Patents by Inventor Eric R. Taranto

Eric R. Taranto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method for compensated sensor output
    Patent number: 6687635
    Abstract: A compensated sensor includes a sensor, a relatively fast feedthrough path, and a relatively slow compensation path. The relatively fast feedthrough path includes a summer and output circuitry, such as a summing amplifier. The relatively slow compensation path includes circuitry that produces one or more correction factors for such sensor deficiencies as temperature dependency, or nonlinearity effects, for example. These one or more correction factors are fed to the summer for summing with the uncompensated sensor output. Additionally, the output of the output circuitry (e.g., summing amplifier), is fed back to the compensation circuitry where it is compared to a compensated sensor output developed by the compensation circuitry. The difference between the compensated sensor signal developed in the compensation circuitry and the output signal fed back to the compensation circuitry is also provided to the summer for summing with the one or more correction factors and the uncompensated sensor output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: MKS Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Horne, Philip J. Maiorana, Santhi E. Mathew, Leonid Mindlin, Claudia J. Quigley, Eric R. Taranto, Donald K. Smith
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATED SENSOR OUTPUT
    Publication number: 20030233205
    Abstract: A compensated sensor includes a sensor, a relatively fast feedthrough path, and a relatively slow compensation path. The relatively fast feedthrough path includes a summer and output circuitry, such as a summing amplifier. The relatively slow compensation path includes circuitry that produces one or more correction factors for such sensor deficiencies as temperature dependency, or nonlinearity effects, for example. These one or more correction factors are fed to the summer for summing with the uncompensated sensor output. Additionally, the output of the output circuitry (e.g., summing amplifier), is fed back to the compensation circuitry where it is compared to a compensated sensor output developed by the compensation circuitry. The difference between the compensated sensor signal developed in the compensation circuitry and the output signal fed back to the compensation circuitry is also provided to the summer for summing with the one or more correction factors and the uncompensated sensor output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventors: Stephen F. Horne, Philip J. Maiorana, Santhi F. Mathew, Leonid Mindlin, Claudia J. Quigley, Eric R. Taranto, Donald K. Smith