Coded data generation or conversion – Analog to or from digital conversion – Using optical device
Patent
1992-06-05
1994-02-15
Hoff, Marc S.
Coded data generation or conversion
Analog to or from digital conversion
Using optical device,
341143, 341110, H03M 302
Patent
active
052871070
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an optical isolation amplifier which generates a low-noise analog output signal linearly related to an analog input signal and which conveniently fits within a conventional 8-pin dual in-line package. The optical isolation amplifier package includes an input chip having a sigma-delta analog-to-digital (A/D) converter for converting an analog input signal to a digital signal. The sigma-delta converter is used to modulate an off-chip LED which optically transmits the signal to a photodetector on a separate output chip having an accurate optical recovery section for reproducing the transmitted signal. Also contained on the output chip is a digital-to-analog (D/A) converter for converting the digital signal to an analog output signal linearly related to the analog input signal.
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Canha Randall
Gampell David J.
Lovelace Ralph E.
McJimsey Michael D.
Hewlett--Packard Company
Hoff Marc S.
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