Abstract:
A circuit comprises a digital phase locked loop for generating a synchronization signal and a voltage regulator for providing regulated output voltage responsive to the synchronization signal from the digital phase locked loop.
Abstract:
A circuit comprises a digital phase locked loop for generating a synchronization signal and a voltage regulator for providing regulated output voltage responsive to the synchronization signal from the digital phase locked loop.
Abstract:
Circuits, methods, and apparatus for reducing the phase error in an NCO clock output to reduce the clock jitter. This is particularly beneficial where the frequencies of the NCO output and reference signal are unrelated. One embodiment provides a circuit that corrects the phase of the NCO output in two steps in order to obtain a substantially glitch-free, high-speed operation. During the first step, the output of the NCO is phase shifted to the closest quarter portion of a cycle of a clock signal. A second correction step is then performed by steering a number of currents under the control of at least some of a number of remainder bits from the NCO. The current steering provides a die area efficient, low-noise phase correction. The decoded remainder bits are latched using a feed forward circuit that prevents the device from entering a locked state.
Abstract:
A continuous-time filter is highly linear even when used with reduced 3-volt power supplies. In each stage of a multi-stage ladder network, resistor networks are attached to each input of a differential op amp. Each resistor network uses fixed resistors in series between the inputs and an intermediate node, and a fixed input resistor between the intermediate node and the op-amp input. The fixed input resistor improves linearity compared with a linear transistor. A transistor connects the internal node to ground, acting as a variable resistor to adjust the equivalent resistance of the resistor network. A control voltage applied to the gate of the transistor is generated by an analog control loop. The control voltage is the voltage input to a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) in a phase-locked loop (PLL). The analog PLL control loop adjusts the control voltage and the resistance continuously as the filter operates. A voltage comparator detects when the control voltage is out of a range, activating a calibration signal. Filtering stops and a digital successive-approximation register adjusts capacitances of feedback capacitors around the op amps. The capacitance in the VCO is also adjusted, changing the control voltage. Capacitance converges to the desired value by comparing the control voltage to a mid-range target voltage.
Abstract:
A system and method for controlling an over current protection trip point for a voltage regulator includes an input for receiving a monitored operating parameter of the voltage regulator. Control logic responsive to this input generates a digital current control signal. A digital to analog controller converts the digital current control signal to an analog current control signal and this analog current control signal is used for controlling a current source for generating a current that establishes the over current protection trip point of the voltage regulator.
Abstract:
A circuit comprises a digital phase locked loop for generating a synchronization signal and a voltage regulator for providing regulated output voltage responsive to the synchronization signal from the digital phase locked loop.
Abstract:
A circuit comprises a digital phase locked loop for generating a synchronization signal and a voltage regulator for providing regulated output voltage responsive to the synchronization signal from the digital phase locked loop.
Abstract:
A circuit technique for improving high frequency performance of current-controlled transconductor elements in transconductance-capacitance (g.sub.m -C) based monolithic filters. The circuit detects the output impedance of the transconductance transistors inside the transconductor element, regenerates and applies a negative conductance to the output of the transconductor. By cancelling the transistor output impedance, the total differential mode output impedance of the transconductor element can be maximized.
Abstract:
A system and method for controlling an over current protection trip point for a voltage regulator includes an input for receiving a monitored operating parameter of the voltage regulator. Control logic responsive to this input generates a digital current control signal. A digital to analog controller converts the digital current control signal to an analog current control signal and this analog current control signal is used for controlling a current source for generating a current that establishes the over current protection trip point of the voltage regulator.
Abstract:
A programmable gain amplifier which can be realized using CMOS transistors. The amplifier provides a plurality of linear gain segments, with each of the gain segments having a different gain. A particular combination of the gain segments are selected using a digital control input to give an approximation of a linear dB output. By appropriately choosing the segments and how they combine, an approximation that is accurate to the least significant bit of a digital system can be provided.