Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Opical coupling circuit including a light-receiving unit provided not to receive optical signal, and signal processing device
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Application No.: US14698998Application Date: 2015-04-29
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Publication No.: US09882537B2Publication Date: 2018-01-30
- Inventor: Hitoshi Imai
- Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Koutou-ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Koutou-ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2014-099437 20140513
- Main IPC: H03F3/08
- IPC: H03F3/08 ; H04B10/80 ; H04B15/00 ; G01J1/44

Abstract:
A light-emitting unit outputs an optical signal corresponding to an input electric signal. A light-receiving unit is electrically insulated from the light-emitting unit and outputs an electric signal according to the received optical signal as an output signal. In the light-receiving unit, a first light-receiving device outputs an optical current according to the optical signal. A second light-receiving device is provided not to receive the optical signal. A current duplication circuit duplicates a current flowing through the second light-receiving device. A current-voltage conversion circuit converts a current, which is generated by subtracting the current duplicated by the current duplication circuit from a current flowing through the first light-receiving device, into a voltage signal. A comparator output a result of a comparison between the voltage signal converted by the current-voltage conversion circuit and a threshold voltage as the output signal.
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