Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Current to frequency converter
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Application No.: US14670628Application Date: 2015-03-27
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Publication No.: US09647655B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Martin S. Denham , Bruce E. Bozovich
- Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
- Current Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: Lando & Anastasi, LLP
- Main IPC: H03K7/06
- IPC: H03K7/06 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/357

Abstract:
According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide a current to frequency converter comprising a node configured to be coupled to a photodetector and to receive a photo-current from the photodetector, a capacitor having a first terminal and a second terminal and configured to accumulate electrical charge derived from the photo-current on the first terminal and the second terminal, a switch network configured to selectively couple one of the first terminal and the second terminal to the node, and a Master-Slave (MS) Flip Flop (FF) coupled to the switch network and configured to operate the switch network to toggle which of the first terminal and the second terminal is coupled to the node based on a voltage at the node.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160285444A1 CURRENT TO FREQUENCY CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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