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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2008
Bertrand Dupont, Grenoble, FR;
Patrick Villard, La Trenche, FR;
Gilles Chamming's, Grenoble, FR;
Jean-luc Martin, St Geoire En Valdaine, FR;
Bertrand Dupont, Grenoble, FR;
Patrick Villard, La Trenche, FR;
Gilles Chamming's, Grenoble, FR;
Jean-Luc Martin, St Geoire En Valdaine, FR;
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electronic sensor including capture means producing a signals comprising x pulses during a given capture time, such that a'<x<b′, wherein a′, b′ and x are non-null natural integers, and counting means receiving the signals, which are incremented with each pulse received, including a maximum counting capacity equal to z such that (b′−a′)≦z<a′, where z is a non-null natural integer, resetting the counting, when the maximum counting capacity z is exceeded and outputting, at the end of the capture time, a number representative of the number of pulses x of the signals, wherein a′ is the minimum value and b′ is the maximum value of the number of pulses that can be produced by the capture means.