A high precision time-to-digital converter based on multi-phase clock implemented within Field-Programmable-Gate-Array

Kai CHEN; Shubin LIU; Qi AN

doi:10.13538/j.1001-8042/nst.21.123-128

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A high precision time-to-digital converter based on multi-phase clock implemented within Field-Programmable-Gate-Array

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- A high precision time-to-digital converter based on multi-phase clock implemented within Field-Programmable-Gate-Array
- Nuclear Science and Techniques Vol. 21, Issue 2, (2010)
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  1.Key Laboratory of Technologies of Particle Detection & Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  2.Anhui Key Laboratory of Physics Electronics, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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  Corresponding author. E-mail address: anqi@ustc.edu.cn
  
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Kai CHEN, Shubin LIU, Qi AN. A high precision time-to-digital converter based on multi-phase clock implemented within Field-Programmable-Gate-Array. [J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques 21(2):123-128(2010)
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Kai CHEN, Shubin LIU, Qi AN. A high precision time-to-digital converter based on multi-phase clock implemented within Field-Programmable-Gate-Array. [J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques 21(2):123-128(2010) DOI： 10.13538/j.1001-8042/nst.21.123-128.

A high precision time-to-digital converter based on multi-phase clock implemented within Field-Programmable-Gate-Array 1 2 first-author 1 2 1 2 corresp Corresponding author. E-mail address: anqi@ustc.edu.cn Corresponding author. E-mail address: anqi@ustc.edu.cn anqi@ustc.edu.cn Key Laboratory of Technologies of Particle Detection & Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China Key Laboratory of Technologies of Particle Detection & Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China Anhui Key Laboratory of Physics Electronics, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China Anhui Key Laboratory of Physics Electronics, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China In this paper, the design of a coarse-fine interpolation Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) is implemented in an ALTERA's Cyclone FPGA. The carry-select chain performs as the tapped delay line. The Logic Array Block (LAB) having a propagation delay of 165 ps in the chain is synthesized as delay cell. Coarse counters triggered by the global clock count the more significant bits of the time data. This clock is also fed through the delay line, and LABs create the copies. The replicas are latched by the tested event signal, and the less significant bits are encoded from the latched binary bits. Single-shot resolution of the TDC can be 60 ps. The worst Differential Nonlinearity (DNL) is about 0.2 Least Significant Bit (LSB, 165 ps in this TDC module), and the Integral Nonlinearity (INL) is 0.6 LSB. In comparison with other architectures using the synchronous global clock to sample the taps, this architecture consumed less electric power and logic cells, and is more stable. Time-to-digital converter Multi-phase clock Carry-select chain Field-Programmable-Gate-Array References Christiansen J . “Dept Elect Eng Comput” PhD Dissertation , Tech Univ Lisbon (Portugal) , 2000 . “Dept Elect Eng Comput” PhD Dissertation An Q . Nucl Tech , 2006 , 29 : 453 - 462 . (in Chinese) Nucl Tech Christiansen J , CERN Digital Microelectronics Group , 2004 . CERN Digital Microelectronics Group Motal M , Christiansen J , Debieux S . Nucl Sci Symp Circuits Syst , 2000 , 2 : 155 - 159 . Nucl Sci Symp Circuits Syst Kalisz J . Metrologia , 2004 , 41 : 35 - 51 . Metrologia Acam messelectronic GMBH . Solution in time datasheet , 2007 . Available: http://www.acam.de/products/time-to-digital-converters/tdc-gpx/ Solution in time datasheet Szplet R , Kalisz J , Szymanowski R . IEEE Trans Instrum Meas , 2000 , 49 : 879 - 883 . IEEE Trans Instrum Meas Kalisz J , Szplet R , Pasierbinski J . IEEE Trans Instrum Meas , 1997 , 46 : 851 - 856 . IEEE Trans Instrum Meas Wu J , Shi Z , Wang I Y . Proc IEEE Conf Rec NSS , 2003 , 1 : 177 - 181 . Song J , An Q , Liu S . IEEE Trans Nucl Sci , 2006 , 53 : 236 - 241 . IEEE Trans Nucl Sci Liu S , Guo J , Zhang Y . Nucl Tech , 2006 , 29 : 72 - 76 . Nucl Tech Altera Corporation . Cyclone Device Handbook , 2007 . Available: http://www.altera.com/products/devices/cyclone/cyc-index.jsp Cyclone Device Handbook Kalisz J , Pawłowski M , Pełka R . J Phys E: Sci Instrum , 1985 , 18 : 444 - 452 . J Phys E: Sci Instrum Aveynier J , Van Zurk R . Nucl Instrum Meth , 1970 , 78 : 161 - 170 . Nucl Instrum Meth Otsuji T . IEEE J Solid State Circuits , 1993 , 28 : 941 - 947 . IEEE J Solid State Circuits Zielinski M , Chaberski D , Kowalski M . Measure , 2004 , 35 : 311 - 317 . Measure Zielinski M , Chaberski D , Grzelak S . Metrol Meas Syst , 2003 , 10 : 241 - 251 Metrol Meas Syst Kalisz J , Orzanowski T , Szplet R . Electron Lett , 2000 , 36 : 1184 - 1185 . Electron Lett 10.13538/j.1001-8042/nst.21.123-128 Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 10405023) , and Knowledge Innovation Program of The Chinese Academy of Sciences (KJCX2-YW-N27) . 2009-09-05 2010-04-20 2021-01-19 2010 Nuclear Science and Techniques 02 21

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