RECEIVER CIRCUITRY HAVING A TRANSISTOR PAIR FOR INPUT VOLTAGE CLIPPING

    公开(公告)号:US20230299802A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-21

    申请号:US17698871

    申请日:2022-03-18

    Applicant: XILINX, INC.

    CPC classification number: H04B1/18 H04B1/1676

    Abstract: Receiver circuitry for an input/output device includes first stage circuitry and second stage. The first stage circuitry has a first input to receive an input signal, voltage adjustment circuitry, and differential amplifier circuitry. The first stage circuitry is coupled to the first input and has a transistor pair to receive the input signal, and adjust a voltage value of the input signal to generate an adjusted signal. The differential amplifier circuitry receives the adjusted signal and a reference signal, and generates a first differential signal and a second differential signal. The second stage circuitry receives the first differential signal and the second differential signal, and generates an output signal based on the first differential signal and the second differential signal.

    PROCESS AND TEMPERATURE TRACKING ON-CHIP SUPPLY REGULATION FOR LOW JITTER APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20240411331A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-12

    申请号:US18207497

    申请日:2023-06-08

    Applicant: XILINX, INC.

    Abstract: On chip integrated circuit supply voltage regulator has a reference voltage that varies, based on process and temperature conditions of the integrated circuit. Supply voltage is boosted up if the active transistor load devices operate in a Slow-Slow process condition and/or temperature rises. Higher supply voltage improves the system performance (jitter/delay) if the load network includes switching components. If the active transistor load devices operate in a Fast-Fast process condition then the supply voltage is reduced without loss of performance and a savings in power. The variable reference voltage is generated based on process and temperature conditions of the semiconductor integrated circuit devices (transistors). The voltage regulator will automatically have its variable reference voltage adjusted based upon the process condition fabrication and temperature of the areas of the integrated circuit where the active transistor load devices are located.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING HOT CARRIER INJECTION EFFECT IN A SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT

    公开(公告)号:US20240283448A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18110772

    申请日:2023-02-16

    Applicant: XILINX, INC.

    CPC classification number: H03K17/6872 H03K3/356113 H03F3/45179

    Abstract: The Hot Carrier Injection effect is a phenomenon present in semiconductor devices, where charges are trapped in the gate oxide region and degrade the device. Hot carrier Injection (HCI) is one of the major problems in lower voltage technologies due to lower voltage tolerance limits of MOS devices. Due to this HCI effect, designing high voltage, wide range (i.e., supply voltage ranges: 3.3 v, 2.5 v, and 1.8 v) I/O buffers has become challenging. The HCI effect is common in input/output (I/O) buffers that use bias generation circuits for wide voltage ranges. Disclosed here are methods and systems employed to provide reliable bias generation in an I/O buffer or other semiconductor circuit. This limits the device drain to source voltage (Vds) in the bias circuits and I/O buffer so as to mitigate the hot carrier Injection (HCI) effect.

    LOW POWER DRIVER SCHEME FOR ON-CHIP AND INTERPOSER BASED DATA TRANSMISSION

    公开(公告)号:US20240128974A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US17964762

    申请日:2022-10-12

    Applicant: XILINX, INC.

    CPC classification number: H03K17/6872

    Abstract: Signal routing and EMIR requirements are causing increased demand for metal resources. The cost of metal resources is also an issue. The design and sign-off of on-chip drivers for driving signals from one chip location to another is complicated by requirements for power integrity and signal routing. This disclosure addresses routing resource bottlenecks and power requirements by introducing a low power driver useable in a high speed SERDES scheme. A voltage clipping high speed and low swing driver is disclosed. Threshold switching voltage of the transmitted signal is controlled by a process and temperature compensated biasing scheme. A reference voltage generation circuitry along with a simple receiver demonstrates the capability of this receiver. This transceiver scheme can be used on an on-chip or off-chip SERDES application to send/receive low speed signals serially. Use of this novel technique addresses the metal resource issue along with EMIR and SIPI requirements.

    CALIBRATED LINEAR DUTY CYCLE CORRECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20230086781A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-23

    申请号:US17482336

    申请日:2021-09-22

    Applicant: XILINX, INC.

    Abstract: Examples describe a duty cycle correction circuit for correcting duty cycle distortion from memory. One example is an integrated circuit for correcting an input clock signal. The integrated circuit includes a first leg circuit and a second leg circuit. The first leg circuit and the second leg circuit both comprise a charging circuit and a discharging circuit. Each charging circuit comprises a first plurality of transistors and each discharging circuit comprises a second plurality of transistors. The charging circuit is coupled to the discharging circuit in series. A number of transistors of the first plurality of transistors in the first leg circuit is different from a number of transistors of the first plurality of transistors in the second leg circuit.

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