Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for adjusting clock phases in a time-interleaved receiver
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Application No.: US15372051Application Date: 2016-12-07
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Publication No.: US09742594B2Publication Date: 2017-08-22
- Inventor: Stephane Dallaire , Benjamin Smith
- Applicant: INPHI CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: INPHI CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INPHI CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Ogawa P.C.
- Agent Richard T. Ogawa
- Main IPC: H04L7/033
- IPC: H04L7/033 ; H04L25/03 ; H04L7/027

Abstract:
Clock timing skew may occur during operation of a time-interleaved receiver. It would be beneficial to try to determine if there is timing skew, and if there is, then address it, such as by reducing or eliminating some or all of the timing skew. Embodiments are described herein that may achieve this. In one embodiment, a method includes generating at least two clocks having the same frequency but a different phase. Intersymbol interference (ISI) values are then determined, one for each of the clocks, by: for each clock, sampling a signal using the clock and determining a value representing ISI based on the sampled signal. A clock phase of at least one of the clocks is adjusted in response to at least one of the ISI values being different from a reference ISI value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170118046A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING CLOCK PHASES IN A TIME-INTERLEAVED RECEIVER Public/Granted day:2017-04-27
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