[time-nuts] Did a member of time-nuts buy this?

Sun Dec 21 14:23:41 UTC 2014

Mike,

That was a nice set of homework reading you provided for us.
People might have missed it.

Cheers,
Magnus

>
> I have a few Rubidiums and OCXOs I'd like to get running for a month
> or so to stabilize. During this time, I'd like to monitor the
> performance to discover any bad units and see which are the best
> ones.
>
> For example, TVB shows a 100:1 variation in ADEV in FE-405B
> Rubidiums. The section is titled "Variation in FE-405B" in
>
> http://leapsecond.com/pages/fe405/
>
> Clearly, it would be futile to try to use a bad unit in setting up a
> gpsdo.
>
> I need some means of measuring the performance of these units while
> they are running. A dozen HP5370's would be out of the question. I
> did some research to find the different methods available and decide
> which has the lowest per-channel cost and best performance.
>
> Here are some of the references I found. I discarded most of the poor ones
> and tried to keep only the ones that talk about measurements in the
> picosecond or femtosecond range.
>
> I did not include DMTD since the concept is so simple. The Reviews help to
> get oriented, but sometimes it takes reading the papers and the patents to
> see the timing diagrams and understand what the author is trying to do.
>
> There are many different variations on the FPGA approach. I would be
> concerned about the development time, the large DNL, and the problems with
> crosstalk on multi-channel units.
>
> The TI THS788 looks good on paper, but it is single-source, not well
> stocked, and there is lttle information on crosstalk between channels. It
> is also quite expensive per channel. There are no application notes and
> little or no information on usage on the web.
>
> The Thesis generally have excellent reviews worth reading.
>
> Articles
>
> Simple PICTIC 250ps time interval counter
> http://www.ko4bb.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=precision_timing:pictic
>
> Griffiths Time to Digital converters
> http://www.ko4bb.com/~bruce/TDC.html
>
> [time-nuts] Experience with THS788 from TI?-
> Attila Kinali's post on TDC methods
> https://www.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts/2012-March/065337.html
>
> Reviews
>
> Review of methods for time interval measurements with picosecond
> resolution
> http://ztc.wel.wat.edu.pl/met4_1_004.pdf
>
> Low resource FPGA-based 32 Channel Time to Digital Converter
> - Excellent review of TDC techniques and measurement verification
> http://arxiv.org/vc/arxiv/papers/1206/1206.0679v3.pdf
>
> Design, construction and tests of a high resolution, high dynamic
> range Time to Digital Converter
> - Excellent review of TDC methods and test techniques
> http://inspirehep.net/record/1313667/files/getfile.pdf
>
> Review Of Sub-Nanosecond Time-Interval Measurements
> http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/getdoc/slac-pub-1331.pdf
>
> Chapter 1 Time Interval Measurement Literature Review
> http://www.rrsg.ee.uct.ac.za/members/jon/activities/timcs.pdf
>
> Time intervals measurements and generation methods review
> http://www.ohwr.org/attachments/128/Time_Interval_Measurements_Techniques.pdf
>
> Papers
>
> A Cyclic CMOS Time-to-Digital Converter With Deep Sub-nanosecond
> Resolution
> http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw/bitstream/246246/2007041910021548/1/00777354.pdf
>
> A 96-Channel FPGA-based Time-to-Digital Converter
> http://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0502062.pdf
>
> Complete and Compact 32-Channel System for Time-Correlated
> Single-Photon Counting Measurements
> http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/4563994/6588410/06617673.pdf?arnumber=6617673
>
> Design and Development of GPS Receiver for PNSS-1
> http://www.suparco.gov.pk/pages/presentations-pdf/day-1/session-2/12C-II/1.pdf
>
> A Novel Ultra-fast High Resolution Time-domain EMI Measurement
> System based on Field Programmable Gate Arrays
> https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1163324/1163324.pdf
>
> High Precision Frequency Measurement System Based on Different
> Frequency Phase Processing (in Chinese)
> http://xbzrb.tjujournals.com/oa/pdfdow.aspx?Type=pdf&FileName=11acd53a-876d-4ab0-8906-572aa3836215.pdf
>
> A 51-dB SNDR DCO-Based TDC Using Two-Stage Second-Order Noise Shaping
> http://www28.cs.kobe-u.ac.jp/pdf/1205_konishi_iscas.pdf
>
> Integrated High-Resolution Multi-Channel Time-to-Digital Converters
> (TDCs) for PET Imaging
> - Discusses 100 fs Gated-ring-oscillator (GRO)
> http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs-wm/12913.pdf
>
> A 26 ps RMS time-to-digital converter core for Spartan-6 FPGAs
> http://arxiv.org/pdf/1303.6840v1.pdf
>
> A High-Resolution Flash Time-to-Digital Converter Taking Into
> Account Process Variability
> http://conferences.computer.org/async2007/PRS/15-minas-async07.pdf
>
> Principles and Instrumentation in Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry
> http://www.wiley.com/legacy/wileychi/ms/articles/1519_a.pdf
>
> TEMPERATURE SENSING CRYSTAL HTS-206
> - maybe more stable than thermistor
> http://www.abcelectronique.fr/composants/telechargement_datasheet.php?id=385911&part-number=HTS-206
>
> A novel method of measurement of time and amplitude of analog
> signals based solely on FPGA units
> http://koza.if.uj.edu.pl/pet-symposium-2013/talks/17.pdf
>
> A 16 channel high resolution (<11 ps RMS) Time-to-Digital Converter
> in a Field Programmable Gate Array
> http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-0221/7/02/C02004/pdf/1748-0221_7_02_C02004.pdf
>
> A 128-channel Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) inside a Virtex-5 FPGA
> on the GANDALF module
> http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-0221/7/03/C03008/pdf/1748-0221_7_03_C03008.pdf
>
> FPGA Based Data Digitisation with Commercial Elements
> http://indico.scc.kit.edu/indico/getFile.py/access?contribId=4&sessionId=4&resId=0&materialId=slides&confId=21
>
> Time-to-Digital Converter Architecture with Residue Arithmetic and
> its FPGA Implementation
> http://www.el.gunma-u.ac.jp/~kobaweb/news/pdf/2014/2014-11li_congbing2.pdf
>
> An FPGA-Integrated Time-to-Digital Converter Based on a Ring
> Oscillator for Programmable Delay Line Resolution Measurement
> - 0.4 ps Xilinx FPGA
> http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/jece/2014/230803.pdf
>
> First Order Noise Shaping Local-Oscillator Based Time-to-Digital Converter
> - Gated Ring Oscillator based TDC
> http://ims.unipv.it/~franco/ConferenceProc/313.pdf
>
> A High Resolution FPGA-based TDC with Nonlinearity Calibration
> http://www2.ess.nthu.edu.tw/~cwlu/conference/5_A%20High%20Resolution%20FPGA-based%20TDC%20with.pdf
>
> A Single-Slope 80MS/s ADC using Two-Step Time-to-Digital Conversion
> http://dspace.mit.edu/openaccess-disseminate/1721.1/60073
>
> Simulation of ps-Detector Electronics
> http://hep.uchicago.edu/workshops/2005-picosecond/8-Fukun_Tang_ps_sim.ppt
>
> High Precision Time and Frequency Counter for Mobile Applications
> http://www.wseas.us/e-library/transactions/circuits/2010/89-747.pdf
>
> Time-to-Digital Converter based on Analog Time Expansion for 3D Time
> of Flight Cameras
> https://pure.ltu.se/portal/files/95016947/90220A.pdf
>
> A Pc-Based Time Interval Counter With 200 Ps Resolution
> http://www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=ADA427911
>
> The Development of Large-area, Picosecond Resolution, Time-of-Flight
> Detectors
> http://hep.uchicago.edu/~frisch/adr.pdf
>
> Low-Voltage High-Frequency Gated Ring Oscillator Using Bootstrap
> Technique
> http://www.el.gunma-u.ac.jp/~kobaweb/news/pdf/2012/AMDE2012_Kamiyama.pdf
>
> High-resolution short time interval measurement system implemented
> in a single FPGA chip
> http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/727/art%253A10.1007%252Fs11434-011-4421-3.pdf?auth66=1418360984_e35e8a8588d3977c4d4d4d2109c1aaaa&ext=.pdf
>
> Implementation of sub-nanosecond time-to-digital convertor in
> field-programmable gate array
> https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00873192/PDF/articleMST_Marteau-et-al_v1.pdf
>
> New Jitter Measurement Technique Using TDC Principle in a FPGA
> Component
> http://www.inatel.br/biblioteca/component/docman/doc_download/3831-new-jitter-measurement-technique-using-tdc-principle
>
> High Resolution Modular Time Interval Counter
> http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/timing/artyukh_time_interval_counter.pdf
>
> Using Dynamic Reconfiguration to Implement High-Resolution
> Programmable Delays on an FPGA
> http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~feeley/papers/BergeronFeeleyDaigneaultDavidNEWCAS08.pdf
>
> A 2.6ps rms -Period-Jitter 900MHz All-Digital Fractional-N PLL Built
> with Standard Cells
> http://www-bsac.eecs.berkeley.edu/publications/search/send_publication_pdf2client.php?pubID=1307595132
>
> C111 / P111 4 channel Time to Digital Converter User's manual
> http://www.esrf.eu/files/live/sites/www/files/Instrumentation/DetectorsAndElectronics/Units/Electronics/digital-electronics-lab/c111.pdf
>
> Carry-chain propagation delay impacts on resolution of FPGA-based TDC
> http://www.j.sinap.ac.cn/nst/EN/article/downloadArticleFile.do?attachType=PDF&id=457
>
> A 19.6 ps, FPGA-Based TDC With Multiple Channels for Open Source
> Applications
> http://ens.ewi.tudelft.nl/pubs/charbon12tcas_favi.pdf
>
> A data driven high performance Time to Digital Converter
> http://ph-collectif-lecc-workshops.web.cern.ch/ph-collectif-lecc-workshops/LEB00_Book/tracker/christiansen_track.pdf
>
> On-Chip Timing Measurement Architecture with Femtosecond Resolution
> http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/262543/1/collinsm_timemeasurement2.pdf
>
> A 13b 315fs rms 2mW 500MS/s 1MHz Bandwidth Highly Digital
> Time-to-Digital Converter Using Switched Ring Oscillators
> http://www.cse.psu.edu/~xydong/files/proceedings/ISSCC2012/files/D27_04.pdf
>
> A high resolution Time-to-Digital Converter on FPGA for
> Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting
> http://libgen.org/scimag/get.php?doi=10.1109/mwscas.2012.6292166
>
> A Design of Vernier Coarse-Fine Time-to-Digital Converter using
> Single Time Amplifier
> http://ocean.kisti.re.kr/downfile/volume/ieek/E1STAN/2012/v12n4/E1STAN_2012_v12n4_411.pdf
>
> All Digital Time-to-Digital Converter with High Resolution and Wide
> Detect Range
> http://www.engineeringletters.com/issues_v19/issue_3/EL_19_3_16.pdf
>
> Examples of 1 PPS Clock Measuring Systems
> http://www.wriley.com/Examples%20of%201%20PPS%20Clock%20Measuring%20Systems.pdf
>
> On-Chip Processing for the Wave Union TDC Implemented in FPGA
> http://lss.fnal.gov/archive/2009/conf/fermilab-conf-09-275-e.pdf
>
> 18-channel FPGA Wave Union TDC for Time-of-Flight Applications
> http://lss.fnal.gov/archive/2009/conf/fermilab-conf-09-573-ppd.pdf
>
> A 96-channel FPGA-based Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC)
> http://www.phys.sinica.edu.tw/~e906/WWW_public/Doc/TDC/FPGA_TDC.pdf
>
> Design of FPGA-based TDC for the ICAL Detector of India-based
> Neutrino Observatory
> http://www.hecr.tifr.res.in/~sudeshnadg/publication/FPGA_TDC.pdf
>
> FPGA based Time-to-Digital Converter
> http://www.sympnp.org/proceedings/56/G7.pdf
>
> A Flash Time-to-Digital Converter with Two Independent Time Coding
> Lines
> IMEKO-IWADC-2011-12.pdf
> http://www.imeko.org/publications/iwadc-2011/IMEKO-IWADC-2011-12.pdf
>
> A 17ps Time-to-Digital Converter Implemented in 65nm FPGA Technology
> http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/139431/files/isfpga09-cfavi.pdf
>
> A 12-Bit Vernier Ring Time-to-Digital Converter in 0.13 um CMOS Technology
> http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~daifa01/Top/PubPapers/2010/Jpaper2010-02.pdf
>
> A high-speed wide dynamic range time-to-digital converter
> http://www.ssl.berkeley.edu/~mlampton/LamptonRaffanti.pdf
>
> High Resolution Time-Interval Measurement Systems Applied To Flow
> Measurement
> http://www.metrology.pg.gda.pl/full/2014/M&MS_2014_077.pdf
>
> Accurate time interval measurement electronics for pulsed time of
> flight laser radar
> http://www.ee.oulu.fi/~kari/Papers/Nantes1997.pdf
>
> Signal Processing for Pico-second Resolution Timing Measurements
> http://psec.uchicago.edu/Papers/NIM_v8b_final.pdf
>
> High-Resolution Time-to-Digital Converter in Field Programmable Gate Array
> http://cds.cern.ch/record/1158663/files/p383.pdf
>
> Random Errors in Time Interval Measurement Based on SAW Filter Excitation
> http://libgen.org/scimag/get.php?doi=10.1109/tim.2007.915465
>
> A 96-channel, 500 ps resolution TDC board for the BaBar experiment at SLAC
> http://www.ge.infn.it/babar/ITB/RT99/paper.pdf
>
> A Cyclic Vernier TDC for ADPLLs Synthesized From a Standard Cell Library
> http://wwweb.eecs.umich.edu/wics/publications/Park_TCASI2011.pdf
>
> Nonlinearity Correction of the Integrated Time-to-Digital Converter
> with Direct Coding
> http://libgen.org/scimag/get.php?doi=10.1109/19.571882
>
> PICTIC Interpolator Linearity
> http://www.wriley.com/PICTIC%20Interpolator%20Linearity.pdf
>
> Firmware-only Implementation of Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) in
> Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
> http://www-ppd.fnal.gov/EEDOffice-W/Projects/ckm/comadc/PID26522.pdf
>
> High-Precise Portable Time Interval and Frequency Counter
> http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ptti/2012papers/PTTI2012.p247.pdf
>
> FPGA-based time counters with a wander measurement mode
> http://www.pwt.et.put.poznan.pl/PWT_2012/PWT%202012_2242.pdf
>
> The Simple PICTIC
> http://www.ko4bb.com/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?id=precision_timing%3Apictic&cache=cache&media=precision_timing:simple_pictic.pdf
>
> A Saw-tooth Wave Based Design of Time to Digital Converter
> http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/2009/budapest/SMO/SMO68.pdf
>
> A Multi-Path Gated Ring Oscillator TDC With First-Order Noise Shaping
> http://www.cppsim.org/Publications/JNL/straayer_jssc09.pdf
>
> Micrel LVPECL, CML 5GHz - 7GHz Buffer
> http://www.micrel.com/_PDF/Eval-Board/sy58011-12-13u_eb.pdf
>
> Micrel LVPECL, CML 4GbpS - 10.7Gbps Multiplexer
> http://www.micrel.com/_PDF/Eval-Board/sy58017-18-19u_eb.pdf
>
> A flash high-precision Time-to-Digital Converter implemented in FPGA
> technology
> http://indico.cern.ch/event/49682/session/35/contribution/3/material/slides/0.ppt
>
> FPGA-Based High Area Efficient Time-To-Digital IP Design
> http://www.ifm.umich.mx/~villasen/TESIS/Mario/TDC.pdf
>
> Firmware-only Implementation of Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) in FPGA
> http://www-ppd.fnal.gov/EEDOffice-W/Projects/ckm/comadc/tdc1s.pdf
>
> A Time-To-Digital Converter (TDC)
> https://indico.phys.hawaii.edu/getFile.py/access?contribId=4&resId=0&materialId=slides&confId=392
>
> 96-Channel FPGA-Based Time-To-Digital Converter
> http://hep.uchicago.edu/~frisch/TDC_NIM_v12.pdf
>
> Texas Instruments THS788 Quad-Channel Time Measurement Unit (TMU)
> http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ths788.pdf
>
> A 128-channel Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) inside a Virtex-5 FPGA
> on the GANDALF module
> http://wwwhad.physik.uni-freiburg.de/gandalf/modules/download_gallery/dl.php?file=59
>
> Vernier's Delay Line Time-to-Digital Converter
> http://www.np.ac.rs/yu/preuzimanjasve/publications/vol1br1/181-verniers-delay-line-time-to-digital-converter/download
>
> Time-to-Digit Converter Based on Radiation-Tolerant FPGA
> - Interesting calibration analysis
> http://kmlinux.fjfi.cvut.cz/~vacekmic/docs/vzlu_tdc.pdf
>
> A High-Resolution Time-to-Digital Converter Implemented in
> Field-Programmable-Gate-Arrays
> http://mi.sibet.cas.cn/zlgx/201310/W020131024537685817071.pdf
>
> Picosecond Resolution Time-to-Digital Converter Using G m -C
> Integrator and SAR-ADC
> http://www.ssc.pe.titech.ac.jp/publications/2014/IEEE_trans/xu/Xu_GmTDC_Journal_Final_V5.pdf
>
> A Design of Vernier Coarse-Fine Time-to-Digital Converter using
> Single Time Amplifier
> http://www.jsts.org/html/journal/journal_files/2012/12/Year2012Volume12_04_05.pdf
>
> Patents
>
> Burbeck METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY MEASURING TIME
> INTERVALS
> https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US2665410.pdf
>
> Frady DOUBLE INTERPOLATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING TIME
> INTERVALS
> https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US2665411.pdf
>
> Bagley ELECTRONIC INTERPOLATING COUNTER FQR THE TIME INTERVAL AND
> FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT
> https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US3133189.pdf
>
> Nutt DIGITAL INTERVALOMETER
> https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US3983481.pdf
>
> Janowitz TIME INTERVAL MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS
> https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US3999128.pdf
>
> Thornton HIGH RESOLUTION DATA ACQUISITION
> http://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US5200933.pdf
>
> Condreva HIGH RESOLUTION TIME INTERVAL COUNTER
> https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US5333162.pdf
>
> Kattan TIME INTERVAL ANALYZER HAVING MULTIPLE MEASUREMENT CIRCUITS
> http://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US6226231.pdf
>
> Nair CORRECTION FOR PIPELINED ANALOG TO DIGITAL (A/D) CONVERTER
> http://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US6784814.pdf
>
> Gao HIGH RESOLUTION SAMPLING-BASED TIME TO DIGITAL CONVERTER
> http://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US8564471.pdf
>
> Thesis
>
> An Integrated Cmos High Precision Time-To-Digital Converter Based On
> Stabilised Three-Stage Delay Line Interpolation
> - Excellent review
> http://herkules.oulu.fi/isbn951427461X/isbn951427461X.pdf
>
> Multi-Path Differential Delay Line based Time-to-Digital Converter
> for ADPLL
> http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:635168/FULLTEXT01.pdf
>
> Noise Shaping Techniques for Analog and Time to Digital Converters
> Using Voltage Controlled Oscillators
> http://cppsim.org/Publications/Theses/straayer_phdthesis.pdf
>
> Implementation of the high resolution high dynamic Time to Digital
> Converter
> https://www.politesi.polimi.it/bitstream/10589/92658/1/Thesis_V1.0.2_Build04031059.pdf
>
> A Stabilized Multi- Channel Cmos Time-To- Digital Converter Based On
> A Low Frequency Reference
> http://herkules.oulu.fi/isbn9789514299322/isbn9789514299322.pdf
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