Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time measurement device
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Application No.: US15544773Application Date: 2016-01-07
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Publication No.: US10012957B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Takashi Ohshima , Yuji Otake , Hirokazu Maesaka , Shin-ichi Matsubara
- Applicant: RIKEN
- Applicant Address: JP Saitama
- Assignee: RIKEN
- Current Assignee: RIKEN
- Current Assignee Address: JP Saitama
- Agency: Osha Liang LLP
- Priority: JP2015-008638 20150120
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/050335 WO 20160107
- International Announcement: WO2016/117367 WO 20160728
- Main IPC: G04F10/04
- IPC: G04F10/04 ; G04F10/06 ; H03K5/135

Abstract:
A time measurement device measures a time interval between input timings of first and second pulsed target signals. The device includes: a processor; a number-of-periods detector that detects, by using a clock signal with a predetermined clock frequency and a predetermined clock period, the time interval in units of the clock period; and a phase detection unit including a band-pass filter. The band-pass filter receives at least one of the first and second target signals as a filtering target signal and extracts a signal component of the clock frequency from the filtering target signal. The phase detection unit detects a phase difference between the extracted signal and the clock signal. The processor derives, by using a result detected by the number-of-periods detector and the detected phase difference, the time interval at a resolution finer than the clock period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170371301A1 TIME MEASUREMENT DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-12-28
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