Sensing Module for Eliminating Crosstalk

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018203101-A1
Application number	US-201815871015-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 14, 2018
Priority date	Jan 16, 2017
Publication date	Jul 19, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A sensing module includes a first sensor, for sensing a light signal to generate a first sensing signal including a first crosstalk component related to a crosstalk signal in the light signal; a second sensor, for sensing the light signal to generate a second sensing signal including a second crosstalk component related to the crosstalk signal; and an arithmetic unit, for combining the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal according to a ratio between the first crosstalk component and the second crosstalk component, to generate an output signal; wherein a distance between the first sensor and a light source generating the light signal is different from a distance between the second sensor and the light source.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A sensing module, comprising:
a first sensor, for sensing a light signal to generate a first sensing signal comprising a first crosstalk component related to a crosstalk signal in the light signal; a second sensor, for sensing the light signal to generate a second sensing signal comprising a second crosstalk component related to the crosstalk signal; and an arithmetic unit, for combining the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal according to a ratio between the first crosstalk component and the second crosstalk component, to generate an output signal; wherein a distance between the first sensor and a light source generating the light signal is different from a distance between the second sensor and the light source.

2 . The sensing module of claim 1 , wherein the output signal is not related to the crosstalk signal.

3 . The sensing module of claim 1 , wherein the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal are currents, and the arithmetic unit comprises:
an amplifier circuit, for amplifying the second sensing signal by multiplying the second sensing signal by a negative of the ratio; and an arithmetic circuit, for summing the first sensing signal and the amplified second sensing signal up, to compensate the first crosstalk component and the second crosstalk component, and generate the output signal.

4 . The sensing module of claim 1 , wherein the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal are currents, and the arithmetic unit comprises:
an amplifier circuit, for amplifying the second sensing signal by multiplying the second sensing signal by the ratio; and an arithmetic circuit, for subtracting the amplified second sensing signal from the first sensing signal, to compensate the first crosstalk component and the second crosstalk component, and generate the output signal.

5 . The sensing module of claim 4 , wherein the first sensor generates the first sensing signal at a first node; the amplifier circuit is a current mirror, for generating the amplified second sensing signal at the first node, and the amplified second sensing signal and the first sensing signal have a same direction; and the arithmetic circuit is an analog front-end circuit, and the analog front-end circuit is coupled to the first node, for generating the output signal according to a difference between the first sensing signal the amplified second sensing signal.

6 . The sensing module of claim 4 , wherein the amplifier circuit comprises:
a first analog front-end circuit, for converting the first sensing signal into a first digital signal; a second analog front-end circuit, for converting the second sensing signal into a second digital signal; and a digital amplifier circuit, for multiplying the first digital signal by a negative reciprocal of the ratio, to generate a digital reference signal; wherein the arithmetic circuit is a digital adder, for accumulating the first digital signal and the digital reference signal to generate the output signal.

7 . The sensing module of claim 1 , wherein light sensitivities of the first sensor and second sensor are different, so that the first crosstalk component and the second crosstalk component have a same intensity.

8 . The sensing module of claim 1 , wherein the first sensing signal is composed of a first reflection component and the first crosstalk component, the second sensing signal is composed of a second reflection component and the second crosstalk component, and a ratio between the first reflection component and the second reflection component is different from the ratio between the first crosstalk component and the second crosstalk component.

Assignees

• Sensortek Tech Corp

Inventors

• Hsu Jer-Hau
• Hsu Feng-Jung

Classifications

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