摘要:
A circuit for protecting a voltage supply to a sensor from a transient event is provided. The circuit includes at least one buffer capacitor configured to provide output during the transient event, the output substantially equivalent to output of a regulated supply during normal operation of the sensor. A method of fabrication and a sensor are disclosed.
摘要:
Detection of excessive negative offset of a condition responsive sensor such as a pressure responsive full Wheatstone bridge element (10) and circuitry associated therewith is obtained by taking the sensor's output signal, preferably after the signal has been compensated for both gain and offset and comparing (Q1) the signal (Vx) with a reference voltage (VREF1) selected to reflect an unobtainable stimulus input condition and driving the compensated signal to a fault level when the compensated signal exceeds the reference voltage.
摘要:
A full Wheatstone bridge sensor has conditioning electronics of an ASIC connected thereto. Two independently controlled diagnostic switches (S1, S2) in the ASIC are commonly connected to one of the bridge output nodes. The first diagnostic switch connects first resistor between the bridge output node and bridge supply voltage and the second diagnostic switch connects a second resistor between the bridge output and bridge ground. The first diagnostic switch closes during a first diagnostic waveform phase and opens during all other phases of operation. The second diagnostic switch closes during a second and third waveform phase and opens during all other phases of operation. The diagnostic waveforms are used to test major signal conditioning and fault reporting paths of the ASIC.
摘要:
A potentiometric digital to analog converter includes switches to electrically connect a string of n resistors between two voltage supplies to charge a first capacitor (C1) through a first tap and store the charge and then to reverse the electrical connections of the string to the two power supplies to charge a second capacitor (C2) through a second tap connected at an inverse location symmetrical about the average voltage of the voltages at the supply connectivity switches and store the charge of the second capacitor. The voltage (VA, VB) on the two capacitors is then averaged to provide a ratiometric output voltage which is insensitive to the drift of values of the string of resistors.
摘要:
Deblurring digital camera images captured in low-light, long-integration-time conditions by capturing multiple short-integration images and fusing with on-the-fly motion estimation and alignment to limit the frame memory requirements. In one embodiment, an image stabilization system includes: (1) a frame memory and (2) a processor coupled to the frame memory and configured to store a first short-integration digital image in the frame memory, determine a displacement of a second short-integration digital image relative to the first short-integration digital image, combine the second short-integration digital image with the first short-integration digital image to form a fused digital image and overwrite the first short-integration digital image with the fused digital image.
摘要:
An electronically variable light attenuator and method for electronically attenuating light. The attenuator has an array of liquid crystal regions. The regions in a first set thereof are interspersed with the regions in a second set thereof. The array is adapted to receive a beam of light directed along an axis. A pair of electrodes is provided. At least one of the sets of regions is disposed between the electrodes. The regions in the first set are configured to produce a first diffraction pattern in response to the received light and the regions in the second set are configured to produce a second diffraction pattern in response to the received light. The pair of electrodes are arranged to enable the first and second diffraction patterns to combine with a degree of interference along an axis selected in accordance with an electric field produced between the pair of electrodes and through the at least one of the sets of regions. The array degree of interference is greatest in the absence of the electric field. With such an arrangement, a relatively low cost, high power, fail-safe, electronically variable light attenuator is provided.
摘要:
A circuit for protecting a voltage supply to a sensor from a transient event is provided. The circuit includes at least one buffer capacitor configured to provide output during the transient event, the output substantially equivalent to output of a regulated supply during normal operation of the sensor. A method of fabrication and a sensor are disclosed.
摘要:
A system is configured to monitor a received signal. In response to detecting a fault condition associated with the received signal, the system sets a fault status indicator to indicate occurrence of the detected fault condition. The system sets a state of the fault status indicator for at least a predetermined amount of time to indicate occurrence of the detected fault condition. Subsequent to setting the fault status indicator for at least the predetermined amount of time to indicate the occurrence of the detected fault condition, the system monitors integrity of the signal again. After the predetermined amount of time, in response to detecting that there is no longer a fault associated with the monitored signal, the system modifies the fault status indicator to indicate absence of the fault condition.
摘要:
Signal conditioning of multiple sense elements is shown for providing information to a system requiring high accuracy and robust fault coverage. A first signal conditioning ASIC (10) pre-conditions the sense element data and a second system control ASIC (14) mathematically solves predetermined compensation relations based on the output of ASIC (10) and stored compensation data to fully condition the sensor output signal(s). The sense elements (1–6) are each formed by two half bridges whose inputs are pre-conditioned by separate, identical signal conditioning paths to provide highly accurate sense and diagnostic information.
摘要:
A redundant sensor includes at least two sensing elements. The redundant sensor includes methods and apparatus for time-stamping and combining data from the sensing elements. A method of use and additional embodiments are disclosed.