IP Library Granted Patent US 10,056,867
Granted Patent B2
US 10,056,867 · App. 15/022,674 · Granted Aug 21, 2018

Sensor control circuit and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Xueyan Wang (Jiangsu, CN); Weiyan Zhang (Jiangsu, CN)
Assignee: CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FAB1 CO., LTD.
H03F3/005G01P15/0802G01P15/123H03F3/387H03F3/45475H03G1/0094H03H7/075H03F2200/165H03F2200/261H03F2200/264H03F2203/45138H03F2203/45514
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Patent No.
US 10,056,867
App. No.
15/022,674
Granted
Aug 21, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sensor control circuit comprises a sensor ( 201 ), a filtering circuit ( 202 ), a buffering circuit ( 203 ), and an amplifying circuit ( 204 ). An output end of the sensor ( 201 ) is connected to an input end of the filtering circuit ( 202 ), an output end of the filtering circuit ( 202 ) is connected to an input end of the buffering circuit ( 203 ), and an output end of the buffering circuit ( 203 ) is connected to an input end of the amplifying circuit ( 204 ). Because the buffering circuit ( 203 ) is disposed between the filtering circuit ( 202 ) and the amplifying circuit ( 204 ), the sensor circuit has an advantage of full sampling. Further provided is an electronic apparatus using the sensor control circuit.

Claims (30)

1. A sensor control circuit, comprising:

a sensor;

a filter circuit;

a buffer circuit; and

an amplifier circuit;

wherein an output end of the sensor is connected to an input end of the filter circuit, an output end of the filter circuit is connected to an input end of the buffer circuit, and an output end of the buffer circuit is connected to an input end of the amplifier circuit;

wherein the filter circuit is an anti-aliasing low frequency filter under pulse modulation switch control,

wherein a duty ratio of the pulse modulation switch control provides a particular bandwidth of the filter circuit using smaller resistors and capacitors than a passive anti-aliasing low frequency filter that lacks pulse modulation switch control.

2. The sensor control circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising a pulse modulation switch configured to control the sensor and the filter circuit to work intermittently.

3. The sensor control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer circuit is a differential buffer circuit with offset compensation, the buffer circuit comprises a first amplifier and a second amplifier, the first amplifier and the second amplifier are respectively connected in a form of a negative feedback.

4. The sensor control circuit according to claim 3 , further comprising a first capacitance connected between a negative input end and an output end of the first amplifier, and a second capacitance connected between a negative input end and an output end of the second amplifier, wherein the first capacitance and the second capacitance form an auto-zero structure.

5. The sensor control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer circuit has high input impedance and low output impedance, wherein the high input impedance reduces a charge leakage of the filter circuit, and the low output impedance contributes to ensuring that a sampling capacitance of an amplifier circuit can be fully charged in one sampling period.

6. The sensor control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the amplifier circuit is a gain controllable switched capacitor integrator circuit.

7. The sensor control circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the switched capacitor integrator circuit comprises a main amplifier, a chopper circuit connected between an input end of the switched capacitor integrator circuit and an input end of the main amplifier, and/or a sampling capacitance connected between an input end of the main amplifier and an output end of the main amplifier; wherein the chopper circuit is configured to reduce a low frequency noise and an input offset voltage of the input end of the main amplifier; and the sampling capacitance forms an auto-zero structure to reduce the input offset voltage of the input end of the main amplifier.

8. The sensor control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is an acceleration sensor.

9. An electronic device, comprising a sensor control circuit, the sensor control circuit comprising:

a sensor;

a filter circuit;

a buffer circuit; and

an amplifier circuit;

wherein an output end of the sensor is connected to an input end of the filter circuit, an output end of the filter circuit is connected to an input end of the buffer circuit, and an output end of the buffer circuit is connected to an input end of the amplifier circuit;

wherein the filter circuit is an anti-aliasing low frequency filter under pulse modulation switch control,

wherein a duty ratio of the pulse modulation switch control provides a particular bandwidth of the filter circuit using smaller resistors and capacitors than a passive anti-aliasing low frequency filter that lacks pulse modulation switch control.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 , further comprising a pulse modulation switch configured to control the sensor and the filter circuit to work intermittently.

11. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the buffer circuit is a differential buffer circuit with offset compensation, the buffer circuit comprises a first amplifier and a second amplifier, the first amplifier and the second amplifier are respectively connected in a form of a negative feedback.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11 , further comprising a first capacitance connected between a negative input end and an output end of the first amplifier, and a second capacitance connected between a negative input end and an output end of the second amplifier, wherein the first capacitance and the second capacitance form an auto-zero structure.

13. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the buffer circuit has high input impedance and low output impedance, wherein the high input impedance reduces a charge leakage of the filter circuit, and the low output impedance contributes to ensuring that a sampling capacitance of an amplifier circuit can be fully charged in one sampling period.

14. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the amplifier circuit is a gain controllable switched capacitor integrator circuit.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the switched capacitor integrator circuit comprises a main amplifier, a chopper circuit connected between an input end of the switched capacitor integrator circuit and an input end of the main amplifier, and/or a sampling capacitance connected between an input end of the main amplifier and an output end of the main amplifier; wherein the chopper circuit is configured to reduce a low frequency noise and an input offset voltage of the input end of the main amplifier; and the sampling capacitance forms an auto-zero structure to reduce the input offset voltage of the input end of the main amplifier.

16. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the sensor is an acceleration sensor.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 29, 2019
From: CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FAB1 CO., LTD.
To: CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FAB2 CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049018/0616 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2016
From: WANG, XUEYAN; ZHANG, WEIYAN
To: CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FAB1 CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038017/0896 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0647877 · Dec 4, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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