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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:
Apr. 21, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2021
Applicant:

Analog Devices, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);

Inventor:

Patrick Riehl, Wilmington, MA (US);

Assignee:

Analog Devices, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/24 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/42 (2024.01); G01N 23/046 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/247 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); G01N 23/046 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment is a baseline restoration ('BLR') circuit for a photo-counting computed tomography (“PCCT”) signal chain, the BLR circuit comprising a comparator for comparing a shaper voltage output from a shaper component of the PCCT signal chain with a baseline voltage, the comparator outputting a single bit indicative of whether the shaper voltage is above or below the baseline voltage; a low pass filter connected to filter a voltage signal output from the comparator; and a transconductor connected to receive a filtered voltage signal output from the low pass filter, convert the filtered voltage signal to a current signal, and feed the current signal back to an input of the PCCT signal chain.


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