@ARTICLE{Kwiatkowski_Paweł_5_2017, author={Kwiatkowski, Paweł and Różyc, Krzysztof and Sawicki, Marek and Jachna, Zbigniew and Szplet, Ryszard}, volume={vol. 24}, number={No 1}, journal={Metrology and Measurement Systems}, pages={57-68}, howpublished={online}, year={2017}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences Committee on Metrology and Scientific Instrumentation}, abstract={A new time interval/frequency generator with a jitter below 5 ps is described. The time interval generation mechanism is based on a phase shifting method with the use of a precise DDS synthesizer. The output pulses are produced in a Spartan-6 FPGA device, manufactured by Xilinx in 45 nm CMOS technology. Thorough tests of the phase shifting in a selected synthesizer are performed. The time interval resolution as low as 0.3 ps is achieved. However, the final resolution is limited to 500 ps to maximize precision. The designed device can be used as a source of high precision reference time intervals or a highly stable square wave signal of frequency up to 50 MHz.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={5 ps Jitter Programmable Time Interval/Frequency Generator}, URL={http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/107338/PDF-MASTER/125.pdf}, doi={10.1515/mms-2017-0009}, keywords={time interval generator, digital-to-time converter, DDS synthesizer, phase shifting, FPGA}, }