Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuits and methods for multi-phase clock generators and phase interpolators
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Application No.: US17665401Application Date: 2022-02-04
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Publication No.: US12189413B2Publication Date: 2025-01-07
- Inventor: Zhaowen Wang , Yudong Zhang , Peter Kinget
- Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
- Current Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Byrne Poh LLP
- Main IPC: G06F1/06
- IPC: G06F1/06 ; H03B27/00 ; H03K3/03 ; H03K5/133

Abstract:
Circuits and methods for multi-phase clock generators and phase interpolators are provided. The multi-phase clock generators include a delay line and multi-phase injection locked oscillator. At each stage of the multi-phase injection locked oscillator, injection currents are provided from a corresponding stage of the delay line. Outputs of the multi-phase injection locked oscillator and provided to mixers which produce inputs to an operational transconductance amplifier which provides feedback to the delay line and the multi-phase injection locked oscillator. The phase interpolator uses a technique of flipping certain input clock signals to reduce the number of components required while still being able to interpolate phase over 360 degrees and to reduce noise.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220244755A1 CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-PHASE CLOCK GENERATORS AND PHASE INTERPOLATORS Public/Granted day:2022-08-04
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