发明名称 Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Use of a Switched Voltage Clamp with an X-Ray Detector Amplifier
摘要 An x-ray detector amplifier operably couples to an analog-to-digital converter interface and a switched voltage clamp is operably disposed there between. By one approach, the switched voltage clamp comprises a switched electrical connection to a constant potential (such as, but not limited to, ground). These teachings will accommodate a control circuit configured to control the switched voltage clamp. This can comprise, for example, controlling the switched voltage clamp in synchronicity with the pulsed x-ray source. These teachings will also accommodate an integrator operably connected between the x-ray detector amplifier and the analog-to-digital converter interface. In such a case, the switched voltage clamp and be controlled to remove substantially any voltage offset contribution of the x-ray detector amplifier (due, for example, to significant temperature excursions) to a signal that is integrated by the aforementioned integrator.
申请公布号 US2012082297(A1) 申请公布日期 2012.04.05
申请号 US20100898235 申请日期 2010.10.05
申请人 FOX TIMOTHY R.;VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 发明人 FOX TIMOTHY R.
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