- 专利标题: Storage cell ring-based time-to-digital converter
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申请号: US16689052申请日: 2019-11-19
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公开(公告)号: US10965294B1公开(公告)日: 2021-03-30
- 发明人: Narayanan Seetharaman , Patrick Matthias Georg Forster
- 申请人: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- 申请人地址: US TX Dallas
- 专利权人: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- 当前专利权人: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- 当前专利权人地址: US TX Dallas
- 代理商 John R. Pessetto; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- 主分类号: H03L7/099
- IPC分类号: H03L7/099 ; G04F10/00 ; H03L7/087
摘要:
In described examples, a storage cell ring includes circularly coupled storage cells. Each storage cell includes a respective capacitor for generating a respective integrated voltage responsive to a respective duration a respective storage cell is selected, a respective thresholding converter for generating a respective thresholded signal for indicating whether the respective integrated voltage has crossed a threshold, and respective selection circuitry configured to generate a respective select signal responsive to select signals generated by a respective adjacent storage cells. The ring is coupled to an analog quantifier for generating a conversion value responsive to the generated respective integrated voltage and a respective select signal. The ring is coupled to a loop counter for generating a loop count value responsive to changes of values of at least some of the respective thresholded signals. The conversion value and the loop count value can comprise a time measurement.