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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2018
Melexis Technologies SA, Bevaix, CH;
Johan L. Raman, Knesselare, BE;
Pieter Rombouts, Mariakerke, BE;
Melexis Technologies SA, Bevaix, CH;
Abstract
A method of biasing and reading-out a passive resistive sensor structure having two excitation nodes and two readout nodes, comprises the steps of: a) determining a first state of a first capacitor corresponding to a first amount of charge biasing the sensor structure such that a biasing current flows through said first capacitor during a first time interval determining a second state of the first capacitor corresponding to a second amount of charge integrating or averaging the readout signal during a second time interval related to the first time interval, thereby obtaining an integrated or averaged readout signal determining the sensor readout signal based on the integrated or averaged readout signal and a change in state of the first capacitor.