Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tunable delay cells for time-to-digital converter
- Patent Title (中): 可调延迟单元,用于时间到数字转换器
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Application No.: US14161714Application Date: 2014-01-23
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Publication No.: US09176479B2Publication Date: 2015-11-03
- Inventor: Hsieh-Hung Hsieh , Yen-Jen Chen , Chewn-Pu Jou
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agency: Duane Morris LLP
- Main IPC: H03M1/50
- IPC: H03M1/50 ; G04F10/00 ; H03L7/085 ; H03K5/159 ; G04F10/10

Abstract:
A time-to-digital converter (TDC) comprises a first delay line including a plurality of first delay cells connected in series, wherein each of the first delay cells include a plurality of first delay units connected in series, wherein each of the first delay units includes a tunable PMOS transistor, a first poly on oxide definition (OD) edge (PODE) transistor, and a pull-up PMOS transistor. The TDC further comprises a second delay line including a plurality of second delay cells connected in series, wherein each of the second delay cells include a plurality of second delay units connected in series, wherein each of the second delay units includes a tunable NMOS transistor, a second PODE transistor, and a pull-down NMOS transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150205267A1 TUNABLE DELAY CELLS FOR TIME-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER` Public/Granted day:2015-07-23
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