DocumentCode
323265
Title
A self calibrating high resolution common stop time digitizer circuit
Author
Blanar, G. ; Sumner, Richard
Author_Institution
LeCroy Corp., Chestnut Ridge, NY, USA
fYear
1997
fDate
9-15 Nov 1997
Firstpage
697
Abstract
A new technique for high resolution time measurements in a common stop mode of operation is described. The method is self calibrating, and combines an analog time stretcher circuit with a pipe-lined multiple hit time digitizer. The resulting system is capable of better than 25 picoseconds RMS resolution over a time range of 32 microseconds. Long delay cables to store the pulses during trigger generation (as in common start operation) are not required. Measurements on production circuits are presented
Keywords
analogue-digital conversion; calibration; detector circuits; nuclear electronics; 25 picoseconds RMS resolution; analog time stretcher circuit; common stop mode; high resolution time measurements; long delay cables; pipe-lined multiple hit time digitizer; production circuits; self calibrating high resolution common stop time digitizer circuit; trigger generation; Cables; Calibration; Delay; Integrated circuit measurements; Pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Signal resolution; Space vector pulse width modulation; Time measurement; Timing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nuclear Science Symposium, 1997. IEEE
Conference_Location
Albuquerque, NM
ISSN
1082-3654
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4258-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NSSMIC.1997.672676
Filename
672676
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