Circuit locates center of cloud of charge on wire grid to within 6.5 micrometers. Wires in vicinity of charge cloud develop voltages that are processed by priority encoders to develop coarse and fine position codes. Device is used with microchannel plate amplifier in X-ray photon detectors, electron microscopes, and closed-circuit television.
Crossed-grid charge locator
NASA Tech Briefs ; 5 , 1
1980-08-01
Miscellaneous
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