摘要:
A sensing system is provided for a four device memory cell having first (T16) and second (T18) transistors with first (C3) and second (C4) diffusion capacitances, respectively, storing unequal amounts of charge which are coupled to first (BO) and second (81) bit lines, respectively. The cell is preferably a four device integrated injection logic or merged transistor logic (MTL) bipolar cell. The charges represent stored information and are maintained in a standby condition by maintaining a charge on the bit lines. When the information is to be sensed the bit lines are discharged through the cell to enhance the charge difference in the diffusion capacitances. The charge now stored in the diffusion capacitances is transferred onto the bit lines and detected by a differential sensing circuit (38) connected between the first and second bit lines to which are connected first and second equal valued resistors (R5, R6), respectively. The charge in the diffusion capacitances which results after enhancement may be transferred onto the bit lines by discharging the bit lines through the two resistors or by pulsing up the diffusion capacitances from a terminal remote from the bit lines to force the charge onto the bit lines.
摘要:
Data edge phase sorting circuits for communication systems and information and data processing systems employing digital phase locked logic circuits. The sorting circuits phase sort edge transitions of a serial data stream relative to a local clock signal. The local clock signal is coupled to a delay line (56) having a plurality of serially connected delay elements (D), each of which outputs a delay clock (f(m)) of different phase. The sorting circuit includes an extraction circuit (52) coupled to receive the serial data stream for detecting edge transitions in the serial stream and outputting a pulse of predefined duration in response to each detected transition. Coupled to the extraction circuit output is a non-sequential logic circuit (54), which is also coupled to the local clock through the delay line. The non-sequential logic circuit combines the outputted extraction circuit pulse and the plurality of delay clocks for sorting the pulse relative to the delay clocks. Specific embodiments for the extraction circuit and non-sequential logic circuitry are depicted and described herein.
摘要:
A self-starting, negative voltage band gap regulator is provided, which includes a transconductance amplifier having first and second transistors and a resistive network, a current mirror circuit coupled to the amplifier and a negative feedback circuit connected from the collector of one of the transistors to the emitters of the transistors through said resistive network. First and second matched impedances, such as diodes, are included in the current mirror circuit and in the feedback circuit, respectively. The output voltage is taken from the feedback circuit.
摘要:
A phase-controlled loop system having a charge pump circuit including a current mismatch measurement circuit and a current compensation circuit for equalizing the amplitude of positive current pulses and the amplitude of negative current pulses output when the phase-controlled loop system is in phase-locked condition. The current mismatch measurement circuit includes duplicate complementary current sources with characteristics and biasing substantially identical to that of the primary current sources providing the positive current and the negative current to the output node of the charge pump circuit. At the common connected node between the duplicate complementary current sources an error current is produced having an amplitude equal to the difference between the amplitude of the positive current pulses and the amplitude of the negative current pulses to the output node. Current mirrors then reflect this error current back to either the positive current source or the negative current source for combining with the positive current or negative current, respectively, such that the currents' amplitudes at the output node substantially cancel. Various current mismatch measurement circuit and current compensation circuit embodiments are described, including a time multiplexed sensing and compensation approach.
摘要:
Calibration loops for a delay line (12'), for example, for digital phase locked logic circuitry for use in ascertaining the phase offset between a data signal and a local clock (10) and to produce a series of phase shifted clocks (f(i)'), are described. The calibration loops include a phase detector (14) coupled to receive as a first input the local clock applied to the delay line and as a second input the delay clock (f(n)') produced by the nth delay element (D v ) of an n element delay line. At least one of the delay elements (D v ) of the delay line is a variable delay element. The detector outputs a phase difference signal derived from the clocks applied at the first and second inputs. Control circuitry receives the phase difference signal from the detector and produces therefrom a corresponding control signal (CONTROL) which is applied to the at least one variable delay element to vary the delay through the delay line. Specific control circuitry embodiments are provided in the disclosure.
摘要:
A digital integrating clock extraction technique for communication systems and information and data processing systems having high jitter and/or noise is disclosed. The technique is based on the integration and periodic analysis of a plurality of sorted data edge transitions of a received serial data stream. A retiming clock phase is selected from a plurality of locally generated clock signals of different phase. The retiming clock selection is preferably reevaluated after N data edge transition sorts. The resultant data edge histogram can be cumulative of all sorted transitions or merely cumulative of the last N sorted transitions. Corresponding methods and apparatus are described.