US3201781A
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Analog to digital transducers
Assignee: HP Inc
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Filing: 1962-07-23
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Granted: 1965-08-17
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Expires: 1982-07-23
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward R Holland
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 23:48
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03M; H03M1/00; H03M1/06; H03M1/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A DIGITAL INDICATION OF AN APPLIED SIGNAL, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING PULSE-FORMING MEANS FORMING PULSES HAVING A REPETITION RATE WHICH IS VARIABLE WITHIN A FIRST RANGE DURING A PREDETERMINED TIME IN RESPONSE TO THE AMPLITUDE OF AN INPUT SIGNAL, A GATE, CONTROL MEANS FOR ENABLING SAID GATE, A COUNTER HAVING A FIRST SECTION FOR COUNTING SELECTED MORE-SIGNIFICANT DIGITS ACCORDING TO A PRESELECTED RADIX AND A SECOND SECTION FOR COUNTING LESS-SIGNIFICANT DIGITS ACCORDING TO SAID RADIX, THE FIRST SECTION OF SAID COUNTER BEING TRIGGERED ONE COUNT FOR EACH NUMBER OF PULSES RELATED TO A MULTIPLE OF SAID RADIXD APPLIED TO THE SECOND SECTION, FIRST MEANS INCLUDING SAID GATE FOR APPLYING SAID PULSES HAVING A REPETITION RATE WITHIN SAID FIRST RANGE TO THE FIRST SECTION OF SAID COUNTER, MEANS CONNECTED TO THE PULSE-FORMING MEANS FOR ALTERING, AFTER SAID PREDETERMINED TIME, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REPETITION RATE AND APPLIED SIGNAL PROVIDED BY SAID PULSEFORMING MEANS TO PRODUCE PULSES AFTER SAID PREDETERMINED TIME HAVING A REPETITION RATE WHICH IS VARIABLE
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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