Invention Grant
US08421661B1 Noise-shaping time to digital converter (TDC) using delta-sigma modulation method
有权
数字转换器(TDC)的噪声整形时间采用delta-sigma调制方式
- Patent Title: Noise-shaping time to digital converter (TDC) using delta-sigma modulation method
- Patent Title (中): 数字转换器(TDC)的噪声整形时间采用delta-sigma调制方式
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Application No.: US13329983Application Date: 2011-12-19
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Publication No.: US08421661B1Publication Date: 2013-04-16
- Inventor: Dong Woo Jee , Jae Yoon Sim
- Applicant: Dong Woo Jee , Jae Yoon Sim
- Applicant Address: KR Pohang-Si, Gyeongsangbuk-Do
- Assignee: Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
- Current Assignee: Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
- Current Assignee Address: KR Pohang-Si, Gyeongsangbuk-Do
- Agency: Kile Park Reed & Houtteman PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2011-0113003 20111101
- Main IPC: H03M3/02
- IPC: H03M3/02

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a time digital converter, and more particularly, to a noise-shaping time to digital converter (TDC) that has a 1-bit output and uses a delta-sigma modulation method. The noise-shaping time to digital converter (TDC) that has the 1-bit output and uses the delta-sigma modulation method in accordance with the present invention eliminates the need for a large number of D flip-flops or counters and a plurality of delay units connected in series to one another because the time to digital converter is fabricated such that a delay element has a resolution of the effective delay time in a semiconductor process, unlike the conventional time to digital converter. Therefore, the time to digital converter of the present invention has an advantage in that an extremely high resolution and high linearity can be achieved with an efficient circuit configuration and low power consumption.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130106633A1 NOISE-SHAPING TIME TO DIGITAL CONVERTER (TDC) USING DELTA-SIGMA MODULATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2013-05-02
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