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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2009
Applicant:
Kenton T. Veeder, Winthrop, MA (US);
Inventor:
Kenton T. Veeder, Winthrop, MA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 40/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Light is converted to an electric signal by performing a light-to-frequency conversion of the light received during a first phase of operation. Following the first phase of operation, a light-to-time conversion is performed on light received during a second phase of operation. Following the second phase of operation a digital representation of the light is generated in response to the light-to-frequency conversion and the light-to-time conversion.