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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Ams International Ag, Rapperswil, CH;
Inventor:
Gregg Kodra, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
ams International AG, Rapperswil, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/46 (2006.01); G01R 29/24 (2006.01); G01J 1/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/46 (2013.01); G01R 29/24 (2013.01); G01J 2001/4426 (2013.01);
Abstract
A circuit arrangement comprises a photo detector () for detecting electromagnetic energy and a signal generating means () being suitable for generating a sequence of events wherein an event interval of the sequence depends on the detected electromagnetic energy. The signal generating means () is coupled downstream of the photo detector (). A counting means () for measuring a time period until a given number of events has been generated is coupled downstream of the signal generating means ().