Fig. 1. Timing diagram of the vernier DTC

Fig. 2. Timing diagrams when β₁≥β₂

Fig. 3. Timing diagrams when β₁＜β₂

Fig. 4. Simplified block diagram of the vernier DTC

Fig. 5. Circuit schematic of the phase coincidence detector

Fig. 6. Schematic of the pulse generator when β₁≥β₂

Fig. 7. Schematic of the pulse generator when β₁＜β₂

Fig. 8. Schematic of MMCM

Fig. 9. Simulation results of different sizes of β₁ and β₂

Fig. 10. DNL and INL of the first pulse signal

Fig. 11. DNL and INL of the second pulse signal

Fig. 12. Temperature sensitivity of the DTC