Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Digital-to-phase converter
- Patent Title (中): 数模转换器
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Application No.: US14535744Application Date: 2014-11-07
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Publication No.: US09484900B2Publication Date: 2016-11-01
- Inventor: Hanan Cohen
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- Main IPC: H03H11/16
- IPC: H03H11/16 ; H03K5/135 ; H03L7/00 ; H03L7/081 ; H03K5/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods for converting digital signals into clock phases are disclosed. An example digital-to-phase converter circuit receives a complementary in-phase and quadrature clock signals and produces four clock outputs at a phase controlled by a digital phase control input. The digital-to-phase converter uses first and second pre-driver modules to buffer the -phase and quadrature clock signals and produce corresponding buffered clock signals having controlled slew rates. Mixer modules produce the clock outputs by forming weighted combinations of the buffered clock signals. The weighting is determined based on the phase control input. The controlled slew rates of the buffered clock signals allow digital mixer module to provide accurate phase control. The digital-to-phase converter may also include an output buffer that compensates for nonlinearities in the relationship between the phases of the clock outputs and the phase control input.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160134266A1 DIGITAL-TO-PHASE CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2016-05-12
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