(57) ABSTRACT A ring oscillator has a plurality of elementary units connected in cascade
and linked in order to make a chain with the respective output terminals connected to the …

(57) ABSTRACT A period-to-digital converter includes a clock (1) for gen erating a timing
signal, delay lines (2) for producing cumu latively incrementally delayed timing signals for …

In a device for encoding a pulse phase difference or con trolling an oscillation frequency
based on delayed signals sequentially output by a delay circuit, the encoding of a pulse …

An analog to digital converter comprising a data strobe terminal to which a signal is supplied
upon the start of the converting operation, a delay circuit having a transistor with controlled …

There is provided a small-size time counting circuit which measures time with high accuracy
and low power consumption. Around a differential inverter ring composed of an odd number …

It is an object of the present invention solve the above problem, by providing a variable
delay circuit which can have a desired optional resolution. Accordingly, the present …

(57) ABSTRACT A digital-to-time converter for generating a first and a second output signal
separated by a predetermined delay includes first and second periodic signal generators …

There is provided a time counting circuit for measuring a pulse spacing of a pulse signal with
high accuracy and with low power consumption. An inverter ring composed of an odd …

An electronic timepiece with timer function comprising a stopwatch counting means
operated from the signal from an input means, timer subtraction counting means for making …

A time-to-digital converter (TDC) includes a converter which receives a first signal and a
second signal, delays the second signal in phases using a plurality of delay elements which …