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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
May. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Rex K. Hales, Riverton, UT (US);
Tracy Johancsik, Murray, UT (US);
Thomas L. Wolf, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventors:
Rex K. Hales, Riverton, UT (US);
Tracy Johancsik, Murray, UT (US);
Thomas L. Wolf, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
SliceX, Inc., Draper, UT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 40/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A light-to-frequency converter includes a switch () connected in series with a reverse-biased photodiode (). A node () in the current path through the switch and the photodiode is connected to the input of a Schmidt trigger (), whose output controls the switch. New techniques are provided for motion compensation, partial readouts, dark current elimination, non-destructive testing, and sensing the state of a memory cell.