OPTICAL PROXIMITY DETECTORS
First Claim
1. An optical proximity detector, comprising:
- a driver that produces a drive signal, having a carrier frequency, for use in driving a light source to thereby cause the light source to emit light having the carrier frequency;
a light detector that produces a light detection signal indicative of a magnitude and a phase of a portion of the light emitted by the light source that reflects off an object and is incident on the light detector,an analog front-end includingamplification circuitry that receives the light detection signal and outputs an amplitude adjusted light detection signal;
one or more analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) thatreceive the amplitude adjusted light detection signal, or in-phase and quadrature-phase signals produced therefrom, andoutput a digital light detection signal, or digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signals; and
a digital back-end including a dynamic gain and phase offset corrector that during an operational mode of the optical proximity detectorreceives the digital light detection signal from the analog front end and produces digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signal therefrom, or receives the digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signals from the analog front end,corrects for dynamic variations in gain and phase offset caused by a portion of the analog front-end, andoutputs dynamic gain and phase offset corrected digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signals.
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Abstract
Described herein are optical proximity detectors, methods for use therewith, and systems including an optical proximity detector. Such optical proximity detectors include an analog front-end and a digital back-end. In certain embodiments, the digital back-end includes a dynamic gain and phase offset corrector, a cross-talk corrector, a phase and magnitude calculator, and a static phase offset corrector. The dynamic gain and phase offset corrector corrects for dynamic variations in gain and phase offset of the analog front-end due to changes in temperature and/or operating voltage levels. The crosstalk corrector corrects for electrical and/or optical crosstalk associated with the analog front-end. The phase and magnitude calculator calculates phase and magnitude values in dependence on the corrected versions of digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signals received from the analog front-end. The static phase offset corrector corrects for a static phase offset of the optical proximity detector.
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23 Claims
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1. An optical proximity detector, comprising:
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a driver that produces a drive signal, having a carrier frequency, for use in driving a light source to thereby cause the light source to emit light having the carrier frequency; a light detector that produces a light detection signal indicative of a magnitude and a phase of a portion of the light emitted by the light source that reflects off an object and is incident on the light detector, an analog front-end including amplification circuitry that receives the light detection signal and outputs an amplitude adjusted light detection signal; one or more analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that receive the amplitude adjusted light detection signal, or in-phase and quadrature-phase signals produced therefrom, and output a digital light detection signal, or digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signals; and a digital back-end including a dynamic gain and phase offset corrector that during an operational mode of the optical proximity detector receives the digital light detection signal from the analog front end and produces digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signal therefrom, or receives the digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signals from the analog front end, corrects for dynamic variations in gain and phase offset caused by a portion of the analog front-end, and outputs dynamic gain and phase offset corrected digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for use by an optical proximity detector including an analog front-end and a digital back-end, the method comprising:
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(a) producing a drive signal having a carrier frequency; (b) driving a light source with the drive signal to thereby cause the light source to emit light having the carrier frequency; (c) producing an analog light detection signal indicative of a magnitude and a phase of a portion of the light emitted by the light source that reflects off an object and is incident on a light detector; (d) amplifying the analog light detection signal using amplification circuitry of the analog front-end to thereby produce an amplitude adjusted analog light detection signal; (e) producing, in dependence on the amplitude adjusted analog light detection signal, digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signals; and (f) correcting for dynamic variations in gain and phase offset caused by a portion of the analog-front end to thereby produce dynamic gain and phase offset corrected digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signals. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system, comprising:
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a driver that produces a drive signal, having a carrier frequency, for use in driving a light source to thereby cause the light source to emit light having the carrier frequency; a light detector that produces a light detection signal indicative of a magnitude and a phase of a portion of the light emitted by the light source that reflects off an object and is incident on the light detector. an analog front-end that receives the light detection signal and outputs a digital light detection signal or digital in-phase signal and quadrature-phase signals produced therefrom; and a digital back-end that receives the digital light detection signal from the analog front end and produces digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signals therefrom, or receives the digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signals from the analog front end, the digital back end including a dynamic gain and phase offset corrector that receives that digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signals and outputs dynamic gain and phase offset corrected digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signals; a cross-talk corrector that receives the dynamic gain and phase offset corrected digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signals and outputs crosstalk corrected digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signals; and a phase and magnitude calculator that determines a phase value and a magnitude value in dependence on the crosstalk corrected digital in-phase and quadrature-phase signals; and a static phase offset corrector that receives the phase value determined by the phase and magnitude calculator, corrects for a static phase offset associated with the analog front-end, and outputs a corrected phase value indicative of a distance between the optical proximity detector and an object off of which light, emitted by the light source driven by the driver, reflected and is incident on the light detector. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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