Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process, voltage, and temperature invariant time-to-digital converter with sub-gate delay resolution
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Application No.: US18330871Application Date: 2023-06-07
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Publication No.: US12212324B2Publication Date: 2025-01-28
- Inventor: Andrea Gambero , Juri Giovannone , Roberto Giorgio Bardelli , Alessandro Nicolosi
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Applicant Address: CH Geneva
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Geneva
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Main IPC: H03K5/01
- IPC: H03K5/01 ; G04F10/00 ; H03K5/00

Abstract:
A control circuit and a method for delaying an electronic signal are provided, along with a time-to-digital converter including the control circuit. The example control circuit includes a first delay circuit having a first plurality of delay elements electrically connected in series and configured to generate a first control voltage associated with a first delay time. The control circuit further includes a second delay circuit having a second plurality of delay elements electrically connected at least in part in series. The second delay circuit is configured to generate a second control voltage associated with a second delay time. A first group of delay elements within the second plurality of delay elements exhibits the first delay time based on the first control voltage, and a second group of the second plurality of delay elements exhibits a second delay time based at least in part on the second control voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240413813A1 PROCESS, VOLTAGE, AND TEMPERATURE INVARIANT TIME-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER WITH SUB-GATE DELAY RESOLUTION Public/Granted day:2024-12-12
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