Audio accessory switching circuit
View Patent ↗This invention includes a switching circuit that allows a cellular phone with an audio accessory to arbitrate between cellular telephone calls and other audio inputs. In one embodiment, a cellular telephone having a MP3 accessory uses the invention to automatically switch a single set of speakers from the stereo MP3 signal to the mono phone signal whenever a call is transmitted or received. An advantage of the invention is that the user need not switch between music and phone call when the phone rings, as the invention takes care of this automatically.
1. A switching circuit comprising:
a. at least one accessory transistor;
b. at least one phone transistor;
c. at least one call control signal coupled to the at least one accessory transistor and the at least one phone transistor;
d. at least one accessory channel coupled to the at least one accessory transistor;
e. at least one phone audio bus coupled to the at least one phone transistor; and
f. at least one speaker;
wherein when the call control signal is active the at least one phone channel is coupled to the speaker, and when the call control signal is not active the at least one accessory channel is coupled to the at least one speaker.
2. The circuit of claim 1 , further comprising at least one microphone coupled to the at least one phone transistor.
3. The circuit of claim 2 , wherein the at least one accessory channel comprises a right audio channel and a left audio channel.
4. The circuit of claim 3 , wherein the at least one speaker comprises a right speaker and a left speaker.