A CMOS TDC(time-to-digital converter) is proposed which has a simple cyclic structure. The proposed TDC consists of pulse-shrinking elements, D latches and D flip-flops. The operation is based on pulse-shrinking of the input pulse. The resolution of d...
A CMOS TDC(time-to-digital converter) is proposed which has a simple cyclic structure. The proposed TDC consists of pulse-shrinking elements, D latches and D flip-flops. The operation is based on pulse-shrinking of the input pulse. The resolution of digital output can be easily improved by increasing the number of the pulse-shrinking elements, D latches and D flip flops. The TDC performance is improved in viewpoints of power consumption and chip area. Simulation results are shown to illustrate the performance of the proposed TDC circuit.