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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:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mihail Milkov, Moorpark, CA (US);
Kyle LaFevre, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Osman Musa, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Patrick B Gilliland, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Roger Frederick DuPont, Baden-Wuerttemberg, DE;
Assignee:
Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/14 (2020.01); G01S 7/28 (2006.01); G01S 7/483 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/28 (2013.01); G01S 7/483 (2013.01); G01S 17/14 (2020.01);
Abstract
A receiver circuit for a sensor includes a photosensitive input circuit and a logarithmic-signal circuit including a PN junction coupled to a pulse voltage node. The pulse voltage node may be coupled to the P-type terminal of the PN junction and an output of the photosensitive input circuit. In some examples, the receiver circuit also may include a linear-signal circuit and/or a square-root-signal circuit.