Detecting device and electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9804032-B2
Application number	US-201514843171-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 2, 2015
Priority date	Sep 4, 2014
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

A detecting device includes a pyroelectric element that generates charge by a pyroelectric effect in a first detection terminal and a second detection terminal, a chopper amplifier circuit that generates an amplified signal in response to the charge generated in the first detection terminal and the second detection terminal by chopping, and an initialization switch that controls electrical connection between the second detection terminal and a power source for generating an initialized voltage, and the initialization switch is turned on before a start of an amplification operation by the amplifier circuit and is off during the amplification operation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A detecting device comprising:
a pyroelectric element that generates a voltage between a first detection terminal and a second detection terminal by a pyroelectric effect; and
a chopper amplifier circuit that generates an amplified signal in response to the voltage by chopping, wherein the chopper amplifier circuit outputs to a first output terminal and a second output terminal an amplified signal in response to the voltage generated between a first input terminal connected to the first detection terminal and a second input terminal connected to the second detection terminal, and the chopper amplifier circuit includes:
a fully differential operational amplifier including a first amplification input terminal, a second amplification input terminal, a first amplification output terminal, and a second amplification output terminal;
a first capacity between the first input terminal and the first output terminal;
a second capacity between the second input terminal and the second output terminal;
a modulation circuit that switches electrical connection between the first input terminal and the second input terminal and the first amplification input terminal and the second amplification input terminal; and
a demodulation circuit that switches electrical connection between the first amplification output terminal and the second amplification output terminal and the first output terminal and the second output terminal.

2. The detecting device according to claim 1 , further comprising an initialization switch that controls electrical connection between at least one of the first detection terminal and the second detection terminal and a power source for generating an initialized voltage,
wherein the initialization switch is turned on before a start of an amplification operation by the amplifier circuit and is off during the amplification operation.

3. An electronic apparatus comprising the detecting device according to claim 2 .

4. The detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the amplifier circuit includes:
a first switch provided between ends of the first capacity; and
a second switch provided between ends of the second capacity,
wherein the first switch and the second switch are turned on before a start of an amplification operation by the amplifier circuit and is off during the amplification operation.

5. An electronic apparatus comprising the detecting device according to claim 4 .

6. An electronic apparatus comprising the detecting device according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Yamamoto Gakuji

Classifications

• G01J5/35 Primary

  Electrical features thereof · CPC title

• H03F2200/261

  Amplifier which being suitable for instrumentation applications · CPC title

• H03F2203/45514

  the FBC comprising one or more switched capacitors, and being coupled between the LC and the IC · CPC title

• H03F3/387

  with semiconductor devices only · CPC title

• H03F2200/271

  the DC-isolation amplifier, e.g. chopper amplifier, modulation/demodulation amplifier, uses capacitive isolation means, e.g. capacitors · CPC title