Time measurement device
AssigneeRiken
InventorsTakashi Ohshima, Yuji Otake, Hirokazu Maesaka, Shin-ichi Matsubara
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AssigneeRiken
InventorsTakashi Ohshima, Yuji Otake, Hirokazu Maesaka, Shin-ichi Matsubara
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A time measurement device measures a time interval between input timings of first and second pulsed target signals. The device includes: a processor; a number-of-periods detector that detects, by using a clock signal with a predetermined clock frequency and a predetermined clock period, the time interval in units of the clock period; and a phase detection unit including a band-pass filter. The band-pass filter receives at least one of the first and second target signals as a filtering target signal and extracts a signal component of the clock frequency from the filtering target signal. The phase detection unit detects a phase difference between the extracted signal and the clock signal. The processor derives, by using a result detected by the number-of-periods detector and the detected phase difference, the time interval at a resolution finer than the clock period.
A time measurement device for measuring a time interval between input timings of first and second target signals each being a pulsed signal, the time measurement device comprising:
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