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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7221495 | Thin film precursor stack for MEMS manufacturing This invention provides a precursor film stack for use in the production of MEMS devices. The precursor film stack comprises a carrier substrate, a first layer formed on the carrier substrate, a second layer of an insulator material formed on the first layer, and a ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7190398 | Image sensor with high dynamic range linear output Designs and operational methods to increase the dynamic range of image sensors and APS devices in particular by achieving more than one integration times for each pixel thereof. An APS system with more than one column-parallel signal chains for readout are described... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6462614 | Electrothermal integrator and audio frequency filter An electrothermal integrator and audio frequency filter utilizing an electrothermal structure fabricated by way of a micro-machining process. An electrothermal structure is a structure in which there is thermal interaction between its electrical component... | 10/08/2002 |
| 5689203 | Self-calibration circuit for pulse-train tranducer signals A self-calibration circuit for sensors and transducers that produce pulse-train outputs of the type having a count-until-disabled counter (250) which counts the number of pulses corresponding to a known value of the sensed or transduced quantity in a vari... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5574396 | Micro-power vortex isolator circuit An analog isolation circuit for providing electrical isolation between interrelated electrical circuitry contained within a vortex flowmeter. The circuit provides a low power and low cost solution to the problem of ground isolation presented in flowmeters... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5448056 | Photoelectric converting circuit having an amplification factor A photoelectric converting circuit having a photodiode generating a photoelectric current in accordance with the quantity of light, a first integrating circuit integrating the photoelectric current to convert it into a voltage, and a charge amplifier ampl... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5322995 | Charge integration preamplifier for use in radiation detection circuitry A charge integration-type preamplifier for use with a radiation detector. The preamplifier is capable of electronically resetting a feedback capacitor, prevents intrusion of noise, and offers high resolution and high counting rate. An inverting amplifier ... | 06/21/1994 |
| 4769532 | Apparatus for adjusting optical sensors with threshold memory A device for adjusting optical sensors in which light from a light emitting element is detected by a light receiving element to determine whether the output level of said light receiving element exceeds a certain threshold. The present device is used for ... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4768211 | Solid state photosensitive devices The present invention relates to an improvement to solid state photosensible devices of the type having a charge storing capacitor preceding the charge--voltage conversion stage. The photosensitive device of the invention comprises photosensitive detector... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4758741 | Photosensitive device ensuring an anti-blooming effect Each integration cell is surrounded by means imposing, at least during the charge integration time, a given surface potential. The detectors and integration cells are integrated onto semiconductor substrates receiving different biasing voltages and such t... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4743778 | Solid-state area imaging device having interline transfer CCD A solid state image pick-up device in which a light-receiving portion of MOS diode structure for accumulating therein charges corresponding to the intensity of light is formed on a substrate includes discharging means for discharging the accumulated charg... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4700143 | Output correction circuit for transducer means A transducer means for sensing the movement of a component between first and second extreme positions includes a transducer 18 the output of which is applied to one input terminal of a differential amplifier. The output of the amplifier is applied to one ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4666301 | Radiation responsive integrating amplifier Light induced current from a photodiode is converted into a voltage proportional to the integral with respect to time of the current using two serially connected integrating operational amplifiers. In each case the integrating capacitors are connected so ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4636092 | Diode thermometer A diode thermometer wherein a current source is operated to cause a temperature sensing diode to be subjected to operation at a first current level and then a second current level different from the first current level. A voltage generated from the diode ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4621204 | Sensor integrator system A sensor-integrator circuit having a sensor for producing a current varying in accordance with the sensed parameter or a reference current source, a comparator having inverting and noninverting inputs and an output and charge storage device coupled to the... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4612454 | Method for controlling signal integration time of a signal integration type image sensing device Disclosed is a method for controlling a signal integration time of signal integration type image sensing device having a plurality of signal integration type radiation-sensitive elements. An integrated value of the signal from at least one of the radiatio... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4602171 | Inhalation transducer circuit with DC drift compensation An inhalation transducer circuit is provided for use with a transducer having a variable electrical output. Early amplifier stages provide very high gain, and are subsequently a.c. coupled to stages of lesser gain leading to a microprocessor and an output... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4585934 | Self-calibration technique for charge-coupled device imagers A self-calibration technique which provides detector responsivity normalization for a charge-coupled device, hereinafter referred to as CCD, area imager. The CCD area imager is designed such that the detectors can be electrically decoupled from CCD multip... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4580051 | Infrared imaging systems with pseudo AC coupling circuit A thermal energy imaging system includes an optical system for focusing thermal energy emanating from a scene on an array of bulk semiconductor photodetectors. The detector array outputs electrical signals representative of the impinging thermal energy, a... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4556789 | Measuring circuit for photo-receiving intensity of photosensor A measuring circuit for measuring the light intensity received by a photosensor comprises a photosensor which generates photocurrent proportional to the intensity of received light, an integration circuit for integrating the photocurrent generated and for... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4521920 | Method and an arrangement for increasing the dynamic range at the input stage of a receiver in an optical fibre information transmission system A method and arrangement in the receiver of an optical fibre information transmission system for increasing the dynamic range in a so-called transimpedance-type input stage. The optical input of the arrangement has a non-amplifying photodiode (3) with two... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4454423 | Circuit arrangement for a radiation detector In an exemplary embodiment, an integrator circuit for the detector output signal comprises a capacitance which is directly charged by the radiation detector. Between the capacitance and an associated charge amplifier a switch is disposed for the selective... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4388527 | Photoelectric switch There is provided a photoelectric switch comprising a photoelectric detection means, a circuit means disposed independently of the detection means, and cable means interconnecting the detection and circuit means, there being formed in the photoelectric de... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4377755 | Signal compressor apparatus A signal compressor apparatus utilizing a charge coupled device having a charge storage well wherein the charge storage capacity is variable over the integration time of the device. During the minimum charge storage period, the input charge which exceeds ... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4348110 | Charging current integrating type photodetectors There is provided a photodetector wherein charging current to a photodiode is integrated to determine an amount of discharge due to conduction of photoelectric current through the photodiode and thereby to measure intensity of photon flux incident to the ... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4313067 | Sensor-integrator system A sensor-integrator utilizes a light sensing diode directly connected to the inputs of an operational amplifier. The operational amplifier forms part of a dual-slope integrator and directly integrates the current generated by the light sensing diode there... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4306191 | Initializing circuit for long-time constant electronic devices An electronic circuit is described for accurately and rapidly initializing long-time constant amplifiers and the like. More specifically, the circuit is designed to establish quiescent conditions in minimal time and with minimal settling in amplifiers or ... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4283678 | Cable condition analyzing system for electric arc furnace conductors The present invention provides for measuring and analyzing AC currents and preferably relatively large AC currents, such as those that are conventionally delivered to an electric arc furnace, as an indication of the current carrying capability or conditio... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4258719 | Heart rate measurement system A pulsed IR reflectance plethysmograph for heart rate measurement and display in a digital watch or as a medical instrument using, for example, a pulsed LED light emitting diode for transmitting light pulses and a photodiode for receiving light pulses ref... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4224573 | Electric circuit device and pendulum unit incorporating such devices An electrical circuit device comprises an integrating amplifier arrangement that provides a circuit output signal in response to an input signal from a differential amplifier. The differential amplifier receives at one of its input terminals the circuit i... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4058735 | Opto-electronic contact mechanism The invention relates to an opto-electronic contact mechanism in which a potential of an input circuit is separated from the potential of an output circuit by two optocouplers. The optocouplers contain an excitor circuit having a radiation transmitter and... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4047113 | Feedback circuitry for charge digitizer Feedback circuitry for a charge digitizer is disclosed. The feedback circuitry includes a photo-diode coupled between the input of the integrator and the biasing voltage of the photo-diode and a pulsed light source connected to the output of the multivibr... | 09/06/1977 |
| 3992668 | Electro-thermal readout of coulometers Systems are disclosed for reading the integral stored in a coulometer by sensing the thermal properties of the electrolyte. A preferred embodiment comprises at least one temperature sensitive element and a heat source placed adjacent the coulometer positi... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3946223 | Charge transfer device having control means for its photoelectric conversion characteristics A charge transfer device having control means for its photoelectric conversion characteristics comprises means for applying a first integration voltage having a prescribed level to integration electrodes of the device during a prescribed initial time leng... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3944370 | Exposure time indication apparatus A voltage proportional to the APEX indication quantity for exposure time is coupled to one terminal of a meter through a buffer stage transistor. Circuit means produce a reference potential which is applied to the other terminal of the meter. The buffer s... | 03/16/1976 |
