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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Olympus Ndt, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventor:
Andrew Thomas, Westford, MA (US);
Assignee:
OLYMPUS NDT, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/04 (2006.01); G01N 29/34 (2006.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); H03K 5/13 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/343 (2013.01); G01N 29/04 (2013.01); G01N 29/043 (2013.01); G01N 29/34 (2013.01); G01N 33/00 (2013.01); H01L 41/042 (2013.01); G01N 2033/0096 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0237 (2013.01); G01N 2291/02854 (2013.01); H03K 5/131 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pulse generation circuit and method includes using digital signals to trigger a first and second varying analog signals and detecting when they reach one or more reference levels. In response to the first and second varying analog signals reaching one or more reference levels, a first and a second digital control signals are produced and provided as input to a pulser producing a voltage excitation pulse having a width and timing defined by the first and second digital control signals.