Title :
A novel high throughput high resolution two-stage oscillator-based TDC
Author :
Abdelmejeed, M. ; Guindi, Rafik ; Abdel-Moneum, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron. Syst. Design, Nile Univ. Nile Univ., Cairo, Egypt
Abstract :
This paper presents a new technique to reduce the conversion time, hence improve the throughput, of the two-stage Time to Digital Converter (TDC) architecture. An oscillator based TDC is used in the first and second stages. The time residue from the first stage is generated directly after the stop signal is asserted and saved in the form of phase-shift between two oscillating signals. A throughput of 400 MS/s, a DNL of 0.38, and an INL of 0.36 are achieved.
Keywords :
oscillators; time-digital conversion; DNL; conversion time reduction technique; high-throughput high-resolution two-stage oscillator-based TDC; oscillating signal; stop signal; throughput improvement; time residue; two-stage time-to-digital converter architecture; Delays; Inverters; Linearity; Oscillators; Radiation detectors; Synchronization; Throughput; Time Difference Amplifier (TDA); Time to Digital Converter (TDC);
Conference_Titel :
SoC Design Conference (ISOCC), 2013 International
Conference_Location :
Busan
DOI :
10.1109/ISOCC.2013.6864043
