit, wherein the pre-conditioning circuitry is configured to output a first voltage to a first circuit node and to output a second voltage to a second circuit node to pre-charge the capacitor prior to the change in operation of the circuit.