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Bipolar time-to-digital converter

US8970420B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Mobile Communications GmbH · DE

Inventors

Stephan Henzler · Munich, DE
Markus Schimper · Erding, DE
Stefan Tertinek · Graz, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03M1/50
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide bipolar time-to-digital conversion. For example, either a positive time duration or a negative time duration may be converted to a digital representation by a linear time-to-digital converter (TDC). A set of logic functions may be applied to the input of the TDC to provide start and/or stop signals for the TDC. Further, a correction component may be applied to an input or an output of the TDC to compensate for a delay offset of the TDC.

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