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US08330630B2 Phase frequency to digital converter 有权
相位频率到数字转换器

  • Patent Title: Phase frequency to digital converter
  • Patent Title (中): 相位频率到数字转换器
  • Application No.: US13122753
    Application Date: 2009-09-25
  • Publication No.: US08330630B2
    Publication Date: 2012-12-11
  • Inventor: Herve Marie
  • Applicant: Herve Marie
  • Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
  • Assignee: NXP, N.V.
  • Current Assignee: NXP, N.V.
  • Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
  • Agency: Kramer & Amado P.C.
  • Priority: EP08290948 20081008
  • International Application: PCT/IB2009/054211 WO 20090925
  • International Announcement: WO2010/041163 WO 20100415
  • Main IPC: H03M1/48
  • IPC: H03M1/48
Phase frequency to digital converter
Abstract:
A circuit arrangement is described comprising a first receiver configured to receive a first input signal, a second receiver configured to receive a second input signal, a first signal generator configured to generate a first pulse signal, a second signal generator configured to generate a second pulse signal, wherein a delay between a rising edge of the first pulse signal and a rising edge of the second pulse signal is proportional to a difference between the first input signal and the second input signal, a first converter configured to convert the first pulse signal to a first digital number proportional to a width of the first pulse signal, a second converter configured to convert the second pulse signal to a second digital number proportional to a width of the second pulse signal, wherein at least one of the first converter and the second converter comprises a cascade of at least two converter stages, wherein each converter stage of the at least two converter stages is configured to propagate and shrink the respective pulse signal. Also a corresponding method is described.
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