Architecture and FPGA Implementation of Digital Time-to-Digital Converter for Sensing Applications

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Main Authors: Hijazi, Zeinab, Bzeih, Fatima, Ibrahim, Ali
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Published: 2025
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author Hijazi, Zeinab
Bzeih, Fatima
Ibrahim, Ali
author_facet Hijazi, Zeinab
Bzeih, Fatima
Ibrahim, Ali
contents Many application domains face the challenges of high-power consumption and high computational demands, especially with the advancement in embedded machine learning and edge computing. Designing application-specific circuits is crucial to reducing hardware complexity and power consumption. In these perspectives, this paper presents the design of a Digital Time-to-Digital converter (DTDC) based on multiple delay line topologies. The DTDC is implemented in VHDL for the Xilinx Artix-7 AC701 FPGA device. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the circuit in converting the input period along a wide range up to 1ps. The designed circuit is implemented with less than 1% of the resource utilization on the target FPGA device.
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spellingShingle Architecture and FPGA Implementation of Digital Time-to-Digital Converter for Sensing Applications
Hijazi, Zeinab
Bzeih, Fatima
Ibrahim, Ali
Systems and Control
Many application domains face the challenges of high-power consumption and high computational demands, especially with the advancement in embedded machine learning and edge computing. Designing application-specific circuits is crucial to reducing hardware complexity and power consumption. In these perspectives, this paper presents the design of a Digital Time-to-Digital converter (DTDC) based on multiple delay line topologies. The DTDC is implemented in VHDL for the Xilinx Artix-7 AC701 FPGA device. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the circuit in converting the input period along a wide range up to 1ps. The designed circuit is implemented with less than 1% of the resource utilization on the target FPGA device.
title Architecture and FPGA Implementation of Digital Time-to-Digital Converter for Sensing Applications
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08725