OPTICAL ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC G02F7/00 

FIELD: computer technology.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to computer technology and can be used to create high-speed information processing devices and computer technology. The optical analog-to-digital converter contains a source of coherent radiation, N serially connected input optical Y-splitters, an optical phase modulator providing a spatial phase shift of the optical signal to Pi, an electro-optical amplitude modulator, N input optical Y-combiners, N optical bistable elements (OBE) of the first groups, N optical amplifiers, N output optical Y-splitters, N output optical Y-combiners, N OBE of the second group.

EFFECT: invention provides increased speed of conversion into a positional binary code of electrical analog signals.

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