Coupled bi-stable microcircuit system for ultra-sensitive electrical and magnetic field sensing
    1.
    发明授权
    Coupled bi-stable microcircuit system for ultra-sensitive electrical and magnetic field sensing 有权
    耦合双稳态微电路系统,用于超敏感电磁场感应

    公开(公告)号:US08049570B1

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-01

    申请号:US12732023

    申请日:2010-03-25

    IPC分类号: H03K3/03 G01R33/00

    摘要: An electrical/magnetic current sensing system includes a first collection mechanism configured to convert an electric field into surface charge, a second collection mechanism comprising a magnetic reactive material, and a sensor coupled to the first and second collection mechanisms. The sensor comprises an odd number, greater than or equal to three, of unidirectionally-coupled non-linear over-damped bi-stable elements. Each element comprises a resistive load, an operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) with a bipolar junction transistor differential pair, a cross-coupled OTA, and a non-linear OTA. Each element may comprise fully differential inputs and outputs. The sensor may be contained in a microchip or on a printed circuit board. A resident time difference readout device may be connected to the sensor, and may be configured to perform a power spectral density calculation. The sensor may include a resistance to voltage circuit connected between the second collection mechanism and the elements.

    摘要翻译: 电/磁电流感测系统包括被配置为将电场转换为表面电荷的第一收集机构,包括磁性反应性材料的第二收集机构和耦合到第一和第二收集机构的传感器。 传感器包括奇数,大于或等于三个单向耦合的非线性过阻尼双稳态元件。 每个元件包括电阻负载,具有双极结型晶体管差分对的工作跨导放大器(OTA),交叉耦合OTA和非线性OTA。 每个元件可以包括全差分输入和输出。 传感器可以容纳在微芯片或印刷电路板上。 驻留时间差读出装置可以连接到传感器,并且可以被配置为执行功率谱密度计算。 传感器可以包括连接在第二收集机构和元件之间的电压电路电阻。

    Frequency down-conversion system using arrays of coupled non-linear elements
    2.
    发明授权
    Frequency down-conversion system using arrays of coupled non-linear elements 有权
    使用耦合非线性元件阵列的下变频系统

    公开(公告)号:US08165557B1

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-24

    申请号:US12561996

    申请日:2009-09-17

    IPC分类号: H04B1/26

    CPC分类号: G01R33/04 G01R31/31708

    摘要: A system includes at least a first array connected to a second array. The first array includes an odd number, greater than one, of unidirectionally-coupled non-linear first array elements. The second array includes an odd number, greater than one, of unidirectionally-coupled non-linear second array elements. The second array elements are unidirectionally-coupled in a direction opposite the coupling direction of the second array elements. The first array is configured to receive an input signal and down-convert the input signal. The second array is configured to receive the down-converted input signal, further down-convert the down-converted input signal, and output a down-converted output signal. The down-converted output signal is down-converted to a multiple of the frequency of the input signal proportional to the number of arrays of the system. The system may operate at frequencies greater than 1 GHz and may be contained in a microchip or on a printed circuit board.

    摘要翻译: 系统至少包括连接到第二阵列的第一阵列。 第一阵列包括单向耦合非线性第一阵列元件的奇数大于一个。 第二阵列包括单向耦合非线性第二阵列元件的奇数大于一个。 第二阵列元件沿与第二阵列元件的耦合方向相反的方向单向耦合。 第一阵列被配置为接收输入信号并对输入信号进行下变频。 第二阵列被配置为接收经下变频的输入信号,进一步降低转换后的输入信号,并输出下变频输出信号。 下变频输出信号被下变频成与系统阵列数量成比例的输入信号频率的倍数。 该系统可以在大于1GHz的频率下操作,并且可以包含在微芯片或印刷电路板上。

    Wideband non-linear circuits for implementation in frequency channel separation
    3.
    发明授权
    Wideband non-linear circuits for implementation in frequency channel separation 有权
    用于在频道分离中实现的宽带非线性电路

    公开(公告)号:US07902931B1

    公开(公告)日:2011-03-08

    申请号:US12391508

    申请日:2009-02-24

    CPC分类号: G01R33/04 G01R31/31708

    摘要: A device includes a plurality of channel-capture circuits. Each circuit may include an array of N non-linear oscillators, wherein N≧3, circularly connected to each other in series such that unidirectional signal flow occurs between the oscillators. Each circuit may be configured to capture a respective channel signal from a wideband signal containing a plurality of channel signals and convert its captured channel signal to a lower frequency. Each oscillator may include an oscillator input configured to receive an output signal from another oscillator, an oscillator output configured to provide an output for an input of another oscillator, a frequency capture input configured to receive at least a portion of the wideband signal, at least two amplifiers, and a control capacitor coupled to the output of the amplifiers. An analog-to-digital converter may be coupled to the output of each channel-capture circuit.

    摘要翻译: 一种装置包括多个通道捕获电路。 每个电路可以包括N个非线性振荡器的阵列,其中N≥3,串联地彼此圆形连接,使得在振荡器之间发生单向信号流。 每个电路可以被配置为从包含多个信道信号的宽带信号捕获相应的信道信号,并将其捕获的信道信号转换为较低的频率。 每个振荡器可以包括被配置为从另一个振荡器接收输出信号的振荡器输入,被配置为提供另一个振荡器的输入的输出的振荡器输出,配置成接收宽带信号的至少一部分的频率捕捉输入,至少 两个放大器和耦合到放大器的输出的控制电容器。 模数转换器可以耦合到每个通道捕获电路的输出。

    Wideband nonlinear “channelizer” for rapid processing of static and time-varying signals
    10.
    发明授权
    Wideband nonlinear “channelizer” for rapid processing of static and time-varying signals 有权
    宽带非线性“通道器”用于快速处理静态和时变信号

    公开(公告)号:US07714671B1

    公开(公告)日:2010-05-11

    申请号:US11755601

    申请日:2007-05-30

    IPC分类号: H03B27/00

    CPC分类号: G01R33/04 G01R31/31708

    摘要: A target signal analyzer having at least one receiving antenna configured to receive the target signal, and a parallel array of oscillator rings. Each oscillator ring is operatively coupled to receive the target signal from the receiving antenna. Each oscillator ring has an odd number of at least three bistable, nonlinear oscillators circularly coupled to each other such that only one-way signal flow is allowed between the oscillators in each oscillator ring. Each of the oscillator rings is configured to oscillate and thereby produce a response signal only when the target signal frequency is within a designated frequency band. For every designated frequency band in a spectrum of interest, at least one of the oscillator rings is configured to produce a response signal.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有至少一个接收天线的目标信号分析器,用于接收目标信号,以及一个并联的振荡器环阵列。 每个振荡器环可操作地耦合以从接收天线接收目标信号。 每个振荡器环具有奇数个至少三个双稳态非线性振荡器,它们彼此循环耦合,使得在每个振荡器环中的振荡器之间仅允许单向信号流。 每个振荡器环被配置为仅当目标信号频率在指定频带内时振荡并由此产生响应信号。 对于感兴趣的频谱中的每个指定频带,振荡器环中的至少一个被配置为产生响应信号。