Delay locked loop
    31.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10965291B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-30

    申请号:US16836723

    申请日:2020-03-31

    IPC分类号: H03L7/06 H03L7/081 H03L7/085

    摘要: A delay locked loop includes a main delay circuit including a plurality of unit delay lines that generate a plurality of internal clocks by delaying an input clock, delay amounts of the plurality of unit delay lines being adjusted in response to code signals; a sub-delay circuit including a plurality of sub-delay lines that generate a plurality of phase clocks by respectively delaying the input clock and the plurality of internal clocks; a phase detector configured to compare phases of the plurality of phase clocks and provide a phase detection signal according to a result of the comparison; and a digital circuit configured to update the code signals corresponding to the plurality of unit delay lines one by one at a time when the phase detection signal is provided to the digital circuit.

    Clock data recovery circuit and apparatus including the same

    公开(公告)号:US10924119B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US17000601

    申请日:2020-08-24

    发明人: Geumyoung Tak

    摘要: A clock data recovery circuit configured to receive an input data signal that includes an embedded clock signal includes a clock recovery circuit including a phase detector configured to detect a phase of the embedded clock signal and to generate a recovery clock signal from the input data signal based on the detected phase; and a data recovery circuit configured to generate a recovery data signal from the input data signal by using the recovery clock signal. The phase detector includes a sampling latch circuit configured to output a first sample signal and a second sample signal from the input data signal; and an edge detection circuit configured to generate a phase control signal based on the first sample signal and the second sample signal and output the phase control signal in a period in which the second sample signal is output from the sampling latch circuit.

    Phase measurement
    35.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10914772B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-09

    申请号:US16002373

    申请日:2018-06-07

    申请人: SOCIONEXT INC.

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to phase measurement circuitry operable based on a first clock signal having an intended clock frequency F1 and a second clock signal having an intended clock frequency F2, the circuitry comprising: a delay line configured to receive the first clock signal, the delay line comprising a plurality of delay units each configured to cause a propagation delay, and the plurality of delay units connected in series along the length of the delay line and defining a series of positions therebetween through which signal edges of the first clock signal propagate over time; an edge detector configured to sample the delay line at successive sample times based on the second clock signal and to record at each sample time the position of a given signal edge of the first clock signal along the delay line; and a phase angle determiner configured to determine a phase angle per delay unit based on successive recorded said positions.

    Detection and management of frequency errors in a reference input clock signal

    公开(公告)号:US10908635B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-02

    申请号:US16726481

    申请日:2019-12-24

    摘要: A method for generating a clock signal includes selecting a primary reference clock signal or a secondary reference clock signal as a reference clock signal for a phase-locked loop configured to generate an output clock signal. The method includes generating an indication of whether a failure of the reference clock signal has occurred by monitoring the secondary reference clock signal and a plurality of additional clock signals using the reference clock signal. The failure is determined based on whether a gross failure of the reference clock signal has occurred and if the gross failure has not occurred, further based on whether a quality failure of the reference clock signal has occurred.

    DELAY LOCKED LOOP
    38.
    发明申请
    DELAY LOCKED LOOP 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20200366295A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-19

    申请号:US16703748

    申请日:2019-12-04

    IPC分类号: H03L7/081 H03L7/085

    摘要: Embodiments disclose a delay locked loop. The delay locked loop including a main delay circuit configured to generate initial clocks by delaying an internal clock, and sub-delay lines configured to generate phase clocks having a phase difference corresponding to a desired initial delay by respectively delaying the internal clock and the initial clocks. The phase difference among the phase clocks may be adjusted according to delay values of the sub-delay lines.

    Phase to digital converter
    39.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10819355B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US16580117

    申请日:2019-09-24

    申请人: NXP USA, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H03L7/00 H03L7/099 H03L7/085

    摘要: A phase to digital converter (PDC) generates a digital output that represents a phase difference between first and second clocks. The PDC includes a gated ring oscillator (GRO), which includes N signal delay elements coupled together in a ring via a logic gate, wherein a 1st signal delay element of the ring comprises an input coupled to an output of the logic gate, and wherein a Nth signal delay element of the ring comprises an output coupled to a first input of the logic gate. A convertor is coupled to the GRO and configured to generate low order bits of the digital output based on outputs of the logic gate and the N signal delay elements. A first counter includes an input coupled to an output of one of the N signal delay elements or the logic gate, wherein the first counter is configured to generate a first digital counter value. A second counter includes an input coupled to an output of another one of the N signal delay elements or the logic gate, wherein the second counter is configured to generate a second digital counter value. The PDC generates the digital output signal based on the low order bits and one of the first and second digital counter values.