Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Read circuit for POSFET type tactile sensor devices
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Application No.: US15310833Application Date: 2015-05-27
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Publication No.: US09719870B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Stefano Caviglia , Chiara Bartolozzi , Maurizio Valle
- Applicant: FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
- Applicant Address: IT Genoa
- Assignee: FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
- Current Assignee: FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
- Current Assignee Address: IT Genoa
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Priority: ITTO2014A0419 20140527
- International Application: PCT/IB2015/053952 WO 20150527
- International Announcement: WO2015/181732 WO 20151203
- Main IPC: G01L1/00
- IPC: G01L1/00 ; G01L1/16 ; G01D5/244 ; H01L41/04 ; H03F3/45 ; G01L1/22 ; H01L41/113 ; H01L41/193

Abstract:
A read circuit of an electrical signal produced by a POSFET device comprising a transconductance amplifier connected at an inverting input thereof to the output of the POSFET device; and at least one neuron connected at the output to the transconductance amplifier. The transconductance amplifier is adapted to: receive a signal coming from the POSFET device representative of a force or pressure exerted on the POSFET device, and produce at the output at least one current signal representative of the force or the pressure. The at least one neuron is adapted to receive said at least one current signal and to produce at least one output signal, said at least one output signal being a pulse train having a frequency proportional to said at least one current signal produced by the transconductance amplifier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170067786A1 READ CIRCUIT FOR POSFET TYPE TACTILE SENSOR DEVICES Public/Granted day:2017-03-09
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