DocumentCode
1475203
Title
A prescaler circuit for a superconductive time-to-digital converter
Author
Kaplan, Steven B. ; Kirichenko, Alex F. ; Mukhanov, Oleg A. ; Sarwana, Saad
Author_Institution
HYPRES, Elmsford, NY, USA
Volume
11
Issue
1
fYear
2001
fDate
3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
513
Lastpage
516
Abstract
The high-speed capability of superconductive electronics is being harnessed to develop a time-to-digital converter (TDC) with picosecond time resolution. We have designed and successfully tested prescaler circuits for improving TDC resolution first to 5 ps, and then below. These circuits are designed to act as a vernier for a superconductive TDC that counts clock periods using a binary counter. One prescaler circuit has already demonstrated 5 ps resolution at a clock frequency of 20 GHz
Keywords
analogue-digital conversion; prescalers; superconducting integrated circuits; binary counter; clock period; high-speed electronics; prescaler circuit; superconductive time-to-digital converter; vernier; Circuit testing; Clocks; Cooling; Counting circuits; Dynamic range; Energy resolution; Laboratories; Niobium; Signal resolution; Superconductivity;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1051-8223
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/77.919395
Filename
919395
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