Force sensing systems
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11949427B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-02

    申请号:US17089457

    申请日:2020-11-04

    Inventor: Gavin McVeigh

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a compensation circuit for compensating for an offset voltage that is present in an output signal output by a force sensor. The compensation circuit comprises: voltage divider circuitry, the voltage divider circuitry configured to receive a bias voltage that is also supplied to the force sensor and to output a control voltage derived from the bias voltage, wherein a component mismatch ratio of the voltage divider circuitry is adjustable to correspond to a component mismatch ratio of the force sensor; current generator circuitry configured to receive the control voltage and to generate a compensating current based on the received control voltage; and amplifier circuitry configured to receive the differential signal output by the force sensor and the compensating current and to output a compensated differential output signal in which the offset voltage is at least partially cancelled.

    Force sensing circuitry
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11536620B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US17011500

    申请日:2020-09-03

    Inventor: Gavin McVeigh

    Abstract: Circuitry for biasing a sensor comprises a bias generator module configured to receive a supply voltage and to generate a bias voltage for biasing the sensor. The circuitry further comprises a control module configured to compare a voltage indicative of the supply voltage to a threshold voltage and to output a control signal to the bias generator module based on the comparison. The bias generator module is configured to control the bias voltage based on the control signal.

    Digital to analog converters
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11303294B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-12

    申请号:US17086949

    申请日:2020-11-02

    Inventor: Gavin McVeigh

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides digital to analog conversion circuitry comprising: a set of input nodes for receiving a digital input code; an output node for outputting an analog output signal representative of the input code; and a plurality of selectable conversion elements, wherein a parameter of each of the plurality of selectable conversion elements is configured such that a transfer function between the input code and the output analog signal is non-monotonic.

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