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Analog-digital optical conversion process and apparatus

US4502037A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 1982
Grant dateFeb 26, 1985
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F7/00
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an analog-digital coder incorporating n channels corresponding to the bits of the output word. Each channel comprises at least one light intensity modulator. As a function of the positive or negative half-cycles of the output signal of channel i+1, a supplementary phase shift of +.DELTA..PHI. or -.DELTA..PHI. is introduced onto the output signal of channel i, with /.DELTA..PHI./<.pi./2.

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