Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Data acquisition
- Patent Title (中): 数据采集
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Application No.: US13255516Application Date: 2010-02-18
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Publication No.: US08735832B2Publication Date: 2014-05-27
- Inventor: Marc A. Chappo , Randall P. Luhta
- Applicant: Marc A. Chappo , Randall P. Luhta
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- International Application: PCT/IB2010/050724 WO 20100218
- International Announcement: WO2010/109354 WO 20100930
- Main IPC: G01T1/20
- IPC: G01T1/20

Abstract:
An imaging detector includes a scintillator array (202), a photosensor array (204) optically coupled to the scintillator array (202), a current-to-frequency (I/F) converter (314), and logic (312). The I/F converter (314) includes an integrator (302) and a comparator (310), and converts, during a current integration period, charge output by the photosensor array (204) into a digital signal having a frequency indicative of the charge. The logic (312) sets a gain of the integrator (302) for a next integration period based on the digital signal for the current integration period. In one instance, the gain is increased for the next integration period, relative to the gain for the current integration period, which allows for reducing an amount of bias current injected at an input of the I/F converter (314) to generate a measurable signal in the absence of radiation, which may reduce noise such as shot noise, flicker noise, and/or other noise.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120097856A1 DATA ACQUISITION Public/Granted day:2012-04-26
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