Analog front-end
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11323183B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US16949592

    申请日:2020-11-05

    摘要: Examples described herein relate to an analog front-end (AFE). The AFE includes a trans-impedance amplifier to receive an input current and generate a pair of the differential voltage signals based on the input current and a reference current. Further, the AFE includes a dynamic voltage slicer to receive the differential voltage signals at input terminals and supply digital voltages at output terminals. The dynamic voltage slicer includes a preamplifier to generate a pair of intermediate voltages based on the differential voltage signals sampled at a predetermined frequency. The dynamic voltage slicer also includes a voltage latch circuit coupled to the preamplifier, wherein the voltage latch circuit is to regenerate a pair of digital voltages based on the pair of the intermediate voltages. Moreover, the AFE includes a logic latch coupled to the dynamic voltage slicer to provide digital output states based on the pair of the digital voltages.

    PHOTODETECTOR BEHAVIOR MODELING
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230030875A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17443862

    申请日:2021-07-28

    IPC分类号: G01J1/44 G06F30/20 G06F1/03

    摘要: Examples disclosed herein relate to photodetector (PD) behavior modeling for process design kit. In some examples, a photodetector behavior model may receive input optical data. Further, the photodetector behavior model may be provided with input values corresponding to input parameters. The photodetector behavior model may identify a set of coefficients from a set of coefficient lookup tables, based on the input values corresponding to input parameters. The photodetector behavior model determines characteristics of one or more model parameters of the photodetector based on the identified set of coefficients. The behavior model determines an output metric indicative of an electrical response of the photodetector, based on the input optical data and the determined characteristics of the one or more model parameters.

    ANALOG FRONT-END
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220140914A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US16949592

    申请日:2020-11-05

    摘要: Examples described herein relate to an analog front-end (AFE). The AFE includes a trans-impedance amplifier to receive an input current and generate a pair of the differential voltage signals based on the input current and a reference current. Further, the AFE includes a dynamic voltage slicer to receive the differential voltage signals at input terminals and supply digital voltages at output terminals. The dynamic voltage slicer includes a preamplifier to generate a pair of intermediate voltages based on the differential voltage signals sampled at a predetermined frequency. The dynamic voltage slicer also includes a voltage latch circuit coupled to the preamplifier, wherein the voltage latch circuit is to regenerate a pair of digital voltages based on the pair of the intermediate voltages. Moreover, the AFE includes a logic latch coupled to the dynamic voltage slicer to provide digital output states based on the pair of the digital voltages.

    BEHAVIOR MODEL OF PHOTODETECTORS WITH A BUILT-IN LOOKUP TABLE

    公开(公告)号:US20220138371A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17084600

    申请日:2020-10-29

    IPC分类号: G06F30/20 G06F16/901

    摘要: A method for simulating a photodetector behavior includes: receiving an input waveform for an photodetector; receiving an input optical power and a reverse bias voltage for the photodetector; searching for, in a lookup-table library, model parameters for a photodetector behavior model based on the input optical power and the reverse bias voltage; and outputting a second waveform from the photodetector behavior model, where the second waveform is indicative of an electrical response of the photodetector receiving the input waveform.