Method and apparatus for current-output peak detection

Title: Method and apparatus for current-output peak detection

A method and apparatus for a current-output peak detector. A current-output peak detector circuit is disclosed and works in two phases. The peak detector circuit includes switches to switch the peak detector circuit from the first phase to the second phase upon detection of the peak voltage of an input voltage signal. The peak detector generates a current output with a high degree of accuracy in the second phase.

Inventors:: De Geronimo, Gianluigi

Issue Date:: 2017-01-24

OSTI Identifier:: 1340577

Assignee:: Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, NY) BNL

Patent Number(s):: 9,551,734

Application Number:: 14/702,075

Contract Number:: AC02-98CH10886; SC0012704

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2015 May 01

Research Org:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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Offset-free rail-to-rail derandomizing peak detect-and-hold circuit
patent, January 2003

DeGeronimo, Gianluigi; O'Connor, Paul; Kandasamy, Anand
US Patent Document 6,512,399
URL: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN/6512399

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