CMOS Time-Mode Circuits and Systems : Fundamentals and Applications

Time-mode circuits, where information is represented by time difference between digital events, offer a viable and technology-friendly means to realize mixed-mode circuits and systems in nanometer complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technologies. Various architectures of time-based signal processing and design techniques of CMOS time-mode circuits have emerged; however, an in-depth examination of the principles of time-based signal processing and design techniques of time-mode circuits has not been available―until now.

CMOS Time-Mode Circuits and Systems: Fundamentals and Applications is the first book to deliver a comprehensive treatment of CMOS time-mode circuits and systems. Featuring contributions from leading experts, this authoritative text contains a rich collection of literature on time-mode circuits and systems.

The book begins by presenting a critical comparison of voltage-mode, current-mode, and time-mode signaling for mixed-mode signal processing and then:

• Covers the fundamentals of time-mode signal processing, such as voltage-to-time converters, all-digital phase-locked loops, and frequency synthesizers
• Investigates the performance characteristics, architecture, design techniques, and implementation of time-to-digital converters
• Discusses time-mode delta-sigma-based analog-to-digital converters, placing a great emphasis on time-mode quantizers
• Includes a detailed study of ultra-low-power integrated time-mode temperature measurement systems

CMOS Time-Mode Circuits and Systems: Fundamentals and Applications provides a valuable reference for circuit design engineers, hardware system engineers, graduate students, and others seeking to master this fast-evolving field.

Fei Yuan is currently a professor and the chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was previously a lecturer at Changzhou Institute of Technology, Jiangsu, China; a visiting professor at Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; and a controls engineer at Paton Controls Limited, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. He earned his BEng from Shandong University, Jinan, China, and his MASc and PhD from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Widely published and highly decorated, Dr. Yuan is a registered professional engineer in the province of Ontario, Canada.