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A 2-D GRO Vernier Time-to-Digital Converter with Large Input Range and Small Latency

Lu, Ping LU ; Andreani, Pietro LU and Liscidini, Antonio (2013) IEEE RFIC p.151-154
Abstract
The proposed time-to-digital converter (TDC) arranges two Vernier gated-ring-oscillator (GRO) branches in a 2-dimension (2-D) fashion. All delay differences between X-axis phases and Y-axis phases (based on 2-D definition) can be used, rather than only the diagonal line. The large latency time inherited from Vernier structure is therefore dramatically reduced. The TDC is implemented in a 90nm CMOS process and consumes 1.8mA from 1.2V. The measured input range can safely cover a full period of a 50MHz sampling signal. With the same delay elements, the latency time is less than 1/6 of that needed in a standard Vernier TDC.
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GRO, Vernier, Time to digital converter, 2-D
host publication
IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 2013
pages
151 - 154
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
IEEE RFIC
conference location
Seattle, Washington, United States
conference dates
2013-06-02
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  • scopus:84883358515
ISSN
1529-2517
ISBN
978-1-4673-6059-3
DOI
10.1109/RFIC.2013.6569547
language
English
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  abstract     = {{The proposed time-to-digital converter (TDC) arranges two Vernier gated-ring-oscillator (GRO) branches in a 2-dimension (2-D) fashion. All delay differences between X-axis phases and Y-axis phases (based on 2-D definition) can be used, rather than only the diagonal line. The large latency time inherited from Vernier structure is therefore dramatically reduced. The TDC is implemented in a 90nm CMOS process and consumes 1.8mA from 1.2V. The measured input range can safely cover a full period of a 50MHz sampling signal. With the same delay elements, the latency time is less than 1/6 of that needed in a standard Vernier TDC.}},
  author       = {{Lu, Ping and Andreani, Pietro and Liscidini, Antonio}},
  booktitle    = {{IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 2013}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-4673-6059-3}},
  issn         = {{1529-2517}},
  keywords     = {{GRO; Vernier; Time to digital converter; 2-D}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{151--154}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{A 2-D GRO Vernier Time-to-Digital Converter with Large Input Range and Small Latency}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2013.6569547}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/RFIC.2013.6569547}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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