Abstract:
An apparatus for detecting a temperature using transistors includes a plurality of temperature detecting units that become selectively active according to predetermined temperature intervals; and a detection signal output unit that generates detection signals according to the signals transmitted by the plurality of temperature detecting units, and outputs the detection signals.
Abstract:
A PSK demodulator using a time-to-digital converter includes: a filter unit that performs band pass filtering on a PSK signal; an amplitude limiting unit that limits the amplitude of an output signal of the filter unit; a clock signal generating unit that generates a clock signal; and a time-to-digital converter that samples the phase of an output signal of the amplitude limiting unit according to the clock signal and outputs a digital signal having a value corresponding to the phase of the PSK signal. Power consumption can be reduced and a circuit implementation can be simplified.
Abstract:
An apparatus for detecting a temperature using transistors includes a plurality of temperature detecting units that become selectively active according to predetermined temperature intervals; and a detection signal output unit that generates detection signals according to the signals transmitted by the plurality of temperature detecting units, and outputs the detection signals.
Abstract:
Provided is a frequency lock detector which includes one counter and a clock number difference detector for detecting a clock number difference while not increasing complexity according to the counting number N to compare the frequencies of two clock signals whose phases are not synchronous to each other and determine whether the difference between the frequencies of the two signals is within a desired frequency accuracy. The frequency lock detector includes: a counter for counting the number of clocks of a reference clock signal inputted from outside; a clock number difference detector for detecting a difference between the clock number of the reference clock signal and the clock number of a recovered clock signal whose phase is not synchronous to the phase of the reference clock signal; and a lock determiner for determining a frequency lock based on result values of the counter and the clock number difference detector.
Abstract:
Provided is an Inductor-Capacitor (LC) quadrature Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) having a startup circuit which can accurately select one of +90° and −90° as a phase difference between two clocks generated by the LC quadrature VCO by embodying the startup circuit therein by using a phase detector and a controller. The LC quadrature VCO includes a first LC tank for generating a second clock signal and a fourth clock signal, a second LC tank for generating a first clock signal and a third clock signal, a phase detector for receiving the clock signals from the first LC tank and the second LC tank, and detecting whether a phase difference between the clocks is +90° or −90°, and a controller for discriminating whether phase information detected by the phase detector is equivalent to a phase difference between clocks required by the external signal processing unit, and changing an operation mode of the first LC tank and/or the second LC tank on the basis of the discrimination result of the phase difference between the clocks.
Abstract:
Provided are a layout method of a power line for a semiconductor integrated circuit and a semiconductor integrated circuit manufactured by the layout method. The layout method includes the steps of: forming a decoupling capacitor on a substrate; laying out a first metal layer, connected to the decoupling capacitor through a contact, above a region where the decoupling capacitor is formed so as to cover the decoupling capacitor; and laying out a second metal layer above a region where the first metal layer is formed. Therefore, the metal layers and the decoupling capacitor are laid out in the same region so that a chip area can be prevented from being additionally consumed at the time of laying out the decoupling capacitor, and degradation which may occur due to connection line resistance from the power lines to the decoupling capacitors can be prevented.
Abstract:
A system and method are disclosed for providing a DLL with false lock protector to avoid false lock and ensure accurate lock. The false lock protector operates when the initial delay time between signals from an input reference clock and an output clock exceeds the lock range during operation of the DLL. The DLL with false lock protector includes a reference clock, a delay line composed of several delay cells connected in series, a phase detector, comparator for comparing phases of signals from the reference and output clocks, a determinator and a controller for controlling the delay of the delay line.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a sensing unit configured to sense whether a value of a programming sensing node is within a predefined range, a fuse connected to the programming sensing node, a programming voltage supplying unit configured to supply a programming voltage to the programming sensing node, and a transferring unit configured to transfer the value of the programming sensing node in response to the sensing result of the sensing unit.
Abstract:
An apparatus for detecting a temperature using transistors includes a plurality of temperature detecting units that become selectively active according to predetermined temperature intervals; and a detection signal output unit that generates detection signals according to the signals transmitted by the plurality of temperature detecting units, and outputs the detection signals.
Abstract:
Provided are a layout method of a power line for a semiconductor integrated circuit and a semiconductor integrated circuit manufactured by the layout method. The layout method includes the steps of: forming a decoupling capacitor on a substrate; laying out a first metal layer, connected to the decoupling capacitor through a contact, above a region where the decoupling capacitor is formed so as to cover the decoupling capacitor; and laying out a second metal layer above a region where the first metal layer is formed. Therefore, the metal layers and the decoupling capacitor are laid out in the same region so that a chip area can be prevented from being additionally consumed at the time of laying out the decoupling capacitor, and degradation which may occur due to connection line resistance from the power lines to the decoupling capacitors can be prevented.