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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1983
Ning H Lu, Parsippany, NJ (US);
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The arrangement comprises N signal channels each responsive to a different one of N signals where N is an integer greater than one. Each of the N signal channels includes a sampling circuit to sample the associated one of the N signals by a different one of N phase clocks with each of the N phase clocks sampling a different one of the N signals at a predetermined different time uniformly spaced over a given time interval. A delay means is coupled to each of the sampling circuits to time align the outputs of each of the sampling circuits so that all sampled signal pulses are time shifted consistent with the associated sampling clock phases. A correlator is coupled to the output of each of the delay means to correlate the samples of the N signals with a reference signal. The output of the correlators are integrated to provide the indication of the time of arrival of the N signals.