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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2011
Francesco Cannillo, Corato, IT;
Patrick Merken, Montenaken, BE;
Munir Abdalla Mohamed, Khartoum, SD;
Osman Allam, Leuven, BE;
Francesco Cannillo, Corato, IT;
Patrick Merken, Montenaken, BE;
Munir Abdalla Mohamed, Khartoum, SD;
Osman Allam, Leuven, BE;
IMEC, Leuven, BE;
Abstract
A circuit and method for providing a digital output indicative of the time at which an event occurred is disclosed. In one aspect, the circuit includes a fine timing circuit configured to determine in which sub-interval of a clock period the event occurred, and a correction circuit configured to correct an erroneous offset between a first and second clock signals in the fine timing circuit. The correction circuit includes a synch circuit configured to determine in which half of the clock period the event occurred so as to correct for erroneous offset in the fine timing circuit.