Active clamp photoelectric sensing device
AssigneeElite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology Inc.
InventorDar-Chang Juang
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Abstract
An active clamp photoelectric sensing device includes an input terminal, a first output terminal, a current-to-voltage conversion circuit, and an active clamp circuit. The input terminal receives an input current. The first output terminal outputs a first output voltage. The current-to-voltage conversion circuit is coupled between the input terminal and the first output terminal, and is used to discharge and lower potentials of the input terminal and the first output terminal to a first set voltage according to the state of a reset signal, or is used to gradually increase the first output voltage to a second set voltage. The active clamping circuit is coupled to the current-to-voltage conversion circuit, and is used to clamp the upper limit of the first output voltage to the second set voltage.
Claims7
An active clamp photoelectric sensing device, comprising:
- an input terminal, for receiving an input current;
- a first output terminal, for outputting a first output voltage;
- a current-to-voltage conversion circuit, coupled between the input terminal and the first output terminal, used to discharge and lower potentials of the input terminal and the first output terminal to a first set voltage according to a state of a reset signal, or used to gradually increase the first output voltage to a second set voltage;
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- an active clamp circuit, coupled to the current-to-voltage conversion circuit, used to clamp an upper limit of the first output voltage to the second set voltage,
- wherein the current-to-voltage conversion circuit further comprises:
- a first operational amplifier, having a first inverting input terminal, a first non-inverting input terminal, and a first amplifying output terminal, wherein the first inverting input terminal is coupled to the input terminal, the first non-inverting input terminal is coupled to the first set voltage, and the first amplifying output terminal is coupled to the first output terminal;
- a first switch, coupled between the first inverting input terminal and the first amplifying output terminal, turned on or turned off according to the state of the reset signal;
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- a first capacitor, coupled between the first inverting input terminal and the first amplifying output terminal;
- wherein when the state of the reset signal is at a high voltage level, the first switch is turned on, and the potentials of the input terminal and the first output terminal are discharged and lowered to the first set voltage;
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- wherein when the state of the reset signal is at a low voltage level, the first switch is turned off, and the first output voltage is gradually increased to the second set voltage.
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