- Patent Title: Methods, devices, and integrated circuits for automatically adjusting a transfer function of a sensing device based on a power level of an incident electromagnetic signal
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Application No.: US15704329Application Date: 2017-09-14
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Publication No.: US10295614B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Anna M. Leese de Escobar , Robert L. Fagaly , Susan Anne Elizabeth Berggren
- Applicant: SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agency: Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific
- Agent Kyle Eppele
- Main IPC: G01R33/035
- IPC: G01R33/035 ; H01L39/22 ; G01R33/00 ; G01R33/02

Abstract:
The transfer function of a sensing device including a plurality of sensors is automatically adjusted based on a power level of an incident electromagnetic signal detected by the plurality of sensors. Each of the plurality of sensors is associated with a unique transfer function. An output from one of the plurality of sensors associated with a particular transfer function is automatically selected based on a power level of the detected incident electromagnetic signal. Responsive to a change in the power level of the detected electromagnetic signal, another output from a different one of the plurality of sensors associated with a different transfer function is selected. The transfer function is adjusted over time by automatically selecting outputs from different ones of the plurality of sensors based on changes in the power level of the detected incident electromagnetic signal.
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