Electrical pulse counters – pulse dividers – or shift registers: c – Applications – Measuring or testing
Patent
1993-02-23
1994-07-26
Heyman, John S.
Electrical pulse counters, pulse dividers, or shift registers: c
Applications
Measuring or testing
377 29, 377 49, H03K 2102, H03K 2108
Patent
active
053331621
ABSTRACT:
A high resolution counter circuit measures the time interval between the occurrence of an initial and a subsequent electrical pulse to two nanoseconds resolution using an eight megahertz clock. The circuit includes a main counter for receiving electrical pulses and generating a binary word--a measure of the number of eight megahertz clock pulses occurring between the signals. A pair of first and second pulse stretchers receive the signal and generate a pair of output signals whose widths are approximately sixty-four times the time between the receipt of the signals by the respective pulse stretchers and the receipt by the respective pulse stretchers of a second subsequent clock pulse. Output signals are thereafter supplied to a pair of start and stop counters operable to generate a pair of binary output words representative of the measure of the width of the pulses to a resolution of two nanoseconds. Errors associated with the pulse stretchers are corrected by providing calibration data to both stretcher circuits, and recording start and stop counter values. Stretched initial and subsequent signals are combined with autocalibration data and supplied to an arithmetic logic unit to determine the time interval in nanoseconds between the pair of electrical pulses being measured.
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Chafin James H.
Heyman John S.
Moser William R.
Ortiz Luis M.
The United States of America as represented by the United States
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