Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time-to-digital conversion circuitry
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Application No.: US16700547Application Date: 2019-12-02
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Publication No.: US10725433B2Publication Date: 2020-07-28
- Inventor: Yoshihisa Fujimoto
- Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Sakai, Osaka
- Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Sakai, Osaka
- Agency: ScienBiziP, P.C.
- Main IPC: G04F10/00
- IPC: G04F10/00 ; H03L7/085 ; H03M1/00

Abstract:
Time-to-digital conversion circuitry converts a time between a start time point and a stop time point, which are state-change time points of digital signals, into digital. The time-to-digital conversion circuitry comprises oscillation circuitry that outputs a plurality of phase signals having different phases, and outputs a digital value of the time based on the plurality of phase signals. The oscillation circuitry performs free-running oscillation and outputs the phase signals that do not synchronize with the start time point and the stop time point.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200174427A1 TIME-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION CIRCUITRY Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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