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Time to Digital Converters for Digital Strain Gage

PICOSTRAIN PS08
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PICOSTRAIN PS021
Strain Gage Applications
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Time to Digital Converters for Capacitance Measurement

PICOCAP PCap01
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PICOCAP PSA21
Capacitance Applications
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Time to Digital Converters for Speed Sensors

PICOTURN 2G
PICOTURN BM/SM
Speed Sensor Applications
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PICOSTRAIN® - Performance Comparison of TDC to Traditional ADCs

Superior performance - PSØ21 against A/D converters

 

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Low current consumption with high resolution = PICOSTRAIN advantage

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PS Ø 21 resolution at 5 V Vio (SG & PS Ø 21 io ) and 3.3 V (PS Ø 21 core )

(with SINC3 Filter, for Fast-settle multply noise by 1.73)

rate in Hz ENOB No. of LSB @ 2 mV/V Noise
SG Ratio 2 mV/V 3.3 mV/V µV ppm
50,000 18.3 9.3 10.0 625 16.000 3.200
35,000 18.4 9.4 10.1 695 14.400 2.880
20,000 19.4 10.4 11.1 1,333 7.500 1.500
10,000 20.8 11.8 12.5 3,400 2.900 0.580
4,000 22.2 13.2 13.9 9,500 1.050 0.210
2,000 22.9 13.9 14.6 15,100 0.660 0.132
1,000 23.5 14.5 15.2 22,700 0.440 0.088
500 24.0 15.0 15.7 32,700 0.305 0.061
250 24.5 15.5 16.2 47,600 0.210 0.042
100 25.3 16.3 17.0 83,000 0.120 0.024
50 25.8 16.8 17.5 117,000 0.085 0.017
20 26.5 17.5 18.2 192,000 0.055 0.010
10 27.1 18.1 18.8 277,000 0.036 0.007
5 27.5 18.5 19.2 384,000 0.026 0.005
2 28.1 19.1 19.8 555,000 0.018 0.004

PS Ø 21 resolution at 3 V Vio (Strain gage & PS Ø 21 io ) and 3 V (PS Ø 21 core )

(with SINC3 Filter, for Fast-settle multply noise by 1.73)

Measuring rate in Hz ENOB No. of LSB @ 2 mV/V Noise
SG Ratio 2 mV/V 3.3 mV/V µV ppm
10,000 20.5 11.5 12.2 2,850 2.100 0.700
4,000 22.0 13.0 13.7 8,000 .750 0.250
2,000 22.5 13.5 14.2 11,700 0.510 0.170
1,000 22.9 13.9 14.6 15,700 0.380 0.126
500 23.5 14.5 15.2 23,000 0.260 0.086
250 24.0 15.0 15.7 34,200 0.175 0.058
100 24.8 15.8 16.5 57,000 0.105 0.035
50 25.3 16.3 17.0 80,000 0.075 0.025
20 26.0 17.0 17.7 136,000 0.044 0.015
10 26.4 17.4 18.1 176,000 0.034 0.011
5 27.0 18.0 18.7 250,000 0.024 0.008
2 27.3 18.3 19.0 333,000 0.018 0.006

PS Ø 21 resolution at 2.5 V Vio (Strain gage & PS Ø 21 io ) and 2.5 V (PS Ø 21 core )

(with SINC3 Filter, for Fast-settle multply noise by 1.73)

Measuring rate in Hz ENOB No. of LSB @ 2 mV/V Noise
SG Ratio 2 mV/V 3.3 mV/V µV ppm
10,000 19.5 10.5 11.2 1,430 2.800 1.400
4,000 21.3 12.3 13.0 5,100 0.780 0.390
2,000 21.7 12.7 13.4 7,000 0.570 0.285
1,000 22.0 13.0 13.7 8,000 0.500 0.250
500 22.6 13.6 14.3 12,500 0.320 0.160
250 23.3 14.3 15.0 20,000 0.200 0.100
100 24.0 15.0 15.7 32,000 0.125 0.062
50 24.5 15.5 16.2 48,000 0.082 0.041
20 25.2 16.2 16.9 77,000 0.052 0.026
10 25.8 16.8 17.5 114,000 0.035 0.017
5 26.3 17.3 18.0 166,000 0.024 0.012
2 26.7 17.7 18.4 210,000 0.019 0.009