Heart rate sensor with high-aspect-ratio photodetector element
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a light source;
one or more discrete photodetector elements, each photodetector element having;
a first edge having a first length, anda first width in a direction perpendicular to the first edge; and
control logic, the control logic communicatively connected with the light source and each photodetector element and configured to;
cause the light source to emit light,obtain one or more measured light intensity measurements from the one or more photodetector elements, anddetermine a heart rate measurement based, at least in part, on the one or more light intensity measurements,wherein the ratio of the first length to the first width of each photodetector is substantially between 2;
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Abstract
Heart rate sensors including high-aspect-ratio photodetector elements are discussed herein. Such high-aspect-ratio photodetector elements may provide improved signal-strength-to-power-consumption performance for heart rate sensors incorporating such photodetector elements as compared with heart rate sensors incorporating, for example, square photodetector elements.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a light source; one or more discrete photodetector elements, each photodetector element having; a first edge having a first length, and a first width in a direction perpendicular to the first edge; and control logic, the control logic communicatively connected with the light source and each photodetector element and configured to; cause the light source to emit light, obtain one or more measured light intensity measurements from the one or more photodetector elements, and determine a heart rate measurement based, at least in part, on the one or more light intensity measurements, wherein the ratio of the first length to the first width of each photodetector is substantially between 2;
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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a first light source; a second light source; a photodetector element interposed between the first light source and the second light source; and control logic, the control logic communicatively connected with the first light source, the second light source, and the photodetector element and configured to; cause the first light source and the second light source to emit light, obtain measured light intensity measurements from the photodetector element, and determine a heart rate measurement based, at least in part, on the light intensity measurements, wherein; the photodetector element is rectangular in shape, has a first edge with a first length, and has a second edge, perpendicular to the first edge, with a second length, and the ratio of the first length to the second length is substantially between 2;
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20. An apparatus comprising:
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a light source; one or more photodetectors, each photodetector having a photosensitive area, wherein at least 90% of the photosensitive area is defined by a first dimension along a first axis and a second dimension along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis; and control logic, the control logic communicatively connected with the light source and each photodetector and configured to; cause the light source to emit light, obtain one or more measured light intensity measurements from the one or more photodetectors, and determine a heart rate measurement based, at least in part, on the one or more light intensity measurements, wherein, for each photodetector; the ratio of the first dimension to the second dimension is substantially between 2;
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