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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2023
Applicant:

Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Marek Hustava, Bratislava, SK;

Pavel Kostelnik, Bordovice, CZ;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 7/523 (2006.01); G01S 7/527 (2006.01); G01S 7/536 (2006.01); G01S 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/931 (2013.01); G01S 7/52004 (2013.01); G01S 7/523 (2013.01); G01S 7/527 (2013.01); G01S 7/536 (2013.01); G01S 15/10 (2013.01); G01S 15/101 (2013.01);
Abstract

An illustrative controller includes: a transmitter to drive an acoustic transducer to generate a first acoustic burst and a second acoustic burst; a receiver coupled to the acoustic transducer to sense a first response to the first acoustic burst and a second response to the second acoustic burst; and a processing circuit to derive output data from the first and second responses in part by determining an offset frequency difference between the first and second responses, wherein the first acoustic burst has a first characteristic frequency and the second acoustic burst has a second characteristic frequency different from the first characteristic frequency.


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