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Electric counter circuit

A technology of electronic counters and counters, which is used in instruments, electrical components, and electrical unknown time interval measurement, etc., can solve the problems of increased counting resolution and increased power consumption of clock signal generators.

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-12-17
NXP BV
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However, not only does the counting resolution increase with clock frequency, but the power consumption of the clock signal generator also increases

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[0022] exist figure 1 A first embodiment of a clock generator in the form of a ring oscillator 1 is shown in . The ring oscillator 1 generates a first clock signal 21 , a second clock signal 22 , a third clock signal 23 and a fourth clock signal 24 . figure 2 The four clock signals 21-24 shown in are pulse signals and have the same cycle period T and the same fundamental frequency respectively. The ring oscillator 1 includes a first delay element 2 , a second delay element 3 , a first inverter 4 , a second inverter 5 and a third inverter 6 . The first clock signal 21 appears at the output of the first inverter 4 which is connected to the input of the first delay element 2 . The first delay element 2 delays the first clock signal 21 by a fixed time period T / 4, corresponding to a phase shift of 90°. A second clock signal 22 is present at the output of the first delay element 2 . A second delay element 3 connected downstream of the first delay element 2 delays the second clo...

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An electric counter circuit (30, 40, 80) comprises a clock generator (1, 54, 111, 120, 130) for generating a plurality of clock signals (21 - 24, 121 - 125, 131 - 134) and a sampling device (32, 81) for sampling the clock signals (21 - 24, 121 - 125, 131 - 134) at a first moment in time when a first characteristic signal section (LE) of a digital signal (DS) appears. Furthermore, the circuit (30, 40, 80) comprises a calculation device (33) for calculating the time between the first moment and a second moment which is later than the first moment. This calculation is based on the clock signals (21 - 24, 121 - 125, 131 - 134) at the first moment and based on the clock signals (21 - 24, 121 - 125, 131 - 134) at the second moment. The clock signals (21 - 24, 121 - 125, 131 - 134) each have the same cycle duration (T) and are phase-shifted with respect to each other.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an electronic counter circuit and a circuit. Background technique [0002] Electronic counter circuits, commonly used to measure time, are timed by a clock signal. The time resolution of the counter circuit depends on the cycle period of the clock signal, ie on the associated fundamental frequency of the clock signal. However, not only the counting resolution increases with the clock frequency, but also the power consumption of the clock signal generator increases. [0003] US Patent 6,388,492 B2 discloses a clock generation circuit comprising a multiphase clock generation circuit for generating a multiphase clock of a predetermined frequency, a pulse generation circuit for generating a plurality of non-overlapping pulses by using at least a part of the multiphase clock , and a circuit for obtaining the OR result of a plurality of non-overlapping pulses, whereby the clock generation circuit generates a clock that does...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G04F10/04
CPCG04F10/04H03K5/15013
Inventor 罗伯特·施平德勒罗兰德·布兰德尔埃瓦尔德·贝格勒
Owner NXP BV