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基于多相位时钟的高精度TDC

A high precision TDC based on a multi-phase clock

Zhong Qi, Xiangting Meng, Deyuan Li, Lei Yang, Zeen Yao, Dongcang Li

摘要:

本文讨论了一种基于多相时钟的高精度时间数字转换器(TDC)的设计。TDC采用时间插值的方法提高了测量的分辨率。锁相环用于产生四个多相时钟,其频率相同,相位为0°、45°、90°和135°。此外,四个时钟的占空比为50%。通过利用四个多相时钟组成插值时钟,一个时钟周期可以被分成八个均匀的部分。TDC的分辨率可以提高到时钟周期的1/8。此外,我们还设计了一个识别电路,用于识别启动和停止信号。在此基础上,当启停信号不确定时,TDC仍能测量两个信号的时间间隔。实验结果表明,TDC的时间分辨率达到了理论值,线性度良好。该架构消耗更少的逻辑单元,并且更稳定。

英文摘要:

The design of a high-precision time-to-digital converter (TDC) based on a multiphase clock implemented using a single field-programmable gate array is discussed in this paper. The TDC can increase the resolution of the measurement by using time interpolation. A phase-locked loop is used to generate four multiphase clocks whose frequencies are the same and whose phases are 0°, 45°, 90°, and 135°. In addition, the duty ratios of the four clocks are 50%. By utilizing four multiphase clocks to make up the interpolation clock, one clock period can be divided into eight uniform parts. The resolution of the TDC can be improved to 1/8 of a clock period. Furthermore, we have also designed a discriminator circuit for identifying the start and stop signals. On the basis of this circuit, the TDC can still measure the time interval of two signals when the start and stop signals are uncertain. The experimental results indicate that the time resolution of the TDC can achieve the theoretical value, and the linearity is very good. The architecture consumes fewer logic cells and is more stable.

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