Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical sensor arrangement and method for generating an analog output signal
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Application No.: US14850908Application Date: 2015-09-10
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Publication No.: US09608132B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Josef Kriebernegg , Christian Mautner , Herbert Lenhard , Manfred Lueger
- Applicant: ams AG
- Applicant Address: AT Unterpremstaetten
- Assignee: AMS AG
- Current Assignee: AMS AG
- Current Assignee Address: AT Unterpremstaetten
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: EP14184429 20140911
- Main IPC: H01J40/14
- IPC: H01J40/14 ; H01L31/02 ; G01S17/02 ; G01S7/487 ; H03M1/12 ; G01V8/10 ; G01S17/10

Abstract:
An optical sensor arrangement (10) comprises a light sensor (11) that is connected to a summation node (13) and is designed for generating a sensor current (S2), a current source (S2) connected to the summation node (13) and designed to provide a source current (S3), and an integrator (21) that is coupled to the summation node (13) and is designed for generating a first value (VP1) of an integrator signal (S6) by integrating during a first phase (P1) and for generating a second value (VP2) of the integrator signal (S6) by integrating during a second phase (P2). The optical sensor arrangement (10) comprises a sum and hold circuit (31) that is coupled to the integrator (21) and is designed to generate an analog output signal (S7) as a function of a difference of the first value (VP1) and the second value (VP2) of the integrator signal (S6).
Public/Granted literature
- US20160079447A1 OPTICAL SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ANALOG OUTPUT SIGNAL Public/Granted day:2016-03-17
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