Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Four-stage circuit architecture for detecting pulsed signals
- Patent Title (中): 用于检测脉冲信号的四级电路架构
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Application No.: US13870669Application Date: 2013-04-25
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Publication No.: US09130070B2Publication Date: 2015-09-08
- Inventor: Shrenik Deliwala , Steven J. Decker , Dan M. Weinberg
- Applicant: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MA Norwood
- Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Norwood
- Agency: Patent Capital Group
- Main IPC: H01J40/14
- IPC: H01J40/14 ; H03F3/08 ; H01L27/00 ; H01L31/02 ; H03F3/45 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/024

Abstract:
An electrical circuit includes a photodiode that receives a light signal from a light source and generates a photocurrent signal, a trans-impedance amplifier that amplifies the photocurrent signal and generates a low noise signal, and a high pass filter that converts the low noise signal into an alternating current (AC) signal having a positive amplitude, a negative amplitude, and a zero cross-over point between the positive amplitude and the negative amplitude. The electrical circuit also includes a positive integrating amplifier that receives the positive amplitude of the AC signal and generates a positive integrated value over an integration period, and a negative integrating amplifier that receives the negative amplitude of the AC signal and generates a negative integrated value over the integration period. The electrical circuit further includes at least one analog-to-digital converter that receives the positive and negative integrated values.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140323844A1 CIRCUIT ARCHITECTURE FOR PHOTODIODES Public/Granted day:2014-10-30
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