Li & Cai Intellectual Property Office
Optical sensor and method having high linearity digital controlling mechanism
An optical sensor and a method having a high linearity digital controlling mechanism are provided. An optoelectronic component converts a light energy into a photocurrent. Then, the photocurrent flows to a current mirror and is amplified by a gain to form a charging current by the current mirror to charge a capacitor. A comparator compares a voltage of the capacitor with a reference voltage multiple times to generate a comparison signal. A counter determines a digital value capturing range according to the gain, and counts bit values that fall within the digital value capturing range from the comparison signal to output a counted signal. A noise cancellation processor reduces the digital value capturing range according to the gain, and removes one or more of the bit values that do not fall within the digital value capturing range from the counted signal to output a sensed signal.
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Jing-Min
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