A voltage squaring circuit and analog to digital converter

An accurate, wideband, voltage squaring circuit suitable for use aboard a spacecraft has been designed, built, and evaluated. The device is based upon the theory of piecewise linear synthesis. A relatively simple scheme for converting analog information to digital form has been fully developed a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pakos, Paul Edward
Other Authors: Reintjes, J.F.
Language:en_US
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/13369
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Summary:An accurate, wideband, voltage squaring circuit suitable for use aboard a spacecraft has been designed, built, and evaluated. The device is based upon the theory of piecewise linear synthesis. A relatively simple scheme for converting analog information to digital form has been fully developed and partially evaluated. It is particularly suited for pulsed systems where the duration between pulses is such that very rapid conversion is not necessary.