General purpose system for digitizing an analog signal
US5198816A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 6, 1991 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01J2001/448
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A general purpose programmable optical analyzer employs a nonlinear gain at the input stage of an analog to digital converter in order to limit the number of bits used to resolve shot noise.
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