Method and apparatus for current-output peak detection

Title: Method and apparatus for current-output peak detection

Abstract

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

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

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1340577

Patent Number(s):: 9551734

Application Number:: 14/702,075

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

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES

H - ELECTRICITY H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY H03K - PULSE TECHNIQUE

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES
G01R19/04 - Measuring peak values {or amplitude or envelope} of ac or of pulses
G01R29/0857 - {Dosimetry, i.e. measuring the time integral of radiation intensity

H - ELECTRICITY H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY H03K - PULSE TECHNIQUE
H03K5/1532 - Peak detectors

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DOE Contract Number:: AC02-98CH10886; SC0012704

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2015 May 01

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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