A review on high-resolution CMOS delay lines: towards sub-picosecond jitter performance

Bilal Isam Abdulrazzaq1, Izhal Abdul Halin1, Shoji Kawahito2, Roslina Mohd Sidek1, Suhaidi Shafie1, Nurul Amziah Md Yunus1
1Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
2Imaging Devices Laboratory, Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Nakaku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 432-8011, Japan

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