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Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2015
Applicant:

Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Ruben Fontes, Donneloye, CH;

Lionel Portmann, Lausanne, CH;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 18/00 (2006.01); G01D 5/24 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 18/00 (2013.01); G01D 5/24 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sensor system has an acquisition unit comprising an analog to digital converter generating a series of digital sensor signals, a first evaluation unit receiving the series of digital sensor signals for evaluation, wherein the first evaluation unit generates output signals that correspond to a sensor event, and a second evaluation unit independent from said first evaluation unit receiving the series of digital sensor signals. At least a first and second series of digital sensor signals is processed by the second evaluation unit to generate a control signal that is configured to select a sampling frequency controlling the analog-to-digital converter, wherein the first and second series of digital sensor signals are sampled at different sampling frequencies.


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