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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
May. 11, 2006
Amit Lal, Fairfax, VA (US);
Hui LI, Ithaca, NY (US);
Hang Guo, Ithaca, NY (US);
Shankar Radhakrishnan, Ithaca, NY (US);
Amit Lal, Fairfax, VA (US);
Hui Li, Ithaca, NY (US);
Hang Guo, Ithaca, NY (US);
Shankar Radhakrishnan, Ithaca, NY (US);
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Abstract
A signal source for use as a frequency source or time keeping signal source includes a radioactive emission source generating a substantially periodic signal corresponding to a radioactive material's disintegration rate. A radioactive emission detector generates a radioactive emission detection signal and, to stabilize the detected periodic signal, a dead time controlling attenuator blanks or shuts off the radioactive emission detection signal for a selected dead time interval in response to each detected radioactive emission (i.e., a detected signal pulse or signal component) generated by the source. The dead time controlling attenuator output provides a long-term and short-term a stable periodic signal.