发明名称 |
High-speed electrooptical A/D converter |
摘要 |
An electrooptical analog-to-digital (A/D) converter. A laser beam is coupled into a waveguide which has been fabricated on an electrooptical crystal such as a lithium niobate LiNbO3 crystal. Electrodes are placed relative to the waveguide to form an electrooptical prism and an analog signal is fed to the electrodes. A modulated laser beam passing through the electrooptical prism is deflected in the plane of the waveguide in proportion to the applied analog signal. The deflected beam is expanded in the y-direction by diffraction-spreading or by a beam-spreading lens and falls on a ribbon-fiber, coded detector array. The array effectively codes the analog signal, translating the position of the deflected beam into a coded digital word which is representative of the magnitude of the analog signal.
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申请公布号 |
US4185274(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1980.01.22 |
申请号 |
US19780923857 |
申请日期 |
1978.07.12 |
申请人 |
U S OF AMERICA NAVY SECRETARY |
发明人 |
GIALLORENZI, THOMAS G |
分类号 |
G02F7/00;H03M1/00;(IPC1-7):H03K13/02 |
主分类号 |
G02F7/00 |
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