Invention Application
- Patent Title: Configurable Clock Signal Generator
- Patent Title (中): 可配置时钟信号发生器
-
Application No.: US12539495Application Date: 2009-08-11
-
Publication No.: US20110018604A1Publication Date: 2011-01-27
- Inventor: Yuyu Chang , Qiang Li , John Leete , Hooman Darabi , Yiannis Kokolakis
- Applicant: Yuyu Chang , Qiang Li , John Leete , Hooman Darabi , Yiannis Kokolakis
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Main IPC: H03L5/00
- IPC: H03L5/00

Abstract:
A method to provide a low-power clock signal or a low-noise clock signal is described herein. It is determined whether a low-power mode or a low-noise mode is in use. A voltage reference input of a low-dropout voltage regulator (LDO) is switched to a low-power voltage reference for low-power mode and to a low-noise voltage reference for low-noise mode. The LDO provides a constant voltage output to a crystal oscillator. A clock signal is generated using the crystal oscillator. The clock signal is limited using a low-power limiter to generate a low-power output clock signal and/or is limited using a low-noise limiter to generate a low-noise clock signal. The low-power output clock signal or the low-noise output clock signal is selected using a mux.
Public/Granted literature
- US08183905B2 Configurable clock signal generator Public/Granted day:2012-05-22
Information query