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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2015
Applicant:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Inventor:
Gregory J Mann, Oak Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/00 (2006.01); G04F 10/00 (2006.01); H03H 11/26 (2006.01); H03M 1/06 (2006.01); G01T 1/29 (2006.01); H03M 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04F 10/005 (2013.01); G01T 1/2985 (2013.01); H03H 11/265 (2013.01); H03M 1/0617 (2013.01); H03M 1/1009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A delay apparatus of an embodiment is an apparatus for delaying a signal to a plurality of chain-based time-to-digital circuits (TDCs) and includes a plurality of propagation path devices each connected to a respective one of the plurality of TDCs. Each propagation path device is configured to delay a common start signal sent to each propagation path device by a selectable amount based on a delay selection signal received by the propagation path device, and to transmit the delayed start signal to the respective one of the TDCs.