Technique for extending the range of a signal measuring circuit

Patent · 31 December 1977

OSTI ID:863016

Chaprnka, Anthony G ^[1]; Sun, Shan C ^[2]; Vercellotti, Leonard C ^[3]

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1. Cockeysville, MD
2. Pittsburgh, PA
3. Verona, PA

An input signal supplied to a signal measuring circuit is either amplified or attenuated as necessary to establish the magnitude of the input signal within the defined dynamic range of the measuring circuit and the output signal developed by the measuring circuit is subsequently readjusted through amplification or attenuation to develop an output signal which corresponds to the magnitude of the initial input signal.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4075559
• OSTI ID: 863016
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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