Imaging methods and apparatus having extended dynamic range

Methods and apparatus for imaging light are disclosed. Light is imaged by collecting light, converting the collected light into a electrical charge signal, multiplying the electrical charge signal to produce multiple electrical charge signals with associated levels of gain, converting the electrical...

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Main Authors TOWER JOHN R, LEVINE PETER A
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 02.02.2006
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
BEER
BIOCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR
CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
ELECTRICITY
ENZYMOLOGY
MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS
METALLURGY
MICROBIOLOGY
MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS
SPIRITS
VINEGAR
WINE
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Summary:Methods and apparatus for imaging light are disclosed. Light is imaged by collecting light, converting the collected light into a electrical charge signal, multiplying the electrical charge signal to produce multiple electrical charge signals with associated levels of gain, converting the electrical charge signals to voltage signals, and developing an output signal from one or more of the voltage signals that represents the collected light. The electrical charge signal may be multiplied using an electron multiplication device associated with multiple taps to produce the electrical charge signal with different levels of gain.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20050189650