摘要:
Phases are measured with a resolution of one degree, and frequencies are measured with a resolution of 0.01 Hz by the same circuitry. An internal voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is forced to operate at 360 times the frequency of the incoming test signal by use of a phase-locked loop and a 360 divider. Clock pulses from the VCO are counted throughout an interval of noncoincidence of the original test signal and any phase-shifted version of that test signal, and the count is digitally displayed directly as phase shift in degrees. Clock pulses from the VCO are counted throughout an interval of (1/3.6) second and the resulting count is digitally displayed with the last two digits marked off by a decimal point, as the frequency.
摘要:
A digital frequency comparator circuit comprising two counters connected to a circuit to be driven, in which one of the two counters which earlier issues an output signal is temporarily held, and both the counters are not cleared until the other counter subsequently issues an output signal, whereby an instability in the operation of the circuit to be driven is eliminated.
摘要:
An automatic gate control system for automatically controlling the gate of a multifunction counter for maximum resolution within a fixed maximum time limit includes a Gate Control Apparatus for Setting the Input Signal Counting Interval patented by Ian T. Band and disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,693,097 issued Sept. 19, 1972, a timer responsive to a Q output of a D-type flip-flop and serially connected with an input of an OR gate and a Q output of the D-type flip-flop. The OR gate applies a set signal to a second flip-flop having a Q output coupled to a "D" input of the first flip-flop.
摘要:
A method of measuring a desired frequency by comparing it with a standard frequency. The zero crossings of both frequencies are detected. A command pulse is generated at each coincidence and is used to start and stop a pair of frequency counters adapted to count the desired and standard frequencies. A measure of the desired frequency is obtained by multiplying the known standard frequency by the ratio between the desired count and the standard count obtained in the two frequency counters.
摘要:
For the measurement of the unknown frequency or period of a measuring signal within a given measuring time interval the number of full cycles of the measuring signal within the measuring time interval are counted in a first group of counting circuits and the fractions of the measuring signal cycles at the beginning and at the end of the measuring time interval are counted with the aid of a clock pulse train of fixed frequency in a second group of counting circuits. For a measuring signal of high frequency, the capacity of the first group should be large, whereas that of the second group need only be small, because the fractions at the beginning and at the end of the measuring time interval are correspondingly small. For a measuring signal of low frequency this is just the other way round, so that the total number of counting circuits is independent of the frequency and is only determined by the required resolution. When these counting circuits are divided into groups in accordance with the frequency of the measuring signal, the required number of counting circuits can be substantially reduced. In order to ensure that the values for determining the unknown frequency are obtained within the measuring time interval only, the counting circuits may be divided into three groups, so that the subsequent computing equipment may also be reduced considerably.
摘要:
Information signals taken directly from an implanted pacemaker or remotely by way of a telephone circuit are furnished to a computer which processes the information and displays it in digital form in terms of the pacemaker''s stimulus pulse rate or, alternatively, in terms of the interval between pulses. The existing rate or interval is compared with prior measurements and is used to determine the pacemaker''s residual battery life.
摘要:
A digital counter which incorporates a circuit to reduce or prevent jitter in output readings. During a time base signal, a fraction count circuit determines the fractional count of input signals. This fractional count information is combined with input signals prior to the time base signal by using a fractional count modifier circuit. The fractional count modifier circuit modifies the phase of the input signals prior to the start of the time base.
摘要:
ECM pulse analyzer apparatus for automatically measuring pulse repetition frequency (PRF) and pulsewidth (PW) of incoming pulsed signals received by ECM receivers. Pulsewidth is measured by dual-threshold circuitry which eliminates noise effects by means of a high threshold level which sorts pulses for minimum amplitude and a lower threshold level at which pulsewidth is measured when a pulse exceeds the higher threshold. Pulse repetition frequency is measured by counting PRI during the two periods between the three pulses and converting PRI into PRF by counting up to the stored PRI value at a known rate in a predetermined time period whereby the number of times that the count can proceed is equal to the PRF corresponding to the stored PRI.
摘要:
A pulse rate counter and display applicable for indicating pulse rate of the human body. A counter is advanced at a preset clock rate to measure the time duration between two consecutive pulse beats. Appropriate circuitry determines within which of a group of pulse rate ranges this measured time duration falls. The minimum time per pulse for the determined group is set into the counter and the counter decremented to zero at the preset clock rate. The maximum pulse rate of the group then is preset into the counter and the counter decremented at a selected rate corresponding to the approximate slope of the curve of pulse rate versus time per pulse for the determined group. Decrementing terminates upon occurrence of the third consecutive pulse beat, the contents of the counter then indicating the measured pulse rate.
摘要:
First and second clock sources are monitored on a digital basis by developing a gating pulse the width of which is proportional to the frequency of one of said oscillators and gating the second oscillator frequency to a binary counter for the duration of the gating pulse whereupon a predetermined count is effected in said counter corresponding to the nominal frequency of each of the oscillator sources. A decoder monitors the count in the binary counter and provides an output when the count corresponds to the nominal value. Deviation of either of the oscillators from its nominal frequency by over a predetermined percentage variation applies more or less pulses at the second oscillator rate to the counter. The total count entered into the counter during a calculation period is then at variance with the decoder and the absence of a decoder output depicts an out of frequency situation.