Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time measuring circuit
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Application No.: US14817271Application Date: 2015-08-04
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Publication No.: US09964928B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Shigenori Yamauchi , Takamoto Watanabe , Nobuyuki Taguchi
- Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya, Aichi-pref.
- Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya, Aichi-pref.
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2014-159642 20140805
- Main IPC: G04F10/00
- IPC: G04F10/00 ; G04F10/10

Abstract:
A first encoding part encodes a reference timing determined by a reference clock by using a delay line. A second encoding part encodes a measurement start timing and a measurement end timing of a measurement period determined by a measurement signal to be measured by also using the delay line. A count part counts the reference clocks included in the measurement period. A fraction calculation part calculates a start fraction number indicating a time difference from the measurement start timing and an immediately-following reference timing and an end fraction number indicating a time difference from the measurement end timing to an immediately-following reference timing, based on the encoding result. The fraction calculation part then calculates a fraction data indicating a difference between the measurement period and a product of the period of the reference timing and the count value of the count part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160041529A1 TIME MEASURING CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2016-02-11
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