A monolithic, constant-fraction discriminator using distributed R-C delay line shaping
A monolithic, constant-fraction discriminator using distributed R-C delay line shaping
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使用分布式 R-C 延迟线整形的单片恒分数鉴别器
DOI:
10.1109/nssmic.1995.504229
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发表时间:
1995
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通讯作者:
M. Xu
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作者:
M. L. Simpson;G. Young;R. G. Jackson;M. Xu
A monolithic, CMOS, constant-fraction discriminator (CFD) was designed and fabricated in a 1.2-/spl mu/ N-well process. This circuit uses an on-chip, distributed R-C delay line to realize the constant-fraction shaping. The delay line is constructed of a 4.8-/spl mu/ wide, 500-/spl mu/ long serpentine layer of polysilicon above a grounded second layer of polysilicon. This line generates about 1.1 ns of delay for a 5-ns risetime signal with a slope degradation of only 15%. The CFD also features DC feedback for both the arming and zero-crossing discriminators to eliminate timing errors caused by offsets. The entire circuit, including the delay line, requires an area of 200 /spl mu//spl times/950 /spl mu/. The timing walk for 5-ns risetime signals over the dynamic range from -20 mV to -2 V was less than /spl plusmn/150 ps. Each channel of the CFD consumed /spl sim/15 mW from a single 5-V supply.