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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2018
Melexis Technologies NV, Tessenderlo, BE;
Saad Ahmad, Waltham, MA (US);
Volodymyr Seliuchenko, Nashua, NH (US);
Sharath Patil, Ashland, MA (US);
Darrell Livezey, Brookline, NH (US);
Marcelo Mizuki, Nashua, NH (US);
MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES NV, Tessenderlo, BE;
Abstract
A sample and hold system, for capturing and reading at least one input signal. The system comprises a readout device, a controller, an array of segments comprising a plurality of unit cells and a dummy unit cell, and segment switches between the segments and the readout device. The controller is adapted for controlling the system such that: during an acquisition phase a trace of samples is taken from the input signal and held in the unit cells; during a readout phase the samples in the unit cells or in the dummy unit cells of a segment are read out by readout device; after opening or closing the segment switches the dummy unit cell, is the first cell which is read out by the readout device.