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公开(公告)号:US09683903B2
公开(公告)日:2017-06-20
申请号:US14938137
申请日:2015-11-11
Applicant: INPHI CORPORATION
Inventor: Karthik S. Gopalakrishnan , Sadettin Cirit
CPC classification number: G01K13/00 , G01K7/00 , G01K7/01 , G01K2219/00 , G01R19/2503 , H04Q9/14
Abstract: The present invention relates generally to integrated circuits. More particularly, the present invention provides a circuit and method for sensing a voltage and/or temperature from an integrated circuit device such as a Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) integrated circuit device. But it will be recognized that the technique can be used for monitoring other system on chip devices, such as micro-controllers, digital signal processors, microprocessors, networking devices, application specific integrated circuits, and other integrated circuit devices that may desire on-chip temperature and/or voltage sensing capability.
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公开(公告)号:US09673972B2
公开(公告)日:2017-06-06
申请号:US15283735
申请日:2016-10-03
Applicant: INPHI CORPORATION
Inventor: James L. Gorecki , Jiayun Zhang , Marcial K. Chua , Cosmin Iorga
CPC classification number: H04L7/04 , H03K5/01 , H03K5/135 , H03K2005/00052 , H03K2005/00286 , H03L7/00 , H03L7/0807
Abstract: Apparatus to implement several high performance phase interpolators are disclosed. Some embodiments are directed to a full-wave integrating phase interpolation core comprising two pairs of in-phase and quadrature-phase current DACs arranged in a cascode architecture to drive an integrating capacitor and produce an interpolation voltage waveform. The current DACs are biased, weighted, and controlled by in-phase and quadrature-phase input clocks to yield an interpolation waveform that presents a phase value between the phases of the input clocks. Some embodiments deploying the interpolator core use feedback circuitry and reference voltages to adjust the common mode and amplitude of the interpolation voltage waveform to obtain both optimal performance and operation within the interpolator linear region or output compliance range. Both the single-core and dual-core implementations, as well as other implementations of the interpolator core, exhibit high power supply rejection, highly linear interpolation, a wide frequency range, and low cost duty cycle correction.
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公开(公告)号:US09671580B1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-06
申请号:US15075021
申请日:2016-03-18
Applicant: INPHI CORPORATION
Inventor: Radhakrishnan L. Nagarajan , Peng-Chih Li , Masaki Kato , Chris Togami
CPC classification number: G02B6/4257 , G02B6/32 , G02B6/3849 , G02B6/3893 , G02B6/4206 , G02B6/4208 , G02B6/421 , G02B6/4246 , G02B6/4251 , G02B6/4271 , G02B6/428 , G02B6/4281 , G02B6/4284 , G02B6/4286 , G02B6/4292 , G02B6/4295 , G02F1/2255 , H04B1/3833 , H04B10/40 , H04B10/503 , H04B10/516 , H04J14/02 , H05K3/30
Abstract: An apparatus for packaging a photonic transceiver. The apparatus includes a case having a base member, two partial side members, and a lid member to provide a spatial volume with an opening at a back end of the base member. Additionally, the apparatus includes a PCB installed inside the spatial volume over the base member with a pluggable connector at the back end. The apparatus includes one or more optical transmitting devices being mounted upside-down via a flex circuit board bended 180 degrees inward to a backside of the PCB and including a built-in TEC module in contact with the lid member. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a silicon photonics chip including a fiber-to-silicon attachment module, mounted on the PCB and coupled to a modulation driver module and a trans-impedance-amplifier module. Moreover, the apparatus includes an optical input port and output port being back connected to the fiber-to-silicon attachment module.
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公开(公告)号:US09665289B1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-30
申请号:US14959141
申请日:2015-12-04
Applicant: Inphi Corporation
Inventor: Dat Tuan Mach , Alejandro Lopez-Sosa , Chao Xu , Chien-Hsin Lee
CPC classification number: G06F3/061 , G06F3/0604 , G06F3/0632 , G06F3/067 , G06F11/27 , G06F13/1668 , G06F13/4068
Abstract: Techniques are described for processing signal information from a high speed communication bus. The techniques include determining spatial regions on an eye by sampling a plurality of time and voltage points to determine a two-dimensional matrix. Then, the points are assigned a numerical value from combined time and voltage functions based upon a distance from eye edges (e.g., minimum setup time requirement and minimum hold time requirement along the time dimension). Sampling to generate the matrix may comprise selecting an initial point, splitting a first margin along a first dimension into equally spaced regions, and then sampling a second margin along a second dimension into equally spaced regions. Determining the points is based on shifting a strobe signal (DQS) position and a data signal (DQ) position and running a plurality of memory built-in self test (BIST) engines and a plurality of results of BIST tests.
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公开(公告)号:US09660730B1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-23
申请号:US15069702
申请日:2016-03-14
Applicant: INPHI CORPORATION
Inventor: Todd Rope
IPC: H04B10/508 , H04B10/54
CPC classification number: H04B10/07953 , H04B10/0795 , H04B10/40 , H04B10/508 , H04B10/54 , H04B10/60 , H04B10/801 , H04L27/06
Abstract: A Pulse Amplitude Modulated (PAM) optical device utilizing multiple wavelengths, features a communications interface having enhanced diagnostics capability. New registers are created to house additional diagnostic information, such as error rates. The diagnostic information may be stored in raw form, or as processed on-chip utilizing local resources.
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公开(公告)号:US09654253B1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-16
申请号:US14976100
申请日:2015-12-21
Applicant: INPHI CORPORATION
Inventor: Benjamin P. Smith , Arash Farhoodfar
IPC: H04B10/50 , H04L1/00 , H04B10/516 , H04B10/54
CPC classification number: H04L1/0044 , H03M13/2906 , H04B10/50 , H04B10/516 , H04B10/5161 , H04B10/532 , H04B10/541 , H04B10/697 , H04L1/0041 , H04L1/0045 , H04L1/0058 , H04L1/006 , H04L1/0065
Abstract: An optical module processes first FEC (Forward Error Correction) encoded data produced by a first FEC encoder. The optical module has a second FEC encoder for further coding a subset of the first FEC encoded data to produce second FEC encoded data. The optical module also has an optical modulator for modulating, based on a combination of the second FEC encoded data and a remaining portion of the first FEC encoded data that is not further coded, an optical signal for transmission over an optical channel. The second FEC encoder is an encoder for an FEC code that has a bit-level trellis representation with a number of states in any section of the bit-level trellis representation being less than or equal to 256 states. In this manner, the second FEC encoder has relatively low complexity (e.g. relatively low transistor count) that can reduce power consumption for the optical module.
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公开(公告)号:US09647643B2
公开(公告)日:2017-05-09
申请号:US15231449
申请日:2016-08-08
Applicant: INPHI CORPORATION
Inventor: James Lawrence Gorecki , Han-Yuan Tan
CPC classification number: H03K5/023 , G11C27/026 , H03F1/3205 , H03F1/3211 , H03F3/45183 , H03F3/45475 , H03G3/20 , H03K3/012 , H03M1/1215 , H03M1/124 , H03M3/38 , H04B17/21
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a detailed description of techniques for implementing a low power buffer with gain boost. More specifically, some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a buffer with a stacked transistor configuration, wherein the first transistor receives an input signal and the second transistor receives a complement of the input signal. The first transistor is configured to generate a non-inverting response to the input signal, and the second transistor is configured to generate an inverting response to the complement of the input signal, and to generate a negative gds effect, enabling the buffer to exhibit low power and unity gain across a wide bandwidth. In other embodiments, the stacked transistor configuration can be deployed in a full differential implementation. In other embodiments, the buffer can include techniques for improving linearity, DC level shifts, capacitive input loading, and output slewing, settling, and drive capabilities.
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公开(公告)号:US20170127159A1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-04
申请号:US15403529
申请日:2017-01-11
Applicant: INPHI CORPORATION
Inventor: Radhakrishnan L. NAGARAJAN
IPC: H04Q11/00 , H04B10/516 , H04B10/80 , H04J14/02
CPC classification number: H04Q11/0005 , G02B6/122 , G02B2006/12097 , H04B10/5161 , H04B10/801 , H04J14/02 , H04Q11/0062 , H04Q2011/0016 , H04Q2011/0018 , H04Q2011/009 , H04Q2011/0096
Abstract: In an example, the present invention includes an integrated system on chip device. The device has a data input/output interface provided on the substrate member and configured for a predefined data rate and protocol. In an example, the data input/output interface is configured for number of lanes numbered from four to one hundred and fifty. In an example, the SerDes block is configured to convert a first data stream of N into a second data stream of M such that each of the first data stream having a first predefined data rate at a first clock rate and each of the second data stream having a second predefined data rate at a second clock rate.
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公开(公告)号:US20170126313A1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-04
申请号:US15407163
申请日:2017-01-16
Applicant: INPHI CORPORATION
Inventor: Todd ROPE
IPC: H04B10/077 , H04B10/079
CPC classification number: H04B10/0775 , H04B10/07955 , H04B10/07957 , H04B10/40
Abstract: A system and method for calibrating an optical module. The optical module including a microprocessor with non-volatile memory is provided at a calibration station for measuring calibrated value of a device parameter against raw values starting from minimum value in each of multiple zones of a primary parameter with one or more secondary parameters at least being set to a basis calibration point to determine coefficients for generating a N-spline function for the multiple zones and multiple multipliers for each zone corresponding to multiple calibration points. The coefficients and multiple multipliers are stored in the non-volatile memory and reused respectively for calculating a basis calibrated value based on any current raw value of the primary parameter a N-spline function in particular zone and for determining a final multiplier by interpolation of the multiple multipliers associated with the one or more secondary parameters, leading to a calibrated value for any condition.
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公开(公告)号:US09641313B1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-02
申请号:US14826051
申请日:2015-08-13
Applicant: INPHI CORPORATION
Inventor: Karthik S. Gopalakrishnan , Guojun Ren , Parmanand Mishra
CPC classification number: H03L7/0812 , H03K5/131 , H03K5/135 , H03K5/14 , H03K2005/00013 , H03K2005/00052 , H03K2005/00286 , H03L3/00 , H03L7/08 , H03L7/0807 , H03L7/0814 , H04L5/0053 , H04L7/002 , H04L7/0331 , H04L25/03273 , H04L27/04
Abstract: The present invention relates generally to integrated circuits. More particularly, the present invention provides a circuit and method for regulating a voltage for a high speed serializer/deserializer (SerDes) device. But it will be recognized that the technique can be used for regulating memory devices (e.g., DDR 4 SDRAM devices, DDR4 register devices, DDR4 controller devices), and other high speed data applications. In various embodiments, phase-interpolator is implemented in conjunction with a delay-lock loop (DLL) and an SR latch, where one or more outputs of the DLL is used by the SR latch. Additionally, such techniques can be used for a variety of applications such as network and/or computer storage systems, computer servers, hand held computing devices, portable computing devices, computer systems, network appliances and/or switches, routers, and gateways, and the like.
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