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Granted Patent B2
US 12,176,781 · App. 16/816,833 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Methods and systems for estimating transducer parameters

Inventors: Eric Lindemann (Boulder, CO); John L. Melanson (Austin, TX); Emmanuel Marchais (Dripping Springs, TX); Carl Lennart Ståhl (Malmö, SE)
Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
H02K33/00B06B1/0215B06B1/0261B06B1/045G06F1/022G06F3/016G08B6/00H03F1/0211
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Patent No.
US 12,176,781
App. No.
16/816,833
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for estimating parameters of an electromagnetic load may include an input for receiving an input excitation signal to the electromagnetic load, a broadband content estimator that identifies at least one portion of the input excitation signal having broadband content, and a parameter estimator that uses the at least one portion of the input excitation signal to estimate and output one or more parameters of the electromagnetic load.

Claims (32)

1. A system for estimating parameters of an electromagnetic load comprising:

an input for receiving an input excitation signal to the electromagnetic load;

a broadband content estimator that identifies at least one portion of the input excitation signal having broadband content; and

a parameter estimator that uses the at least one portion of the input excitation signal to estimate and output one or more parameters of the electromagnetic load.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one portion of the input excitation signal is a beginning of a transient of the input excitation signal.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one portion of the input excitation signal is an end of a transient of the input excitation signal.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the broadband content estimator comprises a filter bank to determine spectral broadness of the input excitation signal at any portion of the input excitation signal.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic load is a haptic transducer and the input excitation signal is a haptic waveform for driving the haptic transducer.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one portion of the input excitation signal comprises a beginning of the haptic waveform.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one portion of the input excitation signal comprises an end of the haptic waveform.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one portion of the input excitation signal comprises a beginning of the haptic waveform and an end of the haptic waveform.

9. A system for estimating parameters of an electromagnetic load comprising:

an input for receiving an input excitation signal to the electromagnetic load;

a wideband content block that adds wideband spectral content to the input excitation signal to create a modified input excitation signal; and

a parameter estimator that uses the modified input excitation signal to estimate and output one or more parameters of the electromagnetic load.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the electromagnetic load is a haptic transducer and the input excitation signal is a haptic waveform for driving the haptic transducer.

11. A method for estimating parameters of an electromagnetic load comprising:

receiving an input excitation signal to the electromagnetic load;

identifying at least one portion of the input excitation signal having broadband content; and

using the at least one portion of the input excitation signal to estimate and output one or more parameters of the electromagnetic load.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one portion of the input excitation signal is a beginning of a transient of the input excitation signal.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one portion of the input excitation signal is an end of a transient of the input excitation signal.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein identifying at least one portion of the input excitation signal having broadband content comprises using a filter bank to determine spectral broadness of the input excitation signal at any portion of the input excitation signal.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the electromagnetic load is a haptic transducer and the input excitation signal is a haptic waveform for driving the haptic transducer.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one portion of the input excitation signal comprises a beginning of the haptic waveform.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one portion of the input excitation signal comprises an end of the haptic waveform.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one portion of the input excitation signal comprises a beginning of the haptic waveform and an end of the haptic waveform.

19. A method for estimating parameters of an electromagnetic load comprising:

receiving an input excitation signal to the electromagnetic load;

adding wideband spectral content to the input excitation signal to create a modified input excitation signal; and

using the modified input excitation signal to estimate and output one or more parameters of the electromagnetic load.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the electromagnetic load is a haptic transducer and the input excitation signal is a haptic waveform for driving the haptic transducer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2024
From: CIRRUS LOGIC INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
To: CIRRUS LOGIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 067804/0180 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2020
From: LINDEMANN, ERIC; MELANSON, JOHN L.; MARCHAIS, EMMANUEL; STÅHL, CARL LENNART
To: CIRRUS LOGIC INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
Reel/Frame 052098/0529 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62826348 · Mar 29, 2019
Provisional Application 62826388 · Mar 29, 2019
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