Radiant energy – Photocells; circuits and apparatus – Photocell controlled circuit
Patent
1994-09-30
1996-01-02
Westin, Edward P.
Radiant energy
Photocells; circuits and apparatus
Photocell controlled circuit
250214B, 359189, H01J 4014
Patent
active
054811040
ABSTRACT:
A photodetector circuit is disclosed which can extract a carrier frequency signal from an optical beam. A photodiode is back-biased by a voltage supply, and the capacitance of the photodiode is dependent on the value of its back-bias potential. The photodiode is connected in parallel resonance with an inductor, and the parallel resonant combination is connected to the input of an inverting amplifier having a feedback capacitor. This feedback capacitor causes a capacitive component to appear in the input impedance of the amplifier which combines with the photodiode capacitance and the inductor to provide a parallel resonant tank circuit. The amplifier has a change in gain versus change in power supply characteristic. By selecting the value of the feedback capacitor, changes in the capacitive component of the input impedance are equal and opposite to changes in the capacitance of the photodiode, and the resonant frequency of the tank circuit is thereby essentially unaffected by changes in the supply voltage. A resistive element is added to the feedback impedance in order to lower the Q of the tank circuit to accommodate input signals having broader bandwidth. A frequency selective amplifying stage is added after the amplifier to help remove much lower frequency optical interference that is passed by the amplifier due to the broader bandwidth.
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Miller Gabriel L.
Wagner Eric R.
AT&T Corp.
Nichols Steven L.
Westin Edward P.
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