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-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER WITH PHASE-SCALED COURSE-FINE RESOLUTION

    公开(公告)号:US20180088535A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-29

    申请号:US15711012

    申请日:2017-09-21

    IPC分类号: G04F10/00

    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.