Invention Grant
US08816273B2 Zero dead time, high event rate, multi-stop time-to-digital converter
有权
零死区时间,高事件率,多停止时间数字转换器
- Patent Title: Zero dead time, high event rate, multi-stop time-to-digital converter
- Patent Title (中): 零死区时间,高事件率,多停止时间数字转换器
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Application No.: US13595604Application Date: 2012-08-27
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Publication No.: US08816273B2Publication Date: 2014-08-26
- Inventor: George Suarez , Jeffrey J. Dumonthier
- Applicant: George Suarez , Jeffrey J. Dumonthier
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics Space Administration
- Current Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics Space Administration
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Main IPC: H01J49/00
- IPC: H01J49/00 ; G04F10/00 ; H01J49/40

Abstract:
Time-to-digital converters adapted to analog and digital inputs and methods of use are described. A time-to-digital converter has an event frame latches and logic module with memory cells, an analog front-end module connected to the memory cells, and a bin increment generator module connected to the memory cells. The bin increment generator is configured to issue bin increments separated by a time increment, and the analog front end is configured to issue a start event followed by a plurality of stop events. Upon receipt of a first time increment following a start event, the event frame latches and logic module updates a first memory cell with a first bit-type; upon receipt of a second time increment following an intervening stop event, the event frame latches and logic module updates a second memory cell with a second bit-type different from the first bit-type.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140054455A1 ZERO DEAD TIME, HIGH EVENT RATE, MULTI-STOP TIME-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2014-02-27
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