PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15993955
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["700", "094000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus may include a digital-to-analog converter configured to convert a digital audio input signal into a differential analog input signal with a substantially non-zero common-mode voltage, an amplifier configured to receive the differential analog input signal and generate at an amplifier output a ground-centered output signal from the differential analog input signal, a clamp configured to selectively couple and decouple the amplifier output to a ground voltage, and a controller configured to control the clamp to selectively couple and decouple the amplifier output to a ground voltage responsive to transitions between power states of a device comprising the apparatus and control the differential analog input signal generated by the digital-to-analog converter in order to minimize a level transition current through an output load coupled to the amplifier output during transitions between the power states.

Claim (Index 7):
The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to, during at least one of the transition between the low power state and the powered on state and the transition between the powered on state and the low power state, control the digital-to-analog converter such that the differential analog input signal is forced to its minimum signal level in order to minimize the level transition current.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27869
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15195626', '14481201', '15488931', '14952222', '14083972']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4150061975971341
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.49272126333043
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4227777041704637
- Mean Citation Score: 231.627584
- Max Citation Score: 242.5648
- Similarity Product: 187.39646922531128

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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