The 10-ps wave union TDC: Improving FPGA TDC resolution beyond its cell delay

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3440-3446

  Wu, Jinyuan ^a   Shi, Zonghan ^a  

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

FPGA firmware; Front end electronics; TDC

Indexed keywords

AUTO CALIBRATION; DELAY CHAINS; FPGA FIRMWARE; FRONT END ELECTRONICS; FUNCTIONAL BLOCK; LOGIC ARRAY BLOCKS; LOW COSTS; MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS; PICOSECONDS; POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE; RAW MEASUREMENTS; SEMI-CONTINUOUS; TDC; ULTRA-WIDE;

CALIBRATION; CARRY LOGIC; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); FIRMWARE;

BINS;

EID: 67649206459     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4775079     Document Type: Conference Paper

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