TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIER-BASED REDUCTION OF HALL SENSOR PARASITIC IMPEDANCE

    公开(公告)号:US20180372508A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-27

    申请号:US16056275

    申请日:2018-08-06

    Abstract: A first amplifier has an input to receive a Hall-signal output current from a first Hall element and has an output to output feedback current in response to the received Hall-signal output current. The Hall-signal output current is impeded by an impedance of the first Hall element. The feedback current is coupled to counterpoise the Hall-signal output current at the input, and a voltage at the output is an amplified Hall output signal. A second amplifier generates a high-frequency portion output signal in response to a difference between the amplified Hall output signal and a Hall-signal output signal from a second Hall element. A filter reduces high-frequency content of the high-frequency portion output signal and generates an offset correction signal. A third amplifier generates a corrected Hall signal in response to a difference between the amplified Hall output signal and the offset correction signal.

    HIGH BANDWIDTH HALL SENSOR
    13.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170363693A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-21

    申请号:US15186383

    申请日:2016-06-17

    CPC classification number: G01R33/0029 G01R33/075 H03F3/38 H03F3/45995

    Abstract: A high bandwidth Hall sensor includes a high bandwidth path and a low bandwidth path. The relatively high offset (from sensor offset) of the high bandwidth path is estimated using a relatively low offset generated by the low bandwidth path. The relatively high offset of the high bandwidth path is substantially reduced by combining the output of the high bandwidth path with the output of the low bandwidth path to generate a high bandwidth, low offset output. The offset can be further reduced by including transimpedance amplifiers in the high bandwidth sensors to optimize the frequency response of high bandwidth Hall sensor.

    TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIER-BASED REDUCTION OF HALL SENSOR PARASITIC IMPEDANCE

    公开(公告)号:US20170363445A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-21

    申请号:US15186394

    申请日:2016-06-17

    CPC classification number: G01D5/142 G01D3/0365 G01D5/145

    Abstract: A high bandwidth Hall sensor includes, for example, a Hall element for generating a first polarity Hall-signal output current. An amplifier receives, at a first input, the first polarity Hall-signal output current and outputs a feedback current of a second polarity opposite the first polarity in response. The feedback current is coupled to the first input, and the feedback current suppresses an instantaneous voltage generated by the first polarity first Hall element output current at the first input. In an embodiment, the feedback current suppresses the instantaneous voltage generated by first polarity Hall element output current such that the effects of the Hall element source impedance are reduced.

    Transmitter Architecture for Photoplethysmography Systems

    公开(公告)号:US20170099711A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-06

    申请号:US15131831

    申请日:2016-04-18

    Abstract: An LED (light-emitting diode) driver for a photoplethysmography system, including a switched-mode operational amplifier for driving a driver transistor with a source-drain path in series with the LED. In a first clock phase in which the LED is disconnected from the driver transistor, the amplifier is coupled in unity gain mode, and a sampling capacitor stores a voltage corresponding to the offset and flicker noise of the amplifier; the gate of the driver transistor is precharged to a reference voltage in this first clock phase. In a second clock phase, the sampled voltage at the capacitor is subtracted from the reference voltage applied to the amplifier input, so that the LED drive is adjusted according to the sampled noise. A signal from the transmitter channel is forwarded to a noise/ripple remover in the receiving channel, to remove transmitter noise from the received signal.

    Waveguide coupler
    17.
    发明授权
    Waveguide coupler 有权
    波导耦合器

    公开(公告)号:US09356352B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-31

    申请号:US13657615

    申请日:2012-10-22

    Abstract: An apparatus is provided. In the apparatus, there is an antenna package and an integrated circuit (IC). A circuit trace assembly is secured to the IC. A coupler (with an antenna assembly and a high impedance surface (HIS)) is secured to the circuit trace assembly. An antenna assembly has a window region, a conductive region that substantially surrounds the window region, a circular patch antenna that is in communication with the IC, and an elliptical patch antenna that is located within the window region, that is extends over at least a portion of the circular patch antenna, and that is in communication with the circular patch antenna. The HIS substantially surrounds the antenna assembly.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种装置。 在该装置中,存在天线封装和集成电路(IC)。 电路迹线组件固定到IC。 耦合器(具有天线组件和高阻抗表面(HIS))固定到电路迹线组件。 天线组件具有窗口区域,基本上围绕窗口区域的导电区域,与IC连通的圆形贴片天线以及位于窗口区域内的椭圆形贴片天线,其延伸至少一个 圆形贴片天线的一部分,并且与圆形贴片天线通信。 HIS基本上围绕天线组件。

    FLUXGATE MAGNETIC SENSOR
    18.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240111001A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-04

    申请号:US17956758

    申请日:2022-09-29

    CPC classification number: G01R33/04 G01R33/0017

    Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus comprises a first coil, a second coil, a control circuit, and a processing circuit. The second coil is magnetically coupled to the first coil. The control circuit has a signal output coupled to the first coil, and a control output, and the control circuit configured to: responsive to a state of the control input, select a field strength level from a set of discrete field strength levels; and provide a first signal representing the selected field strength level at the signal output. Also, the processing circuit has processing inputs and a processing output, the processing inputs coupled to the second coil, the processing output coupled to the control input, and the processing circuit configured to, responsive to a second signal across the processing inputs, set a state of the processing output representing a polarity of a magnetic field sensed by the second coil.

    Ultrasonic flow meter and excitation method

    公开(公告)号:US11353347B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-07

    申请号:US15708553

    申请日:2017-09-19

    Abstract: Disclosed examples include methods and systems to measure fluid flow, including a transmit circuit to provide a transducer transmit signal based on a transmit pulse signal, a receive circuit to receive a transducer receive signal, an ADC to sample a receive signal from the receive circuit and provide a sampled signal, and a processing circuit that computes a transit time based on the sampled signal, and provides the transmit pulse signal including a first portion with a frequency in a first frequency band, and a second portion with a second frequency outside the first frequency band to mitigate undesired transducer vibration, where the second frequency is outside a transducer frequency bandwidth of the transducer.

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