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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2024
Commissariat À L'énergie Atomique ET Aux Énergies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Ali Mostafa, Grenoble Cedex, FR;
Franck Badets, Grenoble Cedex, FR;
Emmanuel Hardy, Grenoble Cedex, FR;
Abstract
A programmable voltage to time converter, comprising a locking frequency generator configured to generate a locking frequency; a current generator configured to generate a biasing current; a relaxation oscillator configured to be powered by the biasing current and generate an output voltage signal from the locking frequency, a gain control word, and an input voltage signal; and a phase difference block configured to determine a phase difference between a first signal corresponding to the output voltage signal and a second signal determined based on the locking frequency. The relaxation oscillator comprises a component presenting a linearly controllable characteristic. The voltage to time converter presents a gain linearly or dB-linearly controllable based on the gain control word by controlling linearly said characteristic of the component.