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Time-to-amplitude converter component

US7977980B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH · DE

Inventors

Harald Deppe · Langen (Hessen), DE
Holger Flemming · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 4, 2008
Grant date	Jul 12, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 16, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03M1/502
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A time-to-amplitude component having an integrated designed configured to measure a time difference between a start signal and a stop signal includes a first time-to-amplitude converter having a delay chain, a resistor network, a capacitor configured to be chargeable via the resistor network, and a respective driver. The component further includes a control device and a stabilizing device including a control circuit for generating a regulated control voltage. The first time-to-amplitude converter is configured so that the delay elements of the first time-to-amplitude converter are configured to be controlled by the regulated control voltage, a run signal is transmitted through the delay chain, and the capacitor is continuously charged via the resistor network, and the resistor network is electrically separated from the delay chain via the respective drivers so as to terminate a charging of the capacitor, and the analog voltage signal is measurable at an output of the capacitor.

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