High-accuracy time-interval-unit for spaceborne laser range finder

Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1422-1426

  Lei, Lin Jun ^a,b   Yang, Yan ^a   Chen, Wei Biao ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Digital delay line interpolation; Field programmable gate array; Measurement; Spaceborne laser range finder; Time interval unit

Indexed keywords

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); INTERPOLATION; LASER PULSES;

DIGITAL DELAY LINE INTERPOLATION; SPACEBORNE LASER RANGE FINDER; TIME INTERVAL UNIT;

RANGE FINDERS;

EID: 36248982755     PISSN: 02587025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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