Published August 1994 | Version v1
Journal article

An integrated 16-channel CMOS time to digital converter

  • 1. CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)

Description

An integrated 16-channel Time to Digital Converter (TDC) for use in the NA48 experiment at CERN has been developed in a 1μm CMOS technology. The resolution is 1.56ns and the total time history is 204.8ms. Buffering of up to 128 hits is done in on-chip FIFOs. The chip area is 25 mm2. The vernier circuit consists of a 16-tap voltage-controlled delay chain controlled by a Delay Locked Loop (DLL). Read out is possible at 40 MHz. JTAG/IEEE 1149.1 protocol has been incorporated to allow in-site testing of the chip. The JTAG data path is also used to access internal control and status registers

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Journal Volume
41
Journal Issue
4Pt1
Journal Page Range
p. 1104-1108.
ISSN
0018-9499
CODEN
IETNAE

Conference

Title
nuclear science symposium and medical imaging conference.
Acronym
NSS-MIC '93
Dates
30 Oct - 6 Nov 1993.
Place
San Francisco, CA (United States).

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-931051--.