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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
May. 06, 2020
Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Commerce, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Arvind Kumar Balijepalli, Washington, DC (US);
Curt Andrew Richter, Olney, MD (US);
Son Truong Le, Germantown, MD (US);
John S. Suehle, Baltimore, MD (US);
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
A charge detector includes: a charge sensor that senses a charged analyte and produces a charge signal in response to contact with the charged analyte; a transducer in electrical communication with the charge sensor and that: receives the charge signal from the charge sensor, receives a feedback control signal; and produces a transduction signal in response to receipt of the charge signal and the feedback control signal; and a sensitivity controller in electrical communication with the transducer and that: receives the transduction signal from the transducer; produces the feedback control signal in response to receipt of the transduction signal from the transducer; and produces a charge readout in response to receipt of the transduction signal from the transducer.