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Sensor readout circuit

US6972553B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 14, 2002
Grant dateDec 6, 2005
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2291/0256
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sensor readout circuit which provides a frequency signal output including a phase detector circuit responsive to an output signal from a sensor and an input signal to the sensor and configured to detect the phase difference between the input signal and the output signal, and a drive circuit responsive to the phase detector circuit and configured to maintain a fixed phase difference between the input signal and the output signal.

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