This work presents a comprehensive literature review on different topologies of time‐to‐digital converters (TDCs). A brief history, applications, classification, characterization, and working principle of each TDC are mentioned. A survey of both Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and Application‐Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) architectures is covered. The trade‐off with respect to applications, pros, and cons of different architectures and future scope of TDC as an alternative data converter is also explored.

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时间数字转换器-全面回顾

这项工作对时间数字转换器（TDC）的不同拓扑结构进行了全面的文献综述。简要介绍了每个TDC的历史，应用，分类，特征和工作原理。涵盖了对现场可编程门阵列（FPGA）和专用集成电路（ASIC）架构的调查。还探讨了在不同体系结构的应用，优缺点之间的权衡以及作为替代数据转换器的TDC的未来范围。