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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2003
Applicant:
Brian James Misek, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventor:
Brian James Misek, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Avago Technologies General IP Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/44 (2006.01); H01J 40/14 (2006.01); H03F 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A photocell system includes a current control circuit that provides an offset voltage. Each photocell in a photocell array includes an opto-electrical converter receives the offset voltage such that the opto-electrical converter establishes a DC operating point. In one embodiment, each photocell includes the current control circuit. In an alternate embodiment, a single current control circuit provides the offset voltage for the entire photocell array.