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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:
Jul. 29, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael R Monett, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Memory Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
328151 ; 307246 ; 307351 ; 307359 ;
Abstract
A signal detector whose output voltage approximates the true average to peak value of an applied signal of a generally arbitrary waveform employs current sources to regulate the charge-discharge duty cycle of an integrating storage device. The integrating storage device, such as an integrating capacitor, is employed in a high gain circuit with negative feedback to develop a signal representative of the peak level of the applied signal. The device approaches true peak detection over a wide dynamic and frequency operating range relative to known prior art at peak detection devices.