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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2019
Applicant:

Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;

Inventors:

Scott DeLong, Pagosa Springs, CO (US);

David Jung, Tustin, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/1532 (2006.01); H01S 5/026 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/1532 (2013.01); H01S 5/026 (2013.01);
Abstract

In certain embodiments, a system for detecting a peak laser pulse includes a laser, a photodiode configured to detect pulses emitted by the laser, and circuitry for detecting a peak pulse timing of the laser. The circuitry is configured to receive a periodic series of voltage signals based on laser pulses detected by the photodiode, stretch the voltage signals, and obtain sampled voltages from the stretched voltage signals using periodic control signals. The circuitry is further configured to shift the timing of the periodic control signals, compare the sampled voltages for respective timings of the control signals, and select an optimal control signal timing based on the comparison.


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