Patent ID: 11936373
Assignee: CIRRUS LOGIC INC.
Field: Basic communication processes (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. Pre-conditioning circuitry for pre-conditioning a node of a circuit to support a change in operation of the circuit,
wherein the circuit is operative to change a state of the node to effect the change in operation of the circuit,
wherein the pre-conditioning circuitry is configured to apply a voltage, current or charge directly to the node to reduce the magnitude of the change to the state of the node required by the circuit to achieve the change in operation of the circuit,
wherein the pre-conditioning circuitry comprises:
monitor circuitry configured to monitor a voltage of the circuitry; and
control circuitry configured to:
receive a monitor output signal from the monitor circuitry; and
responsive to the monitor output signal, apply the voltage, current or charge to the node if a characteristic of the monitored voltage meets a predefined condition, wherein the node is coupled to a control node of an output device of the circuit, and wherein the voltage, current or charge applied directly to the node by the pre-conditioning circuitry increases a bias voltage at the control node of the output device.