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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2017
Ams International Ag, Rapperswil, CH;
Bernhard Greimel-Rechling, Gleisdorf, AT;
Peter Bliem, Premstätten, AT;
Herbert Lenhard, Graz, AT;
Josef Kriebernegg, Graz, AT;
Joachim Lechner, Margarethen an der Raab, AT;
Christian Halper, Olbendorf, AT;
AMS INTERNATIONAL AG, Rapperswil, CH;
Abstract
An optical sensor arrangement comprises a photodiode (), an integrator () with an integrator input () coupled to the photodiode (), a comparator () with a first input () coupled to an integrator output () of the integrator (), and a reference capacitor circuit () that is coupled to the integrator input () and is designed to provide a charge package to the integrator input (). In a start phase (A), charge packages are provided to the integrator input (), until a comparator input voltage (VIN) at the first input () of the comparator () crosses a comparator switching point.