发明名称 |
NON-SATURATING RECEIVER DESIGN AND CLAMPING STRUCTURE FOR HIGH POWER LASER BASED RANGEFINDING INSTRUMENTS |
摘要 |
A non-saturating receiver design and clamping structure for high power laser rangefinders of especial utility with respect to pumped, monoblock lasers. The receiver comprises a photodiode and a transimpedance amplifier having at least first and second stages. The first stage comprises a field effect transistor and the second stage comprises a non-saturating, non-inverting amplification stage including a differential pair of bipolar transistors having a feedback path coupling the second stage to the input of the first stage. A clamping structure for the receiver comprises a resistor coupling a cathode of the photodiode to a first voltage input and a clamping diode also coupling the cathode to a second lower voltage input. A capacitor having a capacitance Cs couples the cathode of the photodiode to a reference voltage line, wherein the capacitance Cs is greater than the capacitance of the photodiode CD. |
申请公布号 |
US2016033627(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.02.04 |
申请号 |
US201514838130 |
申请日期 |
2015.08.27 |
申请人 |
LASER TECHNOLOGY, INC. ;KAMA-TECH (HK) LIMITED |
发明人 |
Dunne Jeremy G. |
分类号 |
G01S7/486 |
主分类号 |
G01S7/486 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. A clamping structure for a laser rangefinder receiver comprising:
a photodiode for detecting laser energy having a capacitance Cd, said photodiode having an anode terminal coupled to an input of a transimpedance amplifier; a resistor coupling a cathode of said photodiode to a first voltage input; a clamping diode coupling said cathode of said in photodiode to a second voltage input; and a capacitor having a capacitance Cs coupling said cathode of said photodiode to a reference voltage line, wherein capacitance Cs is greater than capacitance Cd. |
地址 |
CENTENNIAL CO US |