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A low-cost and low-power time-to-digital converter using triple-slope time stretching

Kim et al., 2011

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18208722961011119732
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Kim M
Lee H
Woo J
Xing N
Kim M
Kim S
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IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

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In this brief, we present a time-to-digital converter (TDC) in which a single interpolator is used to improve the resolution by time stretching. The interpolator is based on a triple-slope conversion. Without slowing down the measured event, this approach extensively reduces …
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03L—AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION, OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES
    • H03L7/00—Automatic control of frequency or phase; Synchronisation
    • H03L7/06—Automatic control of frequency or phase; Synchronisation using a reference signal applied to a frequency- or phase-locked loop
    • H03L7/08—Details of the phase-locked loop
    • H03L7/099—Details of the phase-locked loop concerning mainly the controlled oscillator of the loop
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03M—CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M1/00—Analogue/digital conversion; Digital/analogue conversion
    • H03M1/12—Analogue/digital converters
    • H03M1/14—Conversion in steps with each step involving the same or a different conversion means and delivering more than one bit
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    • H03—BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03M—CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M1/00—Analogue/digital conversion; Digital/analogue conversion
    • H03M1/12—Analogue/digital converters
    • H03M1/50—Analogue/digital converters with intermediate conversion to time interval
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03M—CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M1/00—Analogue/digital conversion; Digital/analogue conversion
    • H03M1/12—Analogue/digital converters
    • H03M1/124—Sampling or signal conditioning arrangements specially adapted for A/D converters
    • H03M1/1245—Details of sampling arrangements or methods
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K5/00—Manipulating pulses not covered by one of the other main groups in this subclass
    • H03K5/22—Circuits having more than one input and one output for comparing pulses or pulse trains with each other according to input signal characteristics, e.g. slope, integral
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K3/00—Circuits for generating electric pulses; Monostable, bistable or multistable circuits
    • H03K3/02—Generators characterised by the type of circuit or by the means used for producing pulses
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K5/00—Manipulating pulses not covered by one of the other main groups in this subclass
    • H03K5/156—Arrangements in which a continuous pulse train is transformed into a train having a desired pattern
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03M—CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M1/00—Analogue/digital conversion; Digital/analogue conversion
    • H03M1/06—Continuously compensating for, or preventing, undesired influence of physical parameters
    • H03M1/08—Continuously compensating for, or preventing, undesired influence of physical parameters of noise
    • H03M1/0836—Continuously compensating for, or preventing, undesired influence of physical parameters of noise of phase error, e.g. jitter

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