Abstract:
The invention relates to a resonator circuit (100), the resonator circuit (100) comprising a transformer (101) comprising a primary winding (103) and a secondary winding (105), wherein the primary winding (103) is inductively coupled with the secondary winding (105), a primary capacitor (107) being connected to the primary winding (103), the primary capacitor (107) and the primary winding (103) forming a primary circuit, and a secondary capacitor (109) being connected to the secondary winding (105), the secondary capacitor (109) and the secondary winding (105) forming a secondary circuit, wherein the resonator circuit (100) has a common mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit (100) has a differential mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a differential mode, and wherein the common mode resonance frequency is different from the differential mode resonance frequency.
Abstract:
A time-to-digital converter (300, 400) includes: an input (302, 402) for receiving a time domain input signal (Tin); an output (306, 406) for providing a digital output signal (Dout); a time register (305, 405) coupled to the input (302, 403) and to a first node (308, 408); a time quantizer (307, 407) coupled to the time register (305, 405) for providing the digital output signal (Dout) at the output (306, 406); and a digital-to-time converter (309, 409) coupled to the output (306, 406) for providing a feed-back signal (E, Q err ) at the first node (308, 408).
Abstract:
A time register (300) includes: a pair of inputs (345, 346) coupled to a pair of input clocks (IN 1 , IN 2 ); a pair of tri-state inverters (301, 302) for producing a pair of level signals (V C1 , V C2 ); and a pair of outputs (347, 348) coupled to the level signals (V C1 , V C2 ) for producing a pair of output clocks (OUT 1 , OUT 2 ), wherein the tri-state inverters (301, 302) are responsive to a pair of state signals (S 1 , S 2 ) and the pair of input clocks (IN 1 , IN 2 ) for holding or discharging the level signals (V C1 , V C2 ).
Abstract:
A transformer (400) includes: a primary winding (401) comprising a first port (401a), a second port (401b) and a metal layer (413) connected between the first port (401a) and the second port (401b), the metal layer (413) comprising a plurality of sections (Z 1 /θ 1 , Z 2 /θ 2 , Z 3 /θ 3 , Z 4 /θ 4 ) of different electrical lengths and/or characteristic impedances; and a secondary winding (402) electromagnetically coupled with the primary winding (401), the secondary winding (402) comprising a first port (402a), a second port (402b) and a metal layer (423) connected between the first port (402a) and the second port (402b), the metal layer (423) comprising a plurality of sections (Z 5 /θ 5 , Z 6 /θ 6 , Z 7 /θ 7 , Z 8 /θ 8 , Z 9 /θ 9 , Z 10 /θ 10 ) of different electrical lengths and/or characteristic impedances.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a radio frequency oscillator (100), the radio frequency oscillator (100) comprising a resonator circuit (101) being resonant at an excitation of the resonator circuit (101) in a differential mode and at an excitation of the resonator circuit (101) in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit (101) has a differential mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the differential mode, and wherein the resonator circuit (101) has a common mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the common mode, a first excitation circuit (103) being configured to excite the resonator circuit (101) in the differential mode to obtain a differential mode oscillator signal oscillating at the differential mode resonance frequency, and a second excitation circuit (105) being configured to excite the resonator circuit (101) in the common mode to obtain a common mode oscillator signal oscillating at the common mode resonance frequency.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a resonator circuit, the resonator circuit comprising a transformer comprising a primary winding and a secondary winding, wherein the primary winding is inductively coupled with the secondary winding, a primary capacitor being connected to the primary winding, the primary capacitor and the primary winding forming a primary circuit, and a secondary capacitor being connected to the secondary winding, the secondary capacitor and the secondary winding forming a secondary circuit, wherein the resonator circuit has a common mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit has a differential mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a differential mode, and wherein the common mode resonance frequency is different from the differential mode resonance frequency.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a resonator circuit (100), the resonator circuit (100) comprising a transformer (101) comprising a primary winding (103) and a secondary winding (105), wherein the primary winding (103) is inductively coupled with the secondary winding (105), a primary capacitor (107) being connected to the primary winding (103), the primary capacitor (107) and the primary winding (103) forming a primary circuit, and a secondary capacitor (109) being connected to the secondary winding (105), the secondary capacitor (109) and the secondary winding (105) forming a secondary circuit, wherein the resonator circuit (100) has a common mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit (100) has a differential mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a differential mode, and wherein the common mode resonance frequency is different from the differential mode resonance frequency.
Abstract:
A time-to-digital converter (300, 400) includes: an input (302, 402) for receiving a time-domain input signal (Tin); an output (306, 406) for providing a digital output signal (Dout); a time register (305, 405) coupled to the input (302, 403) and to a first node (308, 408); a time quantizer (307, 407) coupled to the time register (305, 405) for providing the digital output signal (Dout) at the output (306, 406); and a digital-to-time converter (309, 409) coupled to the output (306, 406) for providing a feed-back signal (E, Q err ) at the first node (308, 408).
Abstract:
A time-to-digital converter includes: an input for receiving a time-domain input signal; an output for providing a digital output signal; a time register coupled to the input and to a first node; a time quantizer coupled to the time register for providing the digital output signal at the output; and a digital-to-time converter coupled to the output for providing a feed-back signal at the first node.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a radio frequency oscillator (100), the radio frequency oscillator (100) comprising a resonator circuit (101) being resonant at an excitation of the resonator circuit (101) in a differential mode and at an excitation of the resonator circuit (101) in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit (101) has a differential mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the differential mode, and wherein the resonator circuit (101) has a common mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the common mode, a first excitation circuit (103) being configured to excite the resonator circuit (101) in the differential mode to obtain a differential mode oscillator signal oscillating at the differential mode resonance frequency, and a second excitation circuit (105) being configured to excite the resonator circuit (101) in the common mode to obtain a common mode oscillator signal oscillating at the common mode resonance frequency.