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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2000
Eugen Badura, Darmstadt, DE;
GSI Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH, Darmstad, DE;
Abstract
A device and a method for converting flow of charge into a frequency signal is proposed. The device comprises: two parallel circuit branches (Z; Z′) which are arranged to receive flow of charge alternately and each of which has a series arrangement of a switching element ( ′), an integrator ( ′) and a comparator (30; 30′), wherein the switching elements ( ′) serve to supply the flow of charge to one of the two circuit branches (Z; Z′) and in the receiving circuit branch (Z; Z′) the integrator ( ′) serves to integrate the flow of charge and is configured to be resettable and the comparator ( ′) is configured to emit a signal when the integrated flow of charge corresponds to a specific threshold value signal.