Comparison of Interpolators Used for Time-Interval Measurement Systems Based on Multiple-Tapped Delay Line

• Autorzy: Chaberski D. , Frankowski R. , Gurski M. , Zieliński M.

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DOI

10.1515/mms-2017-0033

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper describes the construction, operation and test results of three most popular interpolators from a viewpoint of time-interval (TI) measurement systems consisting of many tapped-delay lines (TDLs) and registering pulses of a wide-range changeable intensity. The comparison criteria include the maximum intensity of registered time stamps (TSs), the dependency of interpolator characteristic on the registered TSs’ intensity, the need of using either two counters or a mutually-complementing pair counter-register for extending a measurement range, the need of calculating offsets between TDL inputs and the dependency of a resolution increase on the number of used TDL segments. This work also contains conclusions about a range of applications, usefulness and methods of employing each described TI interpolator. The presented experimental results bring new facts that can be used by the designers who implement precise time delays in the field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA).

Słowa kluczowe

EN

time interval; multiple-tapped delay line; quantization-and-nonlinearity minimization; FPGA; time-to-digital converter

• Wydawca: Komitet Metrologii i Aparatury Naukowej PAN
• Czasopismo: Metrology and Measurement Systems
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: Vol. 24, nr 2
• Strony: 401--412
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 24 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Chaberski D.

• Nicolaus Copernicus University, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Grudziądzka 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

autor

Frankowski R.

• Nicolaus Copernicus University, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Grudziądzka 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

autor

Gurski M.

• Nicolaus Copernicus University, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Grudziądzka 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

autor

Zieliński M.

• Nicolaus Copernicus University, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Grudziądzka 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

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Uwagi

PL

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (zadania 2017).