Raytheon Company

Gregory L Pence

Robert G Curtis

Nathan A Liskov

Caesar J Favaloro

An eye opening monitor for a binary waveform such as provided as the video output of a demodulator. At the decision sample time, the video is compared to -V.sub.th and +V.sub.th reference voltages to determine if it falls in the range defined therebetween. If it does, a counter is reset. Because the carry-out pulses of the counter are used to produce -V.sub.th and +V.sub.th, the range defined therebetween is decreased by the additional time required to count to the carry-out after the counter is reset. The loop stabilizes with the range from -V.sub.th and +V.sub.th being quantitatively indicative of the eye opening. A voltage derived from V.sub.th is visually displayed.

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Allen Park, MI, United States of America

Gregory L Pence