Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Specific signal discriminating without subsequent control – By amplitude
Patent
1998-10-21
2000-05-16
Wells, Kenneth B.
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Specific signal discriminating without subsequent control
By amplitude
327 59, 327 61, G01R 1900
Patent
active
060642386
ABSTRACT:
It is an object of the invention to provide a peak detector with improved precision for low amplitude AC signals for a broad range of input frequencies. One embodiment of the invention is broadly defined as an AC peak detector for receiving an input signal and a negative DC potential and providing an inverted peak output signal approximating an inverted steady state peak of the input signal, the AC peak detector comprising: a semiconductor junction means for receiving the input signal and the inverted peak output signal, and generating a correction signal proportional to an exponential function of the input signal and the inverted peak output signal; a resistance means for receiving the correction signal and sinking a bias current through the semiconductor junction means to the negative DC potential, such that the current/voltage characteristic of the semiconductor junction remains in an exponential region; and an amplifying means for receiving the correction signal and amplifying and inverting the correction signal to produce the inverted peak output signal, and for sourcing the constant bias current.
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Brazeau Stephen H.
Grant Ian I.
Wight Mark Stephen
Nguyen Hai L.
Nortel Networks Corporation
O'Neill T. Gary
Wells Kenneth B.
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