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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020

Filed:

May. 06, 2019
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Henry Yao, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Sinjeet Dhanvantray Parekh, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04F 10/00 (2006.01); H03L 7/197 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04F 10/005 (2013.01); H03L 7/197 (2013.01);
Abstract

A time-to-digital converter circuit includes a logic gate coupled to receive a first trigger signal indicative of a first clock signal and a second trigger signal indicative of a second clock signal. The logic gate is to generate a logic gate output signal responsive to the earlier of the first or second trigger signals to be a logic high. A synchronization circuit is included and is coupled to the logic gate and is configured to synchronize the logic gate output signal to a third clock to produce a synchronization output signal. A counter circuit counts pulses of the synchronization output signal.


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