Monolithic time-to-digital converter with 20ps resolution

European Solid-State Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 465-468

  Tisa, S ^a   Lotito, A ^a   Giudice, A ^a   Zappa, F ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL WIDTHS; CONVERSION TIME; LINEARITY ERRORS; MONOLITHIC CIRCUITS; SINGLE-SHOT MEASUREMENTS; TIME TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

FREQUENCY CONVERTERS;

EID: 84893810472     PISSN: 19308833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESSCIRC.2003.1257173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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