Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time-sloped capacitance measuring circuits and methods
- Patent Title (中): 时间倾斜的电容测量电路和方法
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Application No.: US12027852Application Date: 2008-02-07
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Publication No.: US07830158B2Publication Date: 2010-11-09
- Inventor: Bernard O. Geaghan
- Applicant: Bernard O. Geaghan
- Applicant Address: US MN Saint Paul
- Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Saint Paul
- Agent Steven A. Bern
- Main IPC: G01R27/26
- IPC: G01R27/26

Abstract:
Time-sloped capacitance measuring circuits use the time to ramp voltage signals between reference levels to determine an unknown capacitance, where the ramping time is determined by the cumulative whole number of clock cycles counted during voltage signal ramping over multiple ramp cycles. Measurement resolution can be improved by adjusting a starting voltage level for subsequent voltage signal ramps by an amount that compensates for incremental voltage ramping during a terminal clock cycle of a previous voltage signal ramp.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090167326A1 TIME-SLOPED CAPACITANCE MEASURING CIRCUITS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2009-07-02
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