Kernforschungsanlage Julich Gesellschaft MIT Beschrankter Haftung

Kernforschungsanlage Julich

Rainer Kurz

Jakob Schelten

Stefan Widdau

Arie Arbel

Andreas Scholz

A circuit arrangement for dividing an input signal A by a signal B, for eple for use in localizing radiation detection, has a dividing analog-to-digital converter receiving an addition signal A+q.times.B as well as the divisor signal B to form the quotient (A+q.times.B)/B from which a digital random value r is subtracted, where r corresponds to q. The ADC can be a Flash ADC and the resulting circuit has good differential linearity and is fast.

Divider circuit using analog-digital converter

A position-sensitive detector for electronically imaging objects emitting low-intensity light radiation, comprises a photocathode means for converting incident low-intensity light radiation into electrons; electron acceleration means disposed in series with the photocathode means for accelerating the electrons generated by the photocathode means; transducer means disposed in series with the acceleration means for converting the accelerated electrons into ultra-violet radiation; and a multi-wire chamber means disposed in series with the transducer means for providing readout of the position of the ultra-violet radiation. A detector having a solid scintillator for electronically imaging objects emitting low-intensity x-ray or gamma ray or the like is also disclosed.

Position-sensitive director

A control circuit for a continuous conversion of information carrying anaous voltage and current signals into digital magnitudes containing said information, the respective digital magnitude is so coded that always one digital magnitude differs from the next higher digital magnitude merely by a one-digit digital information value. The circuit of the invention is characterized primarily in that for a simultaneous reception of the signals there are provided one or more serially arranged analogous digital converters as well as control stages comprising one or more groups, while the groups for folding the signals are formed by differential converters which emit the folded signals at the exit of the respective group and while an analogous digital converter follows the control stage or stages. The analogous digital converter forms informational values of the digital magnitudes by a subdivision of the signals.

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Rainer Kurz