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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Mao-Hsuan Chou, Xinfeng Township, TW;
Jinn-Yeh Chien, Chu Bei, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/50 (2006.01); G04F 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04F 10/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
An embodiment is a device including a control circuit, a time-to-digital converter circuit coupled having a first output coupled to a first input of the control circuit, and a gating circuit having a first input coupled to a first signal, a second input coupled to a second signal, and an output coupled to a first input of the time-to-digital converter circuit, an output of the control circuit coupled to a second input of the time-to-digital converter circuit and to a third input of the gating circuit.