Claims
- 1. A method of providing a signal indicative of the sum of the products of samples of first and second analog signals comprising the steps of:
- a. forming charge packets including the steps of:
- 1. forming a predetermined number of first charge packets indicative of a first bias potential;
- 2. forming said predetermined number of second charge packets indicative of samples of said first analog signal offset by said first bias potential;
- 3. forming said predetermined number of third charge packets indicative of a second bias potential; and
- 4. forming said predetermined number of fourth charge packets indicative of samples of said second analog signal offset by said second bias potential; and
- b. sequentially multiplying said charge packets including the steps of:
- 1. multiplying at least one of said second charge packets by at least one of said third charge packets to provide a first sum-of-products signal;
- 2. multiplying said second charge packets by at least one of said fourth charge packets and summing the products thereobtained to provide a second sum-of-products signal;
- 3. multiplying at least one of said first charge packets by at least one of said fourth charge packets and summing the products thereobtained to provide a third sum-of-products signal;
- 4. multiplyinng at least one of said first charge packets by at least one of said third charge packets and summing the products thereobtained to provide a fourth sum-of-products signal; and
- 5. forming an algebraic combination of signals including additive and subtractive contributions, said additive contributions including said second sum-of-products signal and said fourth sum-of-products signal, said subtractive contributions including said first sum-of-products signal and said third sum-of-products signal, said algebraic combination indicative of the sum of the products of the samples of said first and second analog signals without erroneous contributions due to multiple threshold non-uniformities.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of forming said charge packets includes injecting said charge packets in stages of at least one charge transfer device (CTD).
- 3. The method of claim 2 wherein the step of injecting said charge packets includes the steps of:
- injecting one of said first charge packets and then one of said second charge packets in stages of a first CTD, and repeating the sequence of injection; and
- injecting one of said third charge packets and then one of said fourth charge packets in stages of a second CTD, and repeating the sequence of injection.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of forming said algebraic combination of signals includes the steps of:
- a. grounding a first capacitor, applying said first sum-of-products signal to said first capacitor, and disconnecting said first capacitor from ground;
- b. grounding a second capacitor, coupling said first and second capacitors, applying said second sum-of-products signal to said first capacitor, uncoupling said first and second capacitor, and disconnecting said second capacitor from ground;
- c. grounding said first capacitor, applying said third sum-of-products signal to said first capacitor, and disconnecting said first capacitor from ground;
- d. grounding a third capacitor, coupling said first and second capacitors, coupling said second and third capacitors, applying said fourth sum-of-products signal to said first capacitor, and disconnecting said first and second capacitors from said third capacitor.
- 5. An analog-analog signal processing device for providing a signal indicative of the sum of the products of samples of first and second analog signals comprising:
- a. first input means for providing a first signal indicative of a first bias potential and a second signal indicative of samples of said first analog signal offset by said first bias potential,
- first injector means coupled to said first input means for providing charge packets indicative of said first and second signals,
- first charge transfer analog delay means coupled to said first injector means having a first charge transfer shift register device, said shift register device including a predetermined number of stages for holding and propagating charge packets;
- b. second input means for providing a third signal indicative of a second bias potential and a fourth signal indicative of samples of said second analog signal offset by said second bias potential,
- second injector means coupled to said second input means for providing charge packets indicative of said third and fourth signals,
- second charge transfer analog delay means coupled to said second injector means having second and third charge transfer shift register devices, said second and third shift register devices each including said predetermined number of stages for holding and propagating charge packets,
- sequentially corresponding stages of said first and second analog delay means comprising a set of stages;
- c. each of said sets of stages having inputs of a multiplying means coupled thereto for providing product signals indicative of the products of charge packets in each of said sets of stages of said first and second analog delay means;
- d. summing means for summing said product signals to provide a sum-of-products signal; and
- e. charge storage circuitry for storing said voltage sum-of-products signal.
- 6. An analog-analog signal processing device according to claim 5 wherein said first analog delay means further includes a fourth shift register device.
- 7. An analog-analog signal processing device according to claim 5 wherein said multiplier means includes:
- a first pair of buffered MOS transistors operated push-pull by said second shift register device and said third shift register device,
- a second pair of buffered MOS transistors having input signals applied thereto from said first pair of transistors and said first shift register device and output terminals coupled to said summing means.
- 8. An analog-analog signal processing device according to claim 6 wherein said multiplier means includes a pair of MOS transistors operated push-pull via a first pair of buffers by said third shift register and said fourth shift register, an input of said pair of transistors being coupled to said first shift register by a first buffer and outputs thereof being coupled to a second pair of buffers, said second pair of buffers coupled to said summing means.
- 9. An analog-analog signal processing device according to claim 6 wherein said multiplier means includes:
- a. a first pair of transistors including first and second MOS transistors, a second pair of transistors including third and fourth MOS transistors, each of the transistors of said first and second pairs of transistors having a source, a gate, and a drain, the sources of said first and second transistors coupled together, the drains of said third and fourth transistors coupled together;
- b. means coupled to said first and second shift registers for driving the drains of said first and second pairs of transistors, respectively;
- c. means coupled to said third and fourth shift registers, and to the gates of said first and second pairs of transistors, responsive to signals in said third and fourth shift registers for operating said first and second pairs of transistors push-pull;
- d. means coupled to said first and second shift registers and to the sources of said first and second pairs of transistors for coupling an output signal to said summing means.
GOVERNMENT CONTRACT
The invention herein described was made in the course of or under a contract or subcontract thereunder with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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