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TIME-INTERVAL MEASURING DEVICE

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4310677
An electronic device for measuring the time interval between two control pulses is presented. The device incorporates part of a previous approach for time measurement, in that pulses from a constant-frequency oscillator are counted during the interval between the control pulses. To reduce the possible error in counting caused by the operation of the counter gating circuit at various points in the pulse cycle, the described device provides means for successively delaying the pulses for a fraction of the pulse period so that a final delay of one period is obtained and means for counting the pulses before and after each stage of delay during the time interval whereby a plurality of totals is obtained which may be averaged and multplied by the pulse period to obtain an accurate time- Interval measurement.
Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-12-014444
Assignee:
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2831162
OSTI ID:
4310677
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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