WIDE INPUT RANGE AND LOW NOISE COMPARATOR WITH TRIGGER TIMING CONTROL AND/OR GAIN BOOSTING

    公开(公告)号:US20240235571A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18369816

    申请日:2023-09-18

    申请人: MEDIATEK INC.

    发明人: Wenchang Huang

    IPC分类号: H03M1/44 H03M1/18 H03M1/50

    CPC分类号: H03M1/44 H03M1/181 H03M1/502

    摘要: A multi-stage comparator includes a first stage circuit, a second stage circuit, and a control circuit. The first stage circuit receives an input signal of the multi-stage comparator, generates a first-stage output signal according to the input signal, and outputs the first-stage output signal at an output port of the first stage circuit. The second stage circuit receives a second-stage input signal at an input port of the second stage circuit, and performs a second-stage operation to generate an output signal of the multi-stage comparator. The control circuit is coupled between the output port of the first stage circuit and the input port of the second stage circuit, and controls a start time of the second-stage operation.

    WIDE INPUT RANGE AND LOW NOISE COMPARATOR WITH TRIGGER TIMING CONTROL AND/OR GAIN BOOSTING

    公开(公告)号:US20240137039A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-25

    申请号:US18369816

    申请日:2023-09-17

    申请人: MEDIATEK INC.

    发明人: Wenchang Huang

    IPC分类号: H03M1/44 H03M1/18 H03M1/50

    CPC分类号: H03M1/44 H03M1/181 H03M1/502

    摘要: A multi-stage comparator includes a first stage circuit, a second stage circuit, and a control circuit. The first stage circuit receives an input signal of the multi-stage comparator, generates a first-stage output signal according to the input signal, and outputs the first-stage output signal at an output port of the first stage circuit. The second stage circuit receives a second-stage input signal at an input port of the second stage circuit, and performs a second-stage operation to generate an output signal of the multi-stage comparator. The control circuit is coupled between the output port of the first stage circuit and the input port of the second stage circuit, and controls a start time of the second-stage operation.

    Transition-State Output Device, Time-To-Digital Converter, And Analog-To-Digital Converter Circuit

    公开(公告)号:US20240106453A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US18528968

    申请日:2023-12-05

    IPC分类号: H03M1/50 H03K3/03 H03M1/12

    摘要: A transition-state output device includes: a ring oscillator circuit; a state machine changing in state according to a change in state of the ring oscillator circuit; a transition-state acquisition section acquiring and holding state information including a signal output from the ring oscillator circuit and a signal output from the state machine, synchronously with a reference signal; and an internal-state calculation section calculating an internal state corresponding to a number of changes in state of the ring oscillator circuit, based on the state information held by the transition-state acquisition section. A time until the internal state, after transitioning from a first internal state to a second internal state, transitions to the first internal state again is longer than a time interval of updating the state information held by the transition-state acquisition section.

    Transition-state output device, time-to-digital converter, and analog-to-digital converter circuit

    公开(公告)号:US11888499B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-30

    申请号:US17533373

    申请日:2021-11-23

    IPC分类号: H03M1/12 H03M1/50 H03K3/03

    摘要: A transition-state output device includes: a ring oscillator circuit; a state machine changing in state according to a change in state of the ring oscillator circuit; a transition-state acquisition section acquiring and holding state information including a signal output from the ring oscillator circuit and a signal output from the state machine, synchronously with a reference signal; and an internal-state calculation section calculating an internal state corresponding to a number of changes in state of the ring oscillator circuit, based on the state information held by the transition-state acquisition section. A time until the internal state, after transitioning from a first internal state to a second internal state, transitions to the first internal state again is longer than a time interval of updating the state information held by the transition-state acquisition section.

    Time-to-digital converter with phase-scaled course-fine resolution

    公开(公告)号:US10007235B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-26

    申请号:US15711012

    申请日:2017-09-21

    摘要: A time-to-digital converter (TDC) measures a time interval ΔTTot between a leading signal and a triggering signal. A phase regulator incorporates a looped delay line to create pre-defined sub-intervals TNOR determined by the length of the delay line. The phase regulator has an input receiving the leading signal such that the leading signal loops around the delay line. A counter for counting the number of times m the leading signal loops around the delay line before said triggering signal arrives to obtain a coarse measurement of the time interval defined in terms of the sub-intervals TNOR. A Vernier core for measures a residual time interval TR where TR=ΔTTot−mTNOR to obtain a value for the time interval ΔTTot. The TDC uses simpler encoding logic with reduced power consumption and phase noise performance better than 5 dB.

    Time-based delay line analog comparator

    公开(公告)号:US10003353B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-19

    申请号:US15652710

    申请日:2017-07-18

    摘要: Embodiments of the present disclosure include voltage comparators. The voltage comparators may include a first input configured to receive a first analog voltage, a second input configured to receive a second analog voltage, a first digital delay line configured to propagate the first analog voltage through a first delay circuit and the second analog voltage through a second circuit, and an output circuit configured to provide a comparator output based upon whether values representing the first analog voltage or the second analog voltage propagated faster through the first digital delay line. The comparator output may be configured to identify whether the first analog voltage or the second analog voltage is greater.

    TIME-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER AND DIGITAL PHASE LOCKED LOOP

    公开(公告)号:US20170373698A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-28

    申请号:US15685447

    申请日:2017-08-24

    IPC分类号: H03M1/00 H03L7/081 G04F10/00

    摘要: A time-to-digital converter including N stages of converting circuits, where N≧2, and N is an integer. Each stage of converting circuit includes a first delayer and an arbiter; an output end of the first delayer in each stage of converting circuit outputs a delayed signal of the stage of converting circuit; and the arbiter in each stage of converting circuit receives a sampling clock and the delayed signal of the stage of converting circuit, and compares the sampling clock with the delayed signal to obtain an output signal of the stage of converting circuit. Output signals of the N stages of converting circuits form a non-linear binary number, to indicate a time difference between a clock signal and a reference signal.