This work presents a Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) for Digital Phase-Locked Loops (DPLLs) applications featuring a dynamic power-reduction technique. The architecture, implemented in a 28-nm CMOS technology with a 0.9-V supply voltage and 250MHz sample rate, is able to reduce its power consumption up to 47% compared to the same TDC without the proposed solution, dissipating a minimum of 33μW during normal operation.

Power-Reduction Technique for Time-to-Digital Converters in 28-nm CMOS process

Giacomo Tombolan;Carlo Samori;Andrea Bonfanti;Luca Bertulessi
2025-01-01

Abstract

This work presents a Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) for Digital Phase-Locked Loops (DPLLs) applications featuring a dynamic power-reduction technique. The architecture, implemented in a 28-nm CMOS technology with a 0.9-V supply voltage and 250MHz sample rate, is able to reduce its power consumption up to 47% compared to the same TDC without the proposed solution, dissipating a minimum of 33μW during normal operation.
2025
2025 IEEE International Conference on IC Design and Technology (ICICDT)
time-to-digital converter, TDC, low-power, digital phase-locked loop, PLL, power-reduction, low-jitter PLL, Vernier TDC.
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