IP Library Granted Patent US 9,091,709
Granted Patent B2
US 9,091,709 · App. 13/695,859 · Granted Jul 28, 2015

Circuit arrrangement for detecting a maximum in the profile of a measurement signal

Inventor: Stephan Bolz (Pfatter, DE)
Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
G01R19/30F02D41/20F02D2041/2051F02D2041/2055F02D2041/2075
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Patent No.
US 9,091,709
App. No.
13/695,859
Granted
Jul 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A circuit arrangement detects a maximum in a profile of a measurement signal. The circuit arrangement has an operational amplifier with a non-inverting input connected to a reference potential and an output connected to an inverting input via a first resistor. The first resistor has an input connection, to which the measurement signal is applied and which is connected to the inverting input of the operational amplifier via a series circuit containing a capacitor and a second resistor. The connection point between the capacitor and the second resistor is connected to the negative supply potential of the operational amplifier via a third resistor and a first, reverse-biased diode. The connection point between the third resistor and the first diode is connected to the output of the operational amplifier via a second, forward-biased diode. The reference potential is a positive potential.

Claims (10)

1. A circuit configuration for detecting a maximum in a profile of a measurement signal, the circuit configuration comprising:

a first resistor;

an operational amplifier having a negative supply potential, an inverting input, a non-inverting input connected to a reference potential being a positive potential, and an output connected through said first resistor to said inverting input;

a series circuit having a capacitor and a second resistor, said capacitor directly connected to said second resistor;

an input connection for applying the measurement signal too, said input connection connected to said inverting input of said operational amplifier through said series circuit having said capacitor and said second resistor;

a third resistor;

a first, reverse-biased diode;

a second, forward-biased diode;

a connection point between said capacitor and said second resistor connected through said third resistor and said first, reverse-biased diode to said negative supply potential of said operational amplifier; and

a connection point between said third resistor and said first diode connected to said output of said operational amplifier through said second, forward-biased diode.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2020
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 053323/0914 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2012
From: BOLZ, STEFAN
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 029289/0181 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 019 012 · May 3, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130049739A1 · Feb 28, 2013