Abstract:
Disclosed is an all-digital delay locked loop circuit based on a time-to-digital converter and a control method thereof. The all-digital delay locked loop circuit includes a phase inversion locking control circuit for determining whether or not to use a phase inversion locking algorithm by detecting a phase difference between an input clock and an output clock and outputting the input clock or an inverted input clock; and a phase synchronization unit connected to an output terminal of the phase inversion locking control circuit to receive an output signal of the phase inversion locking control circuit and a control signal and perform phase synchronization, in which the phase synchronization unit includes a digital control delay line for receiving the input clock or the inverted input clock output from the phase inversion locking control circuit and reducing a phase error between the input clock and the output clock.
Abstract:
A robust and fast background calibration technique for correction of time-interleaved ADC offset, gain, bandwidth, and timing mismatches is proposed. The technique combines the use of a calibration signal and a reference ADC. The calibration signal enhances robustness and makes the technique independent of the input signal's statistics. The reference ADC speeds up convergence and enables the use of a small amplitude calibration signal that does not significantly reduce the input signal dynamic range. The calibration signal can be subtracted or filtered from the ADC output and is therefore invisible to the ADC user.
Abstract:
A comparison circuit is provided and includes first and second comparators and a first time-to-digital comparator. The first comparator with a first offset voltage receives an input signal and generates a first comparison signal and a first inverse comparison signal. The second comparator receives the input signal and generates a second comparison signal and a second inverse comparison signal. The first offset voltage is larger than the second offset voltage. The first time-to-digital comparator receives the first comparison signal and the second inverse comparison signal and generates first and second determination signals according to the first comparison signal and the second inverse comparison signal. The first and second determination signals indicate whether a voltage of the input signal is larger than a first middle voltage. The first middle voltage is equal to a half of the sum of the first offset voltage and the second offset voltage.
Abstract:
Time-to-digital converters (TDC) with improved resistance to metastability are provided. The TDC includes a ring oscillator gated by a start signal. A stop signal triggers capturing values of phase signals from the ring oscillator using master-slave flip-flops. Signals from two of the master stages of the flip-flops are logically combined to produce a counter clock signal that causes a counter to count. The outputs of the flip-flops and of the counter are encoded to produce a digital representation of the time between transitions of the start signal and the stop signal. Since the signals from the master stages of flip-flops are captured (and stop toggling) by the stop signal, the counter clock signal stops toggling, and the counter stops counting. This assures that the values of the captured phase signals and the counter are consistent and avoids metastability errors that could otherwise occur.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a time-to-digital (TDC) converter comprising an analog voltage source. An analog-to-digital converter quantizes two voltage samples in response to receiving a first input signal at a first time t1 and a second input signal at a second time t2. The first and second digital signals are combined to produce a digital signal that represents the difference (t2−t1).
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for regulating analogue-to-digital converters. First and second input signals are received at controlled oscillator circuitry which generates respective first and second pulse streams with pulse rates based on the relevant input signal. Difference circuitry determines the difference in number of pulses of the first and second pulse streams and outputs a first digital signal. Circuitry also determines a signal independent value based on the number of pulses of the first and/or second pulse streams. In one embodiment this value is the sum or average of the number of pulses of the first and second pulse streams. This value can be used to calibrate for any variation in transfer characteristic of the oscillator circuitry. In one embodiment this value is compared to a reference value and a regulation signal passed to control circuitry to regulate the operation of the oscillation circuitry.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a time-to-digital (TDC) converter comprising an analog voltage source. An analog-to-digital converter quantizes two voltage samples in response to receiving a first input signal at a first time t1 and a second input signal at a second time t2. The first and second digital signals are combined to produce a digital signal that represents the difference (t2−t1).
Abstract:
Successive two-trip traversals of charges between gates G.sub.0 and G.sub.2 make it possible to obtain beneath gates G.sub.1 and G.sub.2 quantities of charges equal to Q.sub.R, Q.sub.R /2, Q.sub.R /2.sup.2 . . . Q.sub.R /2.sup.i. A readout device for reading charges and connected to gates G.sub.2 and G.sub.4 generates voltages V.sub.R and V.sub.Ri =a.sub.0 .multidot.V.sub.R +a.sub.1 .multidot.V.sub.R /2+ . . . +a.sub.i-1 .multidot.V.sub.R /2.sup.i-1 +V.sub.R /2.sup.i which are compared with a voltage sample V.sub.x to be coded in order to determine by successive approximations the coefficients a.sub.0 . . . a.sub.n which are equal to 0 or to 1 such that V.sub.x =a.sub.0 .multidot.V.sub.R +a.sub.1 .multidot.V.sub.R /2+ . . . +a.sub.n .multidot.V.sub.R /2.sup.n. Depending on the value of a.sub.i, each quantity of charges Q.sub.R /2.sup.i stored beneath gate G.sub.1 is removed beneath diode D.sub.e or stored beneath gate G.sub.3 and then transferred beneath gate G.sub.4.
Abstract:
An electronic device for amplifying, with automatic gain control by discr values, analogue signal samples and thereafter preferably effecting analogue-to-digital conversion of the samples, consists of an amplifier circuit, a comparator circuit, and a delay store circuit. The amplifier has a basic gain during a gain control or gain ranging operation, and supplies an output sample amplified with sufficient gain to bring it into the region of a predetermined voltage. The comparator circuit compares the output of the amplifier circuit with a reference and supplies an output in accordance with the result of the comparison. For analogue-to-digital conversion the amplifier circuit supplies for an input signal U an output signal 2U - VQ, where VQ is the quantification voltage, or, in other embodiments a signal 2U.
Abstract:
An apparatus is provided which comprises: a first clock line to provide a first clock; a second clock line to provide a second clock; a delay line having a plurality of delay cells, wherein the delay line is coupled to the first and second clock lines, wherein the first clock is to sample the second clock; and circuitry coupled to the delay line, wherein the circuitry is to determine first or latest edge transitions from the outputs of the plurality of delay cells.