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US08847812B2 Time-to-digital conversion stage and time-to-digital converter including the same
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时间到数字转换级和包括它的时间 - 数字转换器
- Patent Title: Time-to-digital conversion stage and time-to-digital converter including the same
- Patent Title (中): 时间到数字转换级和包括它的时间 - 数字转换器
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Application No.: US13589550Application Date: 2012-08-20
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Publication No.: US08847812B2Publication Date: 2014-09-30
- Inventor: Shiro Dosho , Takuji Miki
- Applicant: Shiro Dosho , Takuji Miki
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2010-038781 20100224
- Main IPC: H03M1/50
- IPC: H03M1/50 ; G04F10/00 ; H03K5/151

Abstract:
In a time-to-digital conversion stage, a time-to-digital conversion circuit outputs an n-bit digital signal, which represents an integer value ranging from −(2n-1−1) to +(2n-1−1), based on a phase difference between a first and a second signals input thereto; a time difference amplifier circuit amplifies the phase difference between the first and the second signals 2n-1 times, and outputs two signals having an amplified phase difference therebetween; a delay adjustment circuit adds a phase difference dependent on the digital signal to the two signals output from the time difference amplifier circuit, and outputs another two signals; an output detection circuit detects that the delay adjustment circuit has output the another two signals, and outputs a detection signal; and a storage circuit latches the digital signal in synchronism with the detection signal. Multi-stage coupling of the time-to-digital conversion stages forms a pipeline time-to-digital converter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120313803A1 TIME-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION STAGE AND TIME-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2012-12-13
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