Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time-to-digital converter
- Patent Title (中): 时间到数字转换器
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Application No.: US13450263Application Date: 2012-04-18
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Publication No.: US08531322B2Publication Date: 2013-09-10
- Inventor: Changhua Cao , Xiaochuan Guo , Yen-Horng Chen , Caiyi Wang
- Applicant: Changhua Cao , Xiaochuan Guo , Yen-Horng Chen , Caiyi Wang
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: Mediatek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Mediatek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agency: McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP
- Main IPC: H03M1/48
- IPC: H03M1/48

Abstract:
Embodiments of a time-to-digital converter are provided, comprising a delay stage matrix and a measurement circuit. The delay stage matrix comprises a first and a second delay lines coupled thereto, and is arranged to propagate a transition signal from a starting delay stage in the first and a second delay lines, wherein each of the first and second delay lines comprises a same number of delay stages coupled in series, each delay stage in one of the first and second delay lines is coupled to a corresponding delay stage in the other delay line and operative to generate a delayed signal. The measurement circuit is arranged to determine a time of the transition signal propagating along the delay stages by sampling the delayed signals using a measurement signal to generate and hold a digital representation of the time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120319883A1 TIME-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2012-12-20
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