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Patent No.:

US 10079580 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2016

Proximity sensor

Applicant:

Aucmos Technologies Usa, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventor:

Teh-Shang Lu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

CORE CHIP TECHNOLOGY (NANJING) CO., LTD., Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, CN;

Attorneys:

Edward C. Kwok, Esq.

VLP Law Group, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jermele M Hollington

Assistant Examiner:

Temilade Rhodes-Vivour

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/26 (2006.01); H03G 3/30 (2006.01); H03K 5/08 (2006.01); G01D 5/24 (2006.01); G01R 1/00 (2006.01); G08B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/30 (2013.01); G01D 5/24 (2013.01); H03K 5/082 (2013.01); G01R 1/00 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01); G08B 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A proximity detector circuit that receives a single-ended sensor signal includes (a) an adaptive level control circuit maintaining the single-ended sensor signal within a predetermined voltage range relative a common mode reference signal; and (b) a programmable gain amplifier receiving the single-ended sensor signal and the common mode reference signal as a differential input signal, and providing an output signal derived from amplifying the differential input signal.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Lu, Teh-Shang. (2018). Proximity sensor (U.S. Patent No. 10079580). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10079580

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