Circuit for measuring time of arrival of an asynchronous event

Details Circuit for measuring time of arrival of an asynchronous event Circuit for measuring time of arrival of an asynchronous event

2005-05-17

2005-05-17

Martin, David (Department: 2841)

Horology: time measuring systems or devices

Time interval

Electrical or electromechanical

C368S118000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06894953

ABSTRACT:
A timing circuit for measuring time of arrival of an asynchronous event is disclosed. The timing circuit includes a counter, a register, a gray code-to-binary converter, and a cascade circuit. In response to a time of arrival of a trigger signal that denotes an occurrence of an asynchronous event, the counter generates a set of high-order binary bits and the register generates a set of gray code bits. The gray code-to-binary converter then converts the set of gray code bits to a set of low-order binary bits. Finally, the cascade circuit concatenates the high-order binary bits and the low-order binary bits to form the time of arrival of the asynchronous event.

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