Rail-to-rail delay line for time analog-to-digital converters

Details Rail-to-rail delay line for time analog-to-digital converters Rail-to-rail delay line for time analog-to-digital converters

2006-09-12

2006-09-12

Barnie, Rexford (Department: 2819)

Coded data generation or conversion

Analog to or from digital conversion

Analog to digital conversion

C341S155000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07106239

ABSTRACT:
A time-analog-to-digital converter (TAD) utilizes a time-to-digital approach for analog-to-digital conversion. The TAD includes two voltage-to-delay converters (VDCs), e.g., CMOS inverter chains, in order to increase the dynamic range of the TAD. Each VDC can handle a different range of input voltages. Comparators compare the input signal voltage to reference voltages corresponding to the different ranges of input voltage and a selector selects one of the VDC line outputs based on the range in which the input signal lies. A filter estimates the input signal voltage from a delay signal from the selected output.

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