PROGRAMMABLE VOLTAGE TO TIME CONVERTER

    公开(公告)号:US20250015813A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-09

    申请号:US18763552

    申请日:2024-07-03

    Abstract: The invention concerns a programmable voltage to time converter, comprising: a locking frequency generator configured to generate a locking frequency; a current generator configured to generate a biasing current; a relaxation oscillator configured to be powered by the biasing current and to generate an output voltage signal from the locking frequency, a gain control word and an input voltage signal; a phase difference block configured to determine a phase difference between a first signal corresponding to the output voltage signal and a second signal determined based on the locking frequency. The relaxation oscillator comprises a component presenting a linearly controllable characteristic. The voltage to time converter presents a gain linearly or dB-linearly controllable based on the gain control word by controlling linearly said characteristic of said component.

    Method for resetting an array of resistive memory cells

    公开(公告)号:US12165706B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-10

    申请号:US17782423

    申请日:2020-12-01

    Abstract: A method for resetting an array of RAM cells by applying a sequence of N reset operations, the method including at a first reset operation, defining a first reset technique and performing the first reset operation; at a j-th reset operation of a N−1 subsequent reset operations, j being an integer between 2 and N, if a correction yield of the reset technique used at the (j−1)-th reset operation fulfils a predefined condition, applying the reset technique used at the (j−1)-th reset operation to perform the j-th reset operation, if the correction yield does not fulfil the predefined condition, defining a new reset technique and applying the new reset technique to perform the j-th reset operation, the correction yield being a cumulative correction yield or a relative correction yield, the correction yield for the N reset operations being measured prior to the first reset operation.

    Method for forming a gamma image with sub-pixel resolution, taking into account a spatial non-uniformity in sensitivity

    公开(公告)号:US12085683B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-10

    申请号:US17864548

    申请日:2022-07-14

    CPC classification number: G01T1/2935

    Abstract: A method for determining a spatial-sensitivity function of a gamma camera, the gamma camera observing a field of observation (Ω) liable to contain radiation sources, the gamma camera including a detector material; pixels, distributed over a detecting area, each pixel being configured to form a detection signal under the effect of detection of an interaction of an ionising photon in the detector material; a unit for achieving sub-pixel resolution, the unit being programmed to assign a position (x,y) to each detected interaction on the basis of detection signals formed by a plurality of pixels, the position being determined on a mesh dividing each pixel into a plurality of virtual pixels. The method includes steps allowing weights assigned to each virtual pixel to be determined, each weight corresponding to a sensitivity of each virtual pixel.

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