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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Microsemi Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Brian Eplett, Lilburn, GA (US);
Assignee:
Microsemi Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 21/00 (2006.01); G01R 19/22 (2006.01); G01R 21/10 (2006.01); H03G 3/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 21/00 (2013.01); G01R 19/22 (2013.01); G01R 21/10 (2013.01); H03G 3/3052 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power detector constituted of: a transconductance element arranged to output a rectified detection current, the magnitude thereof arranged to increase exponentially responsive to a linear increase in the amplitude of an input signal; and at least one p-n junction based device, a function of the rectified detection current arranged to flow there through. The output of the power detector is a function of the voltage across the at least one p-n junction based device.