Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Phase frequency to digital converter
- Patent Title (中): 相位频率到数字转换器
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Application No.: US13122753Application Date: 2009-09-25
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Publication No.: US08330630B2Publication 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

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110193599A1 PHASE FREQUENCY TO DIGITAL CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2011-08-11
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