Abstract: A pulse characteristic meter comprises n integrated converters having nonlinear amplitude response and one integrated converter having linear amplitude response which provide linear and nonlinear conversion of pulses, a processing system composed of a subtraction circuit, band-pass filters, n analog memory circuits, a synchronization unit, a channel switch, an analog-digital converter, a microprocessor computer and a display unit. The input signal is nonlinearly converted and converted pulses are processed by the microprocessor computer to obtain information on basic characteristics: generalized amplitude, duration, area, energy, electric charge, shape coefficients of single and repetitive pulses whose length may be of pico-, nano- or microsecond order.

Abstract: A pulse measuring and converting device comprises a unit of integrated pulse converters having nonlinear amplitude response and an integrated pulse converter having linear amplitude response, a synchronizing unit and a converted pulse processing system comprising two low-pass filters coupled to two analog storages which are connected to a channel switch coupled, via an analog-digital converter and a computing unit, to a display unit from which the information is delivered to a general-purpose channel. Successive nonlinear conversion of input pulses, processing of converted pulses by means of a microprocessor computer unit, linear stretching of pulses yield information on characteristics, such as a generalized amplitude and length, area, energy, electric charge, of single and recurrent pulses in the pico-, nano-, micro- and millisecond ranges. The invention can be used in radio-measuring engineering, nuclear physics, laser engineering, and multichannel communication equipment.