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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:
Apr. 15, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Josef Beller, Hildrizhausen, DE;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356 731 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method and an apparatus for performing exceptionally linear averaging of digitized signals in an optical time domain reflectometer. Resolutions far below the quantization level of the ADC with improved linearity can be achieved without sacrificing dynamic range. Such method can be used to improve measurement accuracy on optical fibers under test.