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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2011
Calogero Davide Presti, Caltanissetta, IT;
Francesco Carrara, Acireale, IT;
Antonino Scuderi, Misterbianco, IT;
Giuseppe Palmisano, San Giovanni la Punta, IT;
Calogero Davide Presti, Caltanissetta, IT;
Francesco Carrara, Acireale, IT;
Antonino Scuderi, Misterbianco, IT;
Giuseppe Palmisano, San Giovanni la Punta, IT;
ST-Ericsson SA, Geneva, CH;
Abstract
A device for detecting the peak value of a signal with crest factor not known a priori includes a pair of peak detectors, each of which includes a rectifier element and a discharge-current generator and generates a respective output signal that is a function of the ratio between a physical dimension of the rectifier element and the intensity of discharge current produced by the generator. The ratio is different for the two detectors, and a combination network combines the output signals of the two peak detectors with one another and produces a combined signal indicating the peak value sought with high accuracy.