Invention Grant
- 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.: US08183905B2Publication Date: 2012-05-22
- 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
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F1/04
- IPC: G06F1/04 ; H03K3/00

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
- US20110018604A1 Configurable Clock Signal Generator Public/Granted day:2011-01-27
Information query