Open AccessHighly accurate cyclic CMOS time-to-digital converter with extremely low power consumption
Author(s) -
Poki Chen,
Shen-Iuan Liu,
Jingshown Wu
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el:19970594
Subject(s) - cmos , time to digital converter , single shot , electronic engineering , power consumption , power (physics) , computer science , ultra low power , digital electronics , electrical engineering , electronic circuit , engineering , physics , clock signal , optics , quantum mechanics
The authors propose a new cyclic structure for a CMOS time-to-digital converter (TDC). The measured single-shot resolution is 286 ps, and the measured single-shot accuracy is <143 ps. The new circuit can be shut down between measurements which makes the circuit suitable for portable applications
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