Receiver

US11817876B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Novelda AS · NO

Inventors

• Jørgen Andreas Michaelsen · Oslo, NO
• Nikolaj ANDERSEN · Oslo, NO
• Olav Tonnaer Liseth · Oslo, NO
• Håkon André Hjortland · Oslo, NO

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 1, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 14, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 21, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H03M1/121
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A range profile digitization circuit for converting a repeating analog input signal into a time series of digital amplitude values, the converter comprising: a signal quantizer arranged to receive the analog input signal and a threshold input and arranged to output a binary value quantized output signal based on a comparison of the input signal with the threshold signal; a plurality of samplers each arranged to sample and hold its input signal upon receipt of a trigger signal; and for each sampler: a plurality of decoders and a demultiplexer arranged to receive an output from the sampler and pass it to a selected one of said decoders based on a selector input. With a plurality of decoders associated with each of the samplers, each sampler can be re-used during the building up of the range profile.