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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Impinj, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Charles J. T. Peach, Seattle, WA (US);
John D. Hyde, Corvallis, OR (US);
Jay A. Kuhn, Seattle, WA (US);
Theron Stanford, Seattle, WA (US);
Amita Patil, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Impinj, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/07 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/0715 (2013.01); H03K 17/6872 (2013.01); G06K 19/0701 (2013.01); G06K 19/0707 (2013.01); G06K 19/0709 (2013.01); G06K 19/0713 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments are directed to rectifiers using a single bias current or bias current path to bias multiple rectifying elements. A rectifier that has multiple rectifier stages coupled together serially includes a bias current path coupled to each of the rectifier stages. The bias current path is configured to simultaneously bias rectifying elements in each of the rectifier stages by using a bias current to bias a first rectifying element and reusing the bias current to bias other rectifying elements.