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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Amy Whitcombe, Saratoga, CA (US);
Somnath Kundu, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Brent R. Carlton, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 4/94 (2006.01); H03K 5/01 (2006.01); H03M 1/50 (2006.01); H03M 1/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/50 (2013.01); H03K 4/94 (2013.01); H03K 5/01 (2013.01); H03M 1/82 (2013.01);
Abstract
A differential voltage-to-time converter (VTC) architecture and method of providing VTC signals are disclosed. The VTC includes a ramp generator that generates a ramp voltage, capacitors having a bottom plate coupled with the ramp generator to receive the ramp voltage, and inverters having inputs coupled to top plates of the capacitors to provide signals based on a sampled signal. A threshold voltage or supply voltage of the inverters tracks a minimum input signal voltage.