Device and method for generating digital signals each coding a value of an analog signal
US6836230B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 22, 2003 |
| Grant date | Dec 28, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/1335
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A number P of single analog inputs receive an analog signal having a frequency F from a sensor electrode. A single digital output sequentially generates a number P of first digital signals coding the amplitude values of the analog signal. A first multiplexer with a number M of multiple analog inputs with a number N of single analog inputs receives the analog signal and outputs the analog signal on a multiple analog output with a number N of second single analog outputs. A phase sensitive amplifier with a number N of single analog inputs and a number N of single analog outputs is connected to the second single analog outputs of the fist multiplexer. A second multiplexer with a number N of single analog inputs and a single analog output is connected to the single analog outputs of the phase sensitive amplifier. An analog to digital converter with a single analog input tied to the single analog output of the second multiplexer and a single digital output tied to the single digital output sequentially generates the number P of first digital signals coding the amplitude values of the analog signal.
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