Signal generation circuit and method, and digit-to-time conversion circuit and method

    公开(公告)号:US11342925B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US17296672

    申请日:2020-08-13

    摘要: A signal generating electric circuit, a signal generating method, a digit-to-time converting electric circuit and a digit-to-time converting method. The signal generating electric circuit includes: a first generating electric circuit configured for, based on a first frequency control word and a reference time unit, generating a periodic first output signal; and a second generating electric circuit configured for, based on a second frequency control word and the reference time unit, generating a periodic second output signal. The first frequency control word includes a first integer part and a first fractional part, the second frequency control word includes a second integer part and a second fractional part, the first integer part is equal to the second integer part, the first fractional part and the second fractional part are not equal, and a period of the first output signal and a period of the second output signal are not equal.

    Digital fingerprint generator and method for generating digital fingerprint

    公开(公告)号:US11868511B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-09

    申请号:US17794142

    申请日:2021-08-05

    IPC分类号: G06F21/73 H04L9/06

    CPC分类号: G06F21/73 H04L9/06

    摘要: Provided is a digital fingerprint generator. The digital fingerprint generator includes: a control circuit, configured to generate a control word; a first pulse generation circuit, connected to the control circuit, and configured to output a first pulse signal in response to the control word; a second pulse generation circuit, connected to the control circuit, having a same structure as the first pulse generation circuit, and configured to output a second pulse signal in response to the control word; and an output circuit, connected to the first pulse generation circuit and the second pulse generation circuit, and configured to output a digital fingerprint based on the first pulse signal and the second pulse signal according to a predetermined first rule.

    Time synchronization method and device, network node device

    公开(公告)号:US11799578B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US17413367

    申请日:2020-01-19

    IPC分类号: H04J3/06 H03L7/18

    摘要: This is provided a time synchronization method, including: an adjustment stage including N adjustment cycles, N being an integer greater than 1; in each adjustment cycle, generating a physical clock signal at least according to a pre-acquired frequency control word corresponding to the adjustment cycle, and obtaining logical time at least according to the physical clock signal and a physical time deviation; a clock slope of the physical clock signal generated in each adjustment cycle reaches its corresponding target value, and the target values of the clock slopes of the physical clock signals in the N adjustment cycles gradually approach 1; the physical time deviation is: a time difference between the reference time and the physical time corresponding to the physical clock signal in an Nth adjustment cycle at the end of the Nth adjustment cycle. A time synchronization device and a network node device are provided.

    DIGITAL CLOCK SIGNAL GENERATOR, CHIP, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SPREAD-SPECTRUM SYNCHRONOUS CLOCK SIGNALS

    公开(公告)号:US20230123009A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US16975258

    申请日:2019-10-09

    摘要: The present application discloses a circuit for generating spread-spectrum synchronous clock signal. The circuit includes a frequency detector comprising a fraction controller configured to compare an input signal of a first frequency with a feedback signal of a second frequency in a loop of feedback to generate a first control signal and a second control signal alternately for determining a control word to track the first frequency and a phase-shift controller configured to register n levels for the first control signal and the second control signal to introduce n phase delays for changing a fraction part of the control word randomly to provide a broadened boundary. The circuit also includes a digitally controlled oscillator configured to generate a synthesized periodic signal based on a base time unit, the first frequency, and the control word, with the second frequency being locked within the broadened boundary of the first frequency.

    Digital clock circuit for generating high-ratio frequency multiplication clock signal

    公开(公告)号:US11031926B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-08

    申请号:US16975267

    申请日:2019-10-21

    摘要: A digital clock circuit is provided. The digital clock circuit includes a first sub-circuit comprising a first digitally-controlled oscillator driven by a frequency control word to control a first output frequency synthesized from multiple first pulses, and a first frequency divider to generate a trigger signal having a frequency equal to 1/M of the first output frequency. The digital clock circuit also includes a second sub-circuit comprising a loop of feedback including a frequency detector to compare an input frequency with a feedback frequency, a controller to adjust the frequency control word, a second digitally-controlled oscillator driven by the frequency control word plus a constant to control a second output frequency synthesized from multiple second pulses induced by the trigger signal, and a second frequency divider to set the feedback frequency equal to 1/N of the second output frequency in the loop of feedback.