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Wide band data processing technique
Assignee: United States Department of the Navy
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Filing: 1981-01-22
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Granted: 1982-12-07
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Expires: 2001-01-22
Abstract
Abstract A wide band clock controlled delay line for reading-in short pulses at highpeed and reading them out at low speed comprises in one embodiment an array of charge coupled photon detectors (CCPD's) and a CRT circuit for generating and scanning an electron beam across a short persistence phosphor face to thereby excite the phosphor to emit radiation with an intensity proportional to the electron current in the scanning electron beam. The scanning rate for the beam is sufficient to operate on short pulses from a wide band system. An input signal driver applies an input signal to the CRT circuit to control the intensity of the electron beam, and a lens collects and focuses the light emissions from these phosphors on to the array of CCPD's. A clock pulse generating circuit generates clock pulses at a much slower rate than the scanning electron beam steps from one CCPD to the next for stepping out the charge stored in the array into an adding circuit.
Inventors
- 👤 Bernard L. Lewis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 22:01
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01S; G01S7/00; G01S7/52; G01S7/523; G01S7/526; G01S7/53; G01S7/533
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
150 words
A wide-band clock-controlled delay line having a high speed read-in and low speed read-out characteristic comprising: an array of charge coupled devices; energy scanning means for scanning said array of charge coupled devices with a beam of energy capable of modulating the charge in each charge coupled device in said array in accordance with the energy intensity of said beam during the dwell time of said beam on said charge coupled device, said scanning means having a scanning rate sufficient to operate on short pulses from a wide band system; means for applying an input signal to said energy scanning means to control the intensity of said energy beam in accordance therewith; signal processing means; and clock pulse generator means coupled to said array of charge coupled devices for generating clock pulses for stepping out the charges stored in said array of charge coupled devices into said signal processing means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
150 words
A wide-band clock-controlled delay line having a high speed read-in and low speed read-out characteristic comprising: an array of charge coupled devices; energy scanning means for scanning said array of charge coupled devices with a beam of energy capable of modulating the charge in each charge coupled device in said array in accordance with the energy intensity of said beam during the dwell time of said beam on said charge coupled device, said scanning means having a scanning rate sufficient to operate on short pulses from a wide band system; means for applying an input signal to said energy scanning means to control the intensity of said energy beam in accordance therewith; signal processing means; and clock pulse generator means coupled to said array of charge coupled devices for generating clock pulses for stepping out the charges stored in said array of charge coupled devices into said signal processing means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A delay line as defined in claim 1, wherein said array of charge coupled devices comprises a series of closely spaced parallel linear arrays of charge coupled devices.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
93 words
A delay line as defined in claim 2, wherein the charge coupled devices in said linear arrays are charge coupled photon detectors; and wherein said energy scanning means comprises: a short persistence phosphor face; means for generating and scanning an electron beam across said short persistence phosphor face to thereby excite said phosphor to emit radiation with an intensity proportional to the electron current in said scanning electron beam; and means for collecting and focusing the light emissions from said phosphors on to said series of linear arrays of charge coupled photon detectors.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A delay line as defined in claim 3, wherein said signal processing means comprises an adding circuit for adding linear groups of charges from said series of linear arrays.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
89 words
A delay line as defined in claim 2, wherein said energy scanning means comprises a cathode ray tube for generating an electron beam and means for sweeping said beam; and wherein the charge coupled devices in said array are charge coupled electron devices (CCED's), said array of CCED's being mounted inside said cathode ray tube in place of the normal phosphor therein and disposed therein such that charges may be placed directly in said CCED's in said array by the scanning electron beam generated in said cathode ray tube.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A delay line as defined in claim 5, wherein said signal processing means comprises an adding circuit for adding linear groups of charges from said series of linear arrays.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
99 words
A method for processing wide band data in order to obtain a high speed read-in and a low speed read-out characteristic comprising the steps of: generating and scanning an energy beam across an array of charge coupled devices in order to modulate the charge in each charge coupled device in said array in accordance with the energy intensity of said beam; modulating the intensity of said scanning energy beam in accordance with an input signal; and stepping out the charges stored in said charge coupled devices into a signal processing circuit in accordance with a set of clock pulses.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
99 words
A method for processing wide band data in order to obtain a high speed read-in and a low speed read-out characteristic comprising the steps of: generating and scanning an energy beam across an array of charge coupled devices in order to modulate the charge in each charge coupled device in said array in accordance with the energy intensity of said beam; modulating the intensity of said scanning energy beam in accordance with an input signal; and stepping out the charges stored in said charge coupled devices into a signal processing circuit in accordance with a set of clock pulses.
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