Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time to digital converter with increased range and sensitivity
-
Application No.: US16706321Application Date: 2019-12-06
-
Publication No.: US11003142B2Publication Date: 2021-05-11
- Inventor: Nicolo Testi
- Applicant: Innophase, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Innophase, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Innophase, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Invention Mine LLC
- Main IPC: H03M1/12
- IPC: H03M1/12 ; G04F10/00 ; H04L27/227 ; H03L7/099 ; H03L7/091 ; G04F10/06

Abstract:
Systems and methods are described for determining a phase measurement difference between a received modulated signal and a local clock signal. An adjusted local clock phase measurement may be determined by subtracting, from the phase measurement difference, a phase correction that is based on the frequency difference between the modulator signal's carrier frequency and the local clock's frequency. A phase modulation value may be generated by scaling the adjusted local clock phase measurement. The scaling may be based on a ratio of the modulated signal's carrier frequency and the local clock's frequency. The phase correction may be based on (i) a count of periods of the modulated signal occurring between each corrected phase measurement and (ii) a difference between the carrier frequency and the local clock frequency.
Information query