Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Coupled bi-stable microcircuit system for ultra-sensitive electrical and magnetic field sensing
- Patent Title (中): 耦合双稳态微电路系统,用于超敏感电磁场感应
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Application No.: US12732023Application Date: 2010-03-25
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Publication No.: US08049570B1Publication Date: 2011-11-01
- Inventor: Visarath In , Patrick Longhini , Yong (Andy) An Kho , Joseph D. Neff , Antonio Palacios , Norman Liu
- Applicant: Visarath In , Patrick Longhini , Yong (Andy) An Kho , Joseph D. Neff , Antonio Palacios , Norman Liu
- 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
- Agent Ryan J. Friedl; Kyle Eppele
- Main IPC: H03K3/03
- IPC: H03K3/03 ; G01R33/00

Abstract:
An electrical/magnetic current sensing system includes a first collection mechanism configured to convert an electric field into surface charge, a second collection mechanism comprising a magnetic reactive material, and a sensor coupled to the first and second collection mechanisms. The sensor comprises an odd number, greater than or equal to three, of unidirectionally-coupled non-linear over-damped bi-stable elements. Each element comprises a resistive load, an operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) with a bipolar junction transistor differential pair, a cross-coupled OTA, and a non-linear OTA. Each element may comprise fully differential inputs and outputs. The sensor may be contained in a microchip or on a printed circuit board. A resident time difference readout device may be connected to the sensor, and may be configured to perform a power spectral density calculation. The sensor may include a resistance to voltage circuit connected between the second collection mechanism and the elements.
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