Analog-to-Digital Converter.

Abstract

An apparatus is disclosed which permits a high speed waveform, for example in the form of a series of analog data pulses, to be sampled and converted into a series of digital values. Each analog data pulse is applied in parallel to a multiplicity of A/D converters and to one or more level detectors. Each level detector provides a strobe when the voltage of the analog data pulse crosses a reference threshold. The strobes are applied to delay means whose outputs are a multiplying of delayed strobe pulses which have been delayed by predetermined amounts. Each of the multiplicity of A/D converters samples the analog data pulse in response to the particular delayed samples the analog data pulse in response to the particular delayed strobe applied thereto and provides a digital value of that sample. The largest of the digital values from each of the A/D converters is provided as the output of the apparatus for each analog data pulse.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 16, 1985
Accession Number
ADD011878

Entities

People

  • C. E. Konig
  • W. J. Skudera Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Converters
  • Detectors
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.