Has anyone played with digital delay lines on SKY1...
# sky130
a
Has anyone played with digital delay lines on SKY130? What would a reasonably achievable delay per tap be?
t
Take a look at the so-called digital PLL in the caravel design (actually a frequency-locked loop). It has a trimmable ring oscillator which, if you unwrap the loop, is in the configuration you describe for a digital delay line.
a
What's the tap resolution?
t
My behavioral verilog for the ring oscillator in the caravel repository has these numbers: 23.85ps per trim bit.
a
~24 ps, OK. Good to know