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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerald J Michon, Waterford, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ; H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341159 ; 341158 ; 341165 ; 341155 ;
Abstract
An output circuit for use with an array of high dynamic range analog sensor produces a digital output signal from the array prior to multiplexing, so as to avoid analog multiplexing noise. The analog signals are converted to digital form using a simple, parallel analog-to-digital conversion process at the outputs of low noise array amplifiers. By latching the converted digital output signals into shift registers, the analog multiplex function is obviated and the full dynamic range capability of the detector-amplifier combination is made available.