• DocumentCode
    692594
  • Title

    A novel high throughput high resolution two-stage oscillator-based TDC

  • Author

    Abdelmejeed, M. ; Guindi, Rafik ; Abdel-Moneum, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Microelectron. Syst. Design, Nile Univ. Nile Univ., Cairo, Egypt
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    17-19 Nov. 2013
  • Firstpage
    335
  • Lastpage
    338
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a new technique to reduce the conversion time, hence improve the throughput, of the two-stage Time to Digital Converter (TDC) architecture. An oscillator based TDC is used in the first and second stages. The time residue from the first stage is generated directly after the stop signal is asserted and saved in the form of phase-shift between two oscillating signals. A throughput of 400 MS/s, a DNL of 0.38, and an INL of 0.36 are achieved.
  • Keywords
    oscillators; time-digital conversion; DNL; conversion time reduction technique; high-throughput high-resolution two-stage oscillator-based TDC; oscillating signal; stop signal; throughput improvement; time residue; two-stage time-to-digital converter architecture; Delays; Inverters; Linearity; Oscillators; Radiation detectors; Synchronization; Throughput; Time Difference Amplifier (TDA); Time to Digital Converter (TDC);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    SoC Design Conference (ISOCC), 2013 International
  • Conference_Location
    Busan
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISOCC.2013.6864043
  • Filename
    6864043