Patent ID: 11868094
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Basic communication processes (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 17:
18. A method for converting a phase difference between an input reference signal and an input clock signal to a digitally represented output signal, the method comprising:
providing respective constituent reference signals to each of a plurality of constituent TDCs, wherein—in at least a parallel operation mode—each respective constituent reference signal comprises a respectively delayed version of the input reference signal with different respective delays for at least two of the respective constituent reference signals;
converting a phase difference between the respective constituent reference signal and a respective constituent clock signal to a digitally represented constituent output signal for each of the plurality of constituent TDCs; and
providing the digitally represented output signal based on the digitally represented constituent output signals of the constituent TDCs using a digital signal combiner.