Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High speed, wide frequency-range, digital phase mixer and methods of operation
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Application No.: US13889099Application Date: 2013-05-07
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Publication No.: US08989692B2Publication Date: 2015-03-24
- Inventor: Chang-ki Kwon , Eric Booth
- Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Main IPC: H04B1/26
- IPC: H04B1/26 ; H03L7/00 ; H03L7/081 ; G06G7/12 ; H03K17/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to a unit phase mixer in combination with an input buffer. The unit phase mixer has a pull-up path for pulling an output terminal up to a first voltage. The pull-up path has a first transistor responsive to a first enable signal and a series connected second transistor responsive to a first clock signal. The unit phase mixer has a pull-down path for pulling the output terminal down to a second voltage. The pull-down path has a third transistor responsive to a second clock signal and a series connected fourth transistor responsive to a second enable signal. The input buffer skews the first and second clock signals by different amounts to enable a break-before-make method of operation so that the first voltage is not connected to the second voltage. The unit phase mixer can be used as a building block in more complex mixers which may include the ability to weight the input clocks as well as providing feed-forward paths for certain of the signals. Because of the rules governing abstract, this abstract should not be used to construe the claims.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130241608A1 HIGH SPEED, WIDE FREQUENCY-RANGE, DIGITAL PHASE MIXER AND METHODS OF OPERATION Public/Granted day:2013-09-19
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