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- Patent Title: Time signal conversion using dual time-based digital-to-analog converters
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Application No.: US15199257Application Date: 2016-06-30
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Publication No.: US09698807B1Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Aaron J. Caffee , Brian G. Drost , Volodymyr Kratyuk
- Applicant: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Zagorin Cave LLP
- Main IPC: H03M1/66
- IPC: H03M1/66 ; H03M1/10 ; H03M1/82

Abstract:
A technique for on-chip time measurement includes dynamically scaling a range of a time-based digital-to-analog converter to enhance resolution of the time measurement. An apparatus includes a first time-based digital-to-analog converter configured to generate a first clock signal based on a first reference clock signal and a first digital code. The apparatus includes a second time-based digital-to-analog converter configured to generate a second clock signal based on a second reference clock signal and a second digital code. The first reference clock signal has a first frequency and the second reference clock signal has a second frequency that is harmonically related to the first frequency. The apparatus includes a time signal converter configured to generate an output signal having a level indicative of a time-of-arrival of a first edge of the first clock signal relative to a time-of-arrival of a second edge of the second clock signal.
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