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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2019
Analog Devices International Unlimited Company, Limerick, IE;
Ronald A. Kapusta, Carlisle, MA (US);
Brian D. Hamilton, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Analog Devices International Unlimited Company, Limerick, IE;
Abstract
In an optical detection system, features of interest can be identified from ADC circuitry data prior to inter-circuit communication with downstream object or target processing circuitry. In this manner, a volume of data being transferred to such downstream processing circuitry can be reduced as compared to other approaches, simplifying the receive signal processing chain and providing power savings. First-tier signal processing circuitry to identify features of interest can be located on or within a commonly-shared integrated circuit package with ADC circuitry, and downstream processing circuitry for object processing or range estimation can be fed with a data link meeting less stringent requirements than a link between the ADC circuitry and first-tier signal processing circuitry.