CMOS time-to-digital converters for biomedical imaging applications

R Scott, W Jiang, MJ Deen - IEEE reviews in biomedical …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Time-to-digital converters (TDCs) are high-performance mixed-signal circuits capable of
timestam** events with sub-gate delay resolution. As a result of their high-performance, in …

A 7 bit, 3.75 ps resolution two-step time-to-digital converter in 65 nm CMOS using pulse-train time amplifier

KS Kim, YH Kim, WS Yu, SH Cho - IEEE Journal of Solid-State …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a novel pulse-train time amplifier is proposed that achieves linear, accurate,
and programmable gain for a wide input range. Using the proposed pulse-train time …

A Sub-mW Fractional- ADPLL With FOM of −246 dB for IoT Applications

H Liu, D Tang, Z Sun, W Deng… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a sub-mW fractional-N all-digital phase-locked loop (ADPLL) with
scalable power consumption, which achieves an figure of merit (FOM) of-246 dB. The …

Multi-channel FPGA time-to-digital converter with 10 ps bin and 40 ps FWHM

D Portaluppi, K Pasquinelli, I Cusini… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a novel architecture for multi-channel time-to-digital converters (TDCs) to be
implemented into low-cost field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), achieving 10-ps least …

CMOS circuits to measure timing jitter using a self-referenced clock and a cascaded time difference amplifier with duty-cycle compensation

K Niitsu, M Sakurai, N Harigai… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a reference-clock-free, high-time-resolution on-chip timing jitter
measurement circuit using a self-referenced clock and a cascaded time difference amplifier …

A 300-MS/s, 1.76-ps-resolution, 10-b asynchronous pipelined time-to-digital converter with on-chip digital background calibration in 0.13-µm CMOS

JS Kim, YH Seo, Y Suh, HJ Park… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an asynchronous pipelined all-digital 10-b time-to-digital converter
(TDC) with fine resolution, good linearity, and high throughput. Using a 1.5-b/stage pipeline …

A Reconfigurable Vernier Time-to-Digital Converter With 2-D Spiral Comparator Array and Second-Order Linearization

H Wang, FF Dai, H Wang - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an 8-bit 1.25-ps resolution reconfigurable Vernier time-to-digital
converter (TDC) with a 2-D spiral comparator array and ΔΣ modulators for linearization. The …

A Vernier time-to-digital converter with delay latch chain architecture

NU Andersson, M Vesterbacka - IEEE Transactions on Circuits …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new Vernier time-to-digital converter (TDC) architecture using a delay line and a chain of
delay latches is proposed. The delay latches replace the functionality of one delay chain and …

A time-based pipelined ADC using both voltage and time domain information

T Oh, H Venkatram, UK Moon - IEEE Journal of Solid-State …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a Nyquist ADC with a time-based pipelined TDC is proposed. In the proposed
ADC, the first pipeline stage incorporates both residue amplification and a VT conversion …

[HTML][HTML] A size, weight, power, and cost-efficient 32-channel time to digital converter using a novel wave union method

SM Alshahry, AH Alshehry, AK Alhazmi… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
We present a Tapped Delay Line (TDL)-based Time to Digital Converter (TDC) using Wave
Union type A (WU-A) architecture for applications that require high-precision time interval …