• DocumentCode
    727157
  • Title

    Design of a low power time to digital converter for flow metering applications

  • Author

    Demarziani, Alberto ; Bonizzoni, Edoardo ; Maloberti, Franco ; D´Amato, Alessandro

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr., Comput. & Biomed. Eng., Univ. of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    24-27 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1646
  • Lastpage
    1649
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the design of an hybrid course-fine time to digital converter for low power applications. The core of the circuit consists of two current-mode SAR analog to digital converters working in a time-interleaved fashion. The TDC has been fully simulated at the transistor level with a 0.13-μm CMOS technology. The paper discusses the design details and the digital calibration techniques required to achieve a single-shot resolution of about 27 ps while keeping the power consumption below 600 μW.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; calibration; flowmeters; time-digital conversion; CMOS technology; TDC; current-mode SAR analog to digital converter; digital calibration techniques; flow metering applications; low power time to digital converter; power 600 muW; size 0.13 mum; time interleave; transistor; Arrays; CMOS integrated circuits; Capacitors; Clocks; Power demand; Synchronization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2015 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Lisbon
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.2015.7168966
  • Filename
    7168966