PERFORMING ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION BY COMPUTING DELAY TIME BETWEEN TRAVELING WAVES IN TRANSMISSION LINES

摘要

A method and device for converting an analog input electrical signal to a digital signal. A plurality of integrated active and/or passive transmission lines may be implemented with signal-dependant propagation velocities. The delay differences of pulses traveling through these transmission lines are compared, and the collective results are used to evaluate and subsequently quantize the input signal.