Title :
RC-Delay Chain-Based RF Time to Digital Converter
Author :
Yang, Chao ; Salem, Fathi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI
Abstract :
An RC delay chain high-speed time-to-digital converter (TDC) is presented. It focuses on the detection of phase difference among radio-frequency range oscillators. Compared with other TDC solutions, the RC-delay chain can provide configurable granularity, higher resolution, as well as simplicity of implementation
Keywords :
RC circuits; convertors; delays; radiofrequency oscillators; RC delay chain; high-speed time-to-digital converter; radio-frequency range oscillators; CMOS technology; Circuits; Delay effects; Inverters; Phase measurement; Radio frequency; Signal resolution; Time measurement; Transfer functions; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Mechatronics and Automation, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Luoyang, Henan
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0465-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0466-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICMA.2006.257404
