Temperature stable integrated circuit full wave level detector incorporating a single operational amplifier stage design

摘要

A temperature stable, integrated circuit full wave level detector incorporating a single stage operational amplifier design which does not require, as in prior art implementations, two operational amplifiers to perform a full wave rectification function on an input alternating current (“AC”) signal followed by a comparator to detect the resultant signal level. The full wave level detector of the present invention utilizes but a single amplifier and some additional peripheral components resulting in a saving in on-chip die area in an integrated circuit (“IC”) implementation while also exhibiting excellent temperature stability characteristics.