Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High-resolution circular interpolation time-to-digital converter
- Patent Title (中): 高分辨率圆弧插补时间 - 数字转换器
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Application No.: US12418351Application Date: 2009-04-03
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Publication No.: US08164493B2Publication Date: 2012-04-24
- Inventor: Hong-Yean Hsieh
- Applicant: Hong-Yean Hsieh
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Okamoto & Benedicto LLP
- Main IPC: H03M1/00
- IPC: H03M1/00

Abstract:
A time-to-digital converter includes a circular delay chain, a phase interpolator, and a time-to-digital (TDC) core. The circular delay chain receives a first input clock and generates a first set of multi-phase clocks by propagating the first input clock through delay cells in the delay chain. The phase interpolator performs phase interpolation with a second input clock and another clock to generate a second set of multi-phase clocks. The other clock may be a delayed version of the second input clock. The TDC core uses the first and second set of multi-phase clocks to determine the time difference between the first and second input clocks.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090296532A1 High-Resolution Circular Interpolation Time-To-Digital Converter Public/Granted day:2009-12-03
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