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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 04, 2013
Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh, Heerbrugg, CH;
Robert Fritsch, Balgach, CH;
HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH, Heerbrugg, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to a position transmitter with a position code and an optical sensor element for detecting at least one part of the position code. The sensor element has a row of photosensitive detection regions, which convert incident photons into electric charges, and a readout structure for outputting an electric data signal corresponding to the stored electric charges. The sensor element has an analog memory unit structure with a number of N>1 rows of photo-insensitive analog memory cells in order to temporarily store the electric charges and an electric switching structure, by means of which a charge transfer can be carried out between the detection regions and the memory cells, between the memory cells amongst one another, and between the memory cells and the readout row.