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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
David S Dunavan, Norwalk, CT (US);
Rene Abreu, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Stephen Messelt, Roxbury, CT (US);
Edward Siebert, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
The Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 356141 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for detecting and determining the direction of arrival of optical radiation. The apparatus includes a first mask having one or more slit apertures, a binary encoding mask which combines the functions of angle sensing and digitizing using a so-called gray encoding scheme, and interdigitated detector(s) to produce differential electrical signals, and output processing electronics for providing a digital code or word corresponding to the angle-of-arrival of the incident radiation.