Abstract:
A simple but powerful digital-to-time converter, or digital pulse generator, realizable with FPGA chips is proposed. Based on vernier principle, the effective resolution ...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
A simple but powerful digital-to-time converter, or digital pulse generator, realizable with FPGA chips is proposed. Based on vernier principle, the effective resolution is made equivalent to the period difference of two phase-locked loop (PLL) outputs and is achieved as fine as 3.56ps with Altera Stratix II GX FPGA chips. The programmable delay range wider than ever is verified to be 33.4 minutes. The measured integral nonlinearity (INL) is between − 0.23LSB to 0.2LSB (−0.8ps∼0.7ps). It ensures every input bit is valid under such fine resolution. Only two embedded PLLs and some standard logic cells are required for circuit realization. Compared with its predecessors’, both design effort and chip cost of the proposed converter are lowered substantially.
Published in: 2008 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference
Date of Conference: 21-24 September 2008
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 17 November 2008
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