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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Intersil Americas Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dong Zheng, San Jose, CA (US);
Daryl Chamberlain, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intersil Americas Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/44 (2006.01); G02B 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A configurable photo detector circuit comprises a photo detector array including a plurality of photo detectors coupled to a plurality of amplifiers. A method for programming a detection pattern of the configurable photo detector circuit comprises selecting a first detection pattern for the photo detector array, generating first signals to create the first selected detection pattern, and applying the first generated signals to the photo detector circuit to implement the first selected detection pattern.