Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Skew detection and correction in time-interleaved analog-to-digital converters
- Patent Title (中): 时间交错模数转换器中的偏斜检测和校正
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Application No.: US15187161Application Date: 2016-06-20
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Publication No.: US09553600B1Publication Date: 2017-01-24
- Inventor: Marc-Andre Lacroix , Henry Wong , Davide Tonietto
- Applicant: Marc-Andre Lacroix , Henry Wong , Davide Tonietto
- Applicant Address: CN Shenzhen, Guangdong
- Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shenzhen, Guangdong
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06 ; H03M1/12 ; H03M1/00 ; H04L7/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a system, circuit, and method for correcting clock skew in time-interleaved analog-to-digital converters. At least two clock signals are received along respective channels. A delay of a first channel, carrying a first clock signal, is accounted for by applying one or more first adjustment factors to the channels until an edge of the first clock signal is aligned with a transition point of a reference signal. The first clock signal is swapped to the second channel, and vice-versa. A value of the reference signal as sampled by the first clock signal is compared to values of the reference signal as sampled by the second clock signal to determine a skew of the second channel vis-à-vis the first channel, and one or more second adjustment factors are applied to the second channel based on the determined skew of the second channel.
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