A compact Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) module with 10 ps resolution and less than 1.5% LSB DNL

Author

Markovic, B. ; Villa, F. ; Bellisai, S. ; Bronzi, D. ; Scarcella, C. ; Boso, G. ; Shehata, A. Bahgat ; Frera, A. Della ; Tosi, A.

Author_Institution

Dip. Elettron. e Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

23-27 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

26

Lastpage

27

Abstract

We present a low-power Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) module that provides 10 ps timing resolution, DNL better than 1.5% LSB and 160 ns dynamic range within a compact 6 cm × 6 cm × 8 cm housing. The USB link to the remote PC allows the easy setting of measurement parameters, the fast download of acquired data, and their visualization and storing via an user-friendly software interface. The module is suitable for a wide variety of applications such as: FLIM, FRET, TOF ranging measurements, TOF PET, DOT, OTDR, quantum optics, etc.

Keywords

computer interfaces; computerised instrumentation; data visualisation; distance measurement; electronics packaging; high-speed optical techniques; time-digital conversion; LSB DNL; TDC module; USB link; compact housing; compact time-to-digital converter module; data acquisition; data storing; data visualization; dynamic range; measurement parameters; remote PC; time 10 ps; time 160 ns; timing resolution; user-friendly software interface; Distance measurement; Dynamic range; Field programmable gate arrays; Optical variables measurement; Power supplies; Timing; Universal Serial Bus;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Burlingame, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0731-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358471

Filename

6358471