Patent ID: 8035317

Claim:
A method of reducing power dissipation and reducing pulse width distortion in an optocoupler system, comprising: providing an input signal having high and low states to the optocoupler system; generating first and second current signals corresponding to the high and low states of the input signal, the first current signal comprising high and low portions, the second current signal comprising high and null portions; generating, with a light source, first and second light signals corresponding to the respective high, low and null portions of the first and second current signals; generating, with a light detector operably configured in respect of the light source, first and second light detector current signals corresponding to the respective high, low and null portions of the first and second light signals; converting the first and second light detector current signals into first and second voltage signals having respective high, low and null portions corresponding to the respective high, low and null portions of the first and second current signals; reproducing the high and low states of the input signal at an output of the optocoupler system using the first and second voltage signals and the respective high, low and null portions corresponding thereto.