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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Ams International Ag, Rapperswil, CH;
Inventor:
Gonggui Xu, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
AMS INTERNATIONAL AG, Rapperswil, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/42 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01); G01J 1/44 (2006.01); G01J 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/4204 (2013.01); G01J 1/4228 (2013.01); G01J 1/46 (2013.01); H03M 1/12 (2013.01); G01J 2001/4233 (2013.01); G01J 2001/446 (2013.01); G01J 2001/4426 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical sensor arrangement includes a photodiode, a dummy photodiode, an analog-to-digital converter, a first switch which couples the photodiode to an input of the analog-to-digital converter, and a second switch which couples the dummy photodiode to the input of the analog-to-digital converter.