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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited, Marlow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/06 (2006.01); G04F 10/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/24 (2006.01); G01T 1/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04F 10/005 (2013.01); G01T 1/248 (2013.01); G01T 1/2985 (2013.01);
Abstract
A time to digital converter includes a sample module operable to sample an input signal at multiple different instances of time. A transition detection module, formed of comparison elements, processes the sampled input signal at successive time instances so as to detect transitions in the input signal in terms of time. An output module generates detected transitions in the input signal on multiple parallel outputs.