Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time-to-digital converter and converting methods
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Application No.: US17110010Application Date: 2020-12-02
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Publication No.: US11381246B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Jung Dae Oh , Hee Hyun Lee
- Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Priority: KR10-2019-0168716 20191217
- Main IPC: H03L7/081
- IPC: H03L7/081 ; H03M1/06 ; G04F10/00 ; G01S7/4865 ; G01S17/14

Abstract:
A time-to-digital converter and a converting method are provided. The time-to-digital converter includes: a phase locked loop unit configured to multiply an input reference clock by using a phase locked loop (PLL); a counting unit configured to count the multiplied input reference clock and record an edge position of an input signal; a delay locked loop unit configured to decompose the multiplied input reference clock into a multi-phase clock using a delay locked loop (DLL), and sense the recorded edge position of the input signal among the decomposed multi-phase clock and record a fine edge position; and a control unit configured to calculate a time difference in time of flight (ToF) between a start signal and a stop signal of the input signal by using the recorded edge position and the recorded fine edge position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210184684A1 TIME-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER AND CONVERTING METHODS Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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