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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2013
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Amitava Majumdar, San Jose, CA (US);
Siva Charan Nimmagadda, Hyderabad, IN;
Baanurathan Sadasivam, Hyderabad, IN;
Richard W. Swanson, San Jose, CA (US);
Yohan Frans, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus relating generally to time-to-digital conversion is disclosed. In this apparatus, a time-to-digital converter is coupled to a period sensor. The period sensor includes a pulse generator to generate a pulse. An integrator of the period sensor is coupled to receive the pulse to generate an analog voltage signal responsive to the pulse. The time-to-digital converter includes an analog-to-digital converter coupled to provide a digital signal associated with the analog voltage signal.