CLOCK GENERATION CIRCUITS AND METHODS OF GENERATING CLOCK SIGNALS

    公开(公告)号:US20220239284A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-28

    申请号:US17466006

    申请日:2021-09-03

    Abstract: A clock generation circuit includes a temperature compensation circuit and an oscillator. The temperature compensation circuit is configured to generate a temperature-compensated frequency selection code that varies depending on an operation temperature based on a difference between the operation temperature and a reference temperature and based on a temperature-independent frequency selection code that is fixed regardless of the operation temperature. The oscillator is configured to generate a clock signal that has an operation frequency that is based on the temperature-compensated frequency selection code, such that the operation frequency is uniform regardless of the operation temperature. Effects of the operation temperature may be reduced by generating the temperature-compensated frequency selection code that reflects the temperature characteristic of the oscillator using the output value of the temperature sensor and by controlling the oscillator using the temperature-compensated frequency selection code.

    SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230086367A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-23

    申请号:US17731464

    申请日:2022-04-28

    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a standard cell array including a plurality of standard cells, each of the plurality of standard cells; a plurality of power supply lines configured to provide a power supply voltage and extending in a first direction; a capacitor structure including electrode structures included in each of a plurality of dielectric layers formed on the standard cell array, the capacitor structure having vias connecting the electrode structures; and contacts electrically connecting the capacitor structure and the standard cell array to each other. Each of the plurality of standard cells provides a unit capacitor circuit having capacitance that is based on a connection structure of active regions and gates of first and second transistors thereof.

    OSCILLATION SYSTEM INCLUDING FREQUENCY-LOCKED LOOP LOGIC CIRCUIT AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20230009620A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-12

    申请号:US17860519

    申请日:2022-07-08

    Abstract: A frequency-locked loop (FLL) logic circuit, including a validity signal generator configured to receive an external clock signal and determine whether a glitch occurs in the external clock signal; a clock divider configured to generate a reference frequency clock signal based on the external clock signal and a determination result of the validity signal generator; a synchronizer configured to synchronize a phase of an oscillator clock signal with a phase of the reference frequency clock signal; a clock counter configured to count a number of pulses of the oscillator clock signal during a reference time; and a code limiter configured to determine a range of a frequency selection value for calibrating an operating frequency of the oscillator clock signal based on the counted number of pulses.

    DIGITAL PHASE LOCKED LOOP AND OPERATING METHOD OF DIGITAL PHASE LOCKED LOOP

    公开(公告)号:US20180375523A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-27

    申请号:US15861962

    申请日:2018-01-04

    Abstract: A digital phase locked loop includes a digital phase detector, a digital loop filter, a digital controlled oscillator, a first divider that divides the second frequency of the oscillation signal depending on a first division value and outputs the division result as a division signal having a third frequency, a second divider that divides the second frequency of the oscillation signal depending on a second division value and outputs the division result as an output signal having a final frequency, a dithering block that receives the division signal and performs dithering on the first division value based on a preset pattern as cycles of the division signal pass, and a digital phase domain filter that performs second low pass filtering on the division signal in a phase domain and outputs the result of the second low pass filtering as the feedback signal.

    Digital phase locked loop and operating method of digital phase locked loop

    公开(公告)号:US10158367B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-18

    申请号:US15861962

    申请日:2018-01-04

    CPC classification number: H03L7/235 H03K5/135 H03L7/095 H03L7/18 H03L2207/08

    Abstract: A digital phase locked loop includes a digital phase detector, a digital loop filter, a digital controlled oscillator, a first divider that divides the second frequency of the oscillation signal depending on a first division value and outputs the division result as a division signal having a third frequency, a second divider that divides the second frequency of the oscillation signal depending on a second division value and outputs the division result as an output signal having a final frequency, a dithering block that receives the division signal and performs dithering on the first division value based on a preset pattern as cycles of the division signal pass, and a digital phase domain filter that performs second low pass filtering on the division signal in a phase domain and outputs the result of the second low pass filtering as the feedback signal.

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