• DocumentCode
    3284396
  • Title

    A 0.3-to-5.5 GHz Digital Frequency Discriminator IC with Time to Digital Converter

  • Author

    Hirai, Akihito ; Tsutsumi, Koji ; Nakamizo, Hideyuki ; Taniguchi, Eiji

  • Author_Institution
    Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kamakura, Japan
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    17-22 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A 0.3 to 5.5 GHz range, 50ns-detection Digital Frequency Discriminator (DFD) using a Time to Digital Converter is presented. Wide frequency range and high accuracy are achieved by an averaging technique using all periods of the input signal and periodical number during the measurement time using TDC. The DFD, fabricated in 0.18-μm SiGe-BiCMOS, achieves measured absolute error below 0.39MHz and standard deviation below 1.53MHz-RMS during 50 ns detection time in the band from 0.3 GHz to 5.5 GHz.
  • Keywords
    BiCMOS integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; UHF integrated circuits; bipolar MMIC; discriminators; time-digital conversion; SiGe; SiGe-BiCMOS; averaging technique; digital frequency discriminator integrated circuit; frequency 0.3 GHz to 5.5 GHz; input signal; measurement time; periodical number; size 0.18 mum; time 50 ns; time to digital converter; Area measurement; Frequency conversion; Radiation detectors; Radio frequency; Time measurement; Time-frequency analysis; DFD; IFM; TDC;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2015 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2015.7166786
  • Filename
    7166786