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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norbert Kniffler, Egmating, DE;
Wolfgang Legner, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
25037001 ; 2502 / ;
Abstract
A position transmitter which determines the point of incidence of a light or particle beam on a sensor array, and the output signal of which gives the point of incidence in a digital code. The position transmitter comprises a sensor array having diodes which are arranged on a substrate and are connected at least partly to each other as well as to a digital bus, of which a part of the array generates electron-hole pairs if the light or particle beam strikes, and another part of the diode array arranged in accordance with the desired code is switched off in its function.