Abstract:
A phase-locked loop (PLL) for rapid lock-in applicable to digital, analog, or hybrid digital-analog PLL circuits is provided. Besides the units for basic operation, including a phase-frequency detector (PFD), a charge pump, a loop filter, and/or a voltage/current/digital-controlled oscillator (VCO/ICO/DCO), an additional lock-in actuator circuit is provided for providing lock-in signals, achieving the purpose of rapid lock-in through operational processes.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an impedance matching circuit including: an input terminal for receiving an input signal; a variable impedance unit, coupled to the input terminal, having an equivalent impedance for providing the input terminal with an input impedance; a signal quality evaluating unit, coupled to the input terminal, for evaluating a signal quality of the input signal; and a control unit coupled to the variable impedance unit and the signal quality evaluating unit, for outputting a target control signal according to an evaluating result of the signal quality evaluating unit to adjust the equivalent impedance of the variable impedance unit.
Abstract:
A method for converting a frame rate of a video signal comprising a data enable signal by means of a first buffer and a second buffer is disclosed. The method comprises: alternatively accessing the first buffer and the second buffer according to a first frame rate; determining an accessing time point of the first and the second buffers according to the data enable signal; and accessing the buffer, which is one of the first and the second buffers and not accessed at the accessing time point, according to a second frame rate, wherein the second frame rate is faster than the first frame rate.
Abstract:
An adaptive power managing device for an IC chip or a circuit system comprises a tunable voltage generator, a data generator, a data processing unit, a data checking unit and a control unit; the tunable voltage generator is used for providing the IC chip or the circuit system with an operating voltage; the data generator is used for generating a series of predetermined data to the data processing unit; the data processing unit is used for processing the series of predetermined data and then outputting a series of output data associated with the series of predetermined data; and the data checking unit is used for checking the validity of the series of output data; wherein if the series of output data is checked to be invalid, the control unit outputs a control signal for tuning up the operating voltage; if the series of output data is checked to be valid, the operating voltage is maintained or the control unit outputs another control signal for tuning down the operating voltage whereby efficiently achieving the objective of power management. The present invention also provides an adaptive power managing method.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an impedance matching circuit including: an input terminal for receiving an input signal; a variable impedance unit, coupled to the input terminal, having an equivalent impedance for providing the input terminal with an input impedance; a signal quality evaluating unit, coupled to the input terminal, for evaluating a signal quality of the input signal; and a control unit coupled to the variable impedance unit and the signal quality evaluating unit, for outputting a target control signal according to an evaluating result of the signal quality evaluating unit to adjust the equivalent impedance of the variable impedance unit.
Abstract:
An apparatus for generating an audio output clock is disclosed. The apparatus at least includes a plurality of dividers and a frequency synthesizer. The apparatus utilizes the dividers to achieve dispersive frequency-division operations such that the anti-noise ability of the apparatus can be improved. In addition, the apparatus also utilizes dynamic phase adjustment to increase accuracy of the frequency of the audio output clock.
Abstract:
A method of adjusting a sampling condition to generate a sampling clock in an analog to digital converter includes performing an analog to digital conversion on an analog input signal to thereby produce a digital sampled signal having a plurality of samples; calculating a difference value between two adjacent samples in the digital sampled signal; comparing the difference value with a threshold; adding the difference value into a sum of differences value if the difference value is greater than the threshold; and generating the sampling clock for the analog to digital converter according to the sum of differences value.
Abstract:
An analog front-end (AFE) circuit of a digital display is disclosed including: a first circuit to intermittently invert a working clock to generate a control signal and to generate a sampling signal, wherein the sampling signal is corresponding to the working clock; a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the first circuit for converting an analog video signal into a first digital video signal according to the sampling signal; a second analog-to-digital converter coupled to the first circuit for converting the analog video signal into a second digital video signal according to the sampling signal; and a first multiplexer for selectively outputting the first digital video signal or the second digital video signal according to the control signal.
Abstract:
A method for adjusting parameters of an adaptive equalizer makes use of a transmitted signal received by a receiving end to adjust parameters of an adaptive equalizer. First, signal strengths of a first frequency band and a second frequency band in the transmitted signal are detected. The signal strengths of the first frequency band and the second frequency band are then compared to get a compensation ratio, i.e., the total compensation quantity of the first frequency band to the second frequency band. Finally, the parameter setting of the equalizer is adjusted according to feedback of the compensation ratio. Optimum gain control of the adaptive equalizer can thus be accomplished to compensate signal attenuation to the transmitted signal caused by the channel.
Abstract:
A method for controlling an LCD to display an image. The method includes receiving a display data flow, generating a polarity signal, generating a gray-scale signal according to the polarity signal and the display data flow, and driving a pixel unit to display image according to the gray-scale signal. The polarity signal is substantially DC-balanced. A display utilizing such method may reduce the influence of flicker phenomenon.