公开(公告)号：US07251305B2

公开(公告)日：2007-07-31

申请号：US10147838

申请日：2002-05-17

申请人： Claude R. Gauthier ,  Brian Amick ,  Dean Liu ,  Pradeep Trivedi

发明人： Claude R. Gauthier ,  Brian Amick ,  Dean Liu ,  Pradeep Trivedi

IPC分类号： H03D3/24

CPC分类号： H03L7/0812

摘要： A calibration and adjustment system for post-fabrication control of a delay locked loop bias-generator is provided. The calibration and adjustment system includes an adjustment circuit operatively connected to the bias-generator, where the adjustment circuit is controllable to facilitate a modification of a voltage output by the bias-generator. Such control of the voltage output by the bias-generator allows a designer to achieve a desired delay locked loop performance characteristic after the delay locked loop has been fabricated. A representative value of the amount of adjustment desired in the bias-generator output may be stored and subsequently read to adjust the delay locked loop.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于延迟锁定环偏置发生器的后制造控制的校准和调整系统。 校准和调整系统包括可操作地连接到偏置发生器的调节电路，其中调节电路是可控制的，以便于修正偏置发生器的电压输出。 由偏置发生器输出的电压的这种控制允许设计者在制造延迟锁定环路之后实现期望的延迟锁定环路性能特性。 可以存储和随后读取偏置 - 发生器输出中期望的调节量的代表值来调整延迟锁定环。

公开(公告)号：US07106113B2

公开(公告)日：2006-09-12

申请号：US10147841

申请日：2002-05-17

申请人： Claude R. Gauthier ,  Brian Amick ,  Pradeep Trivedi ,  Dean Liu

发明人： Claude R. Gauthier ,  Brian Amick ,  Pradeep Trivedi ,  Dean Liu

IPC分类号： H03L7/06

CPC分类号： H03L7/081 ,  G06F1/10 ,  H03L7/0891 ,  H03L7/18

摘要： An adjustment and calibration system for post-fabrication treatment of a phase locked loop input receiver is provided. The adjustment and calibration system includes at least one adjustment circuit, to which the phase locked loop input receiver is responsive, and a storage device that selectively stores control information (1) associated with a state of the adjustment circuit and/or (2) from a tester that writes such control information to the storage device, where the control information stored in the storage device is subsequently selectively read out in order to adjust the adjustment circuit to a state corresponding to the control information.

公开(公告)号：US06788045B2

公开(公告)日：2004-09-07

申请号：US10147594

申请日：2002-05-17

申请人： Claude R. Gauthier ,  Brian W. Amick ,  Pradeep Trivedi ,  Dean Liu

发明人： Claude R. Gauthier ,  Brian W. Amick ,  Pradeep Trivedi ,  Dean Liu

IPC分类号： G01R2312

CPC分类号： H03L7/0812 ,  H03L7/0896

摘要： A calibration and adjustment system for post-fabrication control of a delay locked loop charge pump current is provided. The calibration and adjustment system includes an adjustment device that varies an amount of charge pump current. Such control of the charge pump current in a delay locked loop allows a designer to achieve a desired delay locked loop operating characteristic after the delay locked loop has been fabricated. A representative value of the amount of adjustment desired in the charge pump current may be stored and subsequently read to adjust the delay locked loop.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于后期制造控制延迟锁定环电荷泵电流的校准和调整系统。 校准和调节系统包括改变电荷泵电流量的调节装置。 在延迟锁定环路中对电荷泵电流的这种控制允许设计者在制造延迟锁定环路之后实现期望的延迟锁定环路工作特性。 可以存储并随后读取电荷泵电流期望的调节量的代表值来调整延迟锁定环路。

公开(公告)号：US06768955B2

公开(公告)日：2004-07-27

申请号：US10147707

申请日：2002-05-17

申请人： Claude R. Gauthier ,  Brian W. Amick ,  Dean Liu ,  Pradeep Trivedi

发明人： Claude R. Gauthier ,  Brian W. Amick ,  Dean Liu ,  Pradeep Trivedi

IPC分类号： G01R2300

CPC分类号： H03L7/0896 ,  H03L7/18

摘要： An adjustment and calibration system for post-fabrication treatment of a phase locked loop charge pump is provided. The adjustment and calibration system includes at least one adjustment circuit, to which a phase locked loop charge pump output is responsive, and a storage device that selectively stores control information (1) associated with a state of the adjustment circuit and/or (2) from a tester that writes such control information to the storage device, where the control information stored in the storage device is subsequently selectively read out in order to adjust the adjustment circuit to a state corresponding to the control information.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于锁相环电荷泵的后制造处理的调整和校准系统。 调节和校准系统包括至少一个调节电路，锁相环电荷泵输出响应于该调节电路;以及存储装置，其选择性地存储与调节电路的状态相关联的控制信息（1）和/或（2） 从将存储在存储装置中的控制信息写入存储装置的测试者，随后选择性地读出，以便将调节电路调整到与控制信息相对应的状态。

公开(公告)号：US06614287B1

公开(公告)日：2003-09-02

申请号：US10217926

申请日：2002-08-13

申请人： Claude R. Gauthier ,  Pradeep Trivedi ,  Brian W. Amick ,  Dean Liu

发明人： Claude R. Gauthier ,  Pradeep Trivedi ,  Brian W. Amick ,  Dean Liu

IPC分类号： H03K2100

CPC分类号： H03L7/0812 ,  H03L7/0891

摘要： A method and apparatus for post-fabrication calibration and adjustment of a delay locked loop leakage current is provided. The calibration and adjustment system includes an adjustment circuit that adjusts a leakage current offset circuit to compensate for the leakage current of a capacitor. The capacitor connects to a control voltage of the delay locked loop. Such control of the leakage current in the delay locked loop allows a designer to achieve a desired delay locked loop operating characteristic after the delay locked loop has been fabricated. A representative value of the amount of adjustment desired in the leakage current may be stored and subsequently read to adjust the delay locked loop.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于制造后校准和调整延迟锁定环路漏电流的方法和装置。 校准和调整系统包括调整电路，调整漏电流补偿电路以补偿电容器的漏电流。 电容器连接到延迟锁定环路的控制电压。 在延迟锁定环路中的这种对漏电流的控制允许设计者在制造延迟锁定环路之后实现期望的延迟锁定环路工作特性。 可以存储泄漏电流期望的调整量的代表值，随后读取以调整延迟锁定环。

公开(公告)号：US06597219B1

公开(公告)日：2003-07-22

申请号：US10199422

申请日：2002-07-19

申请人： Pradeep Trivedi ,  Claude R. Gauthier ,  Dean Liu

发明人： Pradeep Trivedi ,  Claude R. Gauthier ,  Dean Liu

IPC分类号： H03L706

CPC分类号： H03L7/0891 ,  H03L7/0812

摘要： A delay locked loop design that uses a switch operatively connected to a loop filter capacitor to control a leakage current of the loop filter capacitor is provided. By positioning a switch in series with the loop filter capacitor, the leakage current of the loop filter capacitor may be controlled by switching the switch ‘on’ when a charge pump of the delay locked loop is ‘on’ and switching the switch ‘off’ when the charge pump is ‘off,’ thereby cumulatively reducing the leakage current of the loop filter capacitor throughput the operation of the delay locked loop. Control and reduction of the loop filter capacitor leakage current leads to more reliable and stable delay locked loop behavior.

摘要翻译： 提供了延迟锁定环设计，其使用可操作地连接到环路滤波电容器的开关来控制环路滤波电容器的漏电流。 通过将开关与环路滤波电容器串联定位，可以通过在延迟锁定环路的电荷泵“开”时切换开关“开”来控制环路滤波电容器的漏电流，并将开关“关闭” 当电荷泵“关闭”时，累积减少环路滤波电容器漏电流的吞吐量延迟锁定环路的运行。 控制和减少环路滤波电容器的漏电流导致更可靠和稳定的延迟锁定环行为。

公开(公告)号：US06597218B1

公开(公告)日：2003-07-22

申请号：US10131308

申请日：2002-04-24

申请人： Claude Gauthier ,  Brian Amick ,  Dean Liu ,  Pradeep Trivedi

发明人： Claude Gauthier ,  Brian Amick ,  Dean Liu ,  Pradeep Trivedi

IPC分类号： H03L706

CPC分类号： H03L7/0891 ,  H03L7/0812 ,  Y10S331/02

摘要： A technique Readjusting a bias-generator in a delay locked loop after fabrication of the delay locked loop. The technique involves use of an adjustment circuit operatively connected to the bias-generator, where the adjustment circuit is controllable to facilitate a modification of a voltage output by the bias-generator. Such control of the voltage output by the bias-generator allows a designer to achieve a desired delay locked loop performance characteristic after the delay locked loop has been fabricated.

摘要翻译： 一种技术在制造延迟锁定环路后，在延迟锁定环路中重新调整偏置发生器。 该技术涉及使用可操作地连接到偏置发生器的调节电路，其中调节电路是可控制的，以便于修正偏置发生器的电压输出。 由偏置发生器输出的电压的这种控制允许设计者在制造延迟锁定环路之后实现期望的延迟锁定环路性能特性。

公开(公告)号：US06806698B2

公开(公告)日：2004-10-19

申请号：US10078945

申请日：2002-02-19

申请人： Claude Gauthier ,  Brian Amick ,  Spencer Gold ,  Dean Liu ,  Kamran Zarrineh ,  Pradeep Trivedi

发明人： Claude Gauthier ,  Brian Amick ,  Spencer Gold ,  Dean Liu ,  Kamran Zarrineh ,  Pradeep Trivedi

IPC分类号： G01R2314

CPC分类号： H03M1/0621 ,  G01K7/01 ,  G01K7/32 ,  H03M1/60

摘要： A method and apparatus that uses the difference between two nodal voltages, such as a temperature-independent voltage and a temperature-dependent voltage, to determine the actual temperature at a point on an integrated circuit is provided. Further, a method and apparatus that converts a difference between nodal voltages in an integrated circuit from an analog to a digital quantity on the integrated circuit such that the difference in voltage may be used by an on-chip digital system is provided. Further, a method and apparatus for quantifying a difference in voltage between a first node and a second node of a temperature sensor is provided.

摘要翻译： 提供了使用两个节点电压之间的差异的方法和装置，例如与温度无关的电压和与温度有关的电压，以确定集成电路上的点处的实际温度。 此外，提供了一种将集成电路中的节点电压与集成电路中的数字量之间的差异转换为使得片上数字系统可以使用电压差的方法和装置。 此外，提供了用于量化温度传感器的第一节点和第二节点之间的电压差的方法和装置。

公开(公告)号：US06704680B2

公开(公告)日：2004-03-09

申请号：US10075205

申请日：2002-02-14

申请人： Brian Amick ,  Claude Gauthier ,  Pradeep Trivedi ,  Dean Liu

发明人： Brian Amick ,  Claude Gauthier ,  Pradeep Trivedi ,  Dean Liu

IPC分类号： G05F302

CPC分类号： G06F17/5036 ,  G01K15/00 ,  G06F17/5063

摘要： A method for optimizing a decoupling capacitance for an on-chip temperature sensor is provided. A representative power supply waveform having noise is input into a simulation of the on-chip temperature sensor; a difference between a temperature representative input and a temperature dependent output of the on-chip temperature sensor is determined; and an amount of the decoupling capacitance is adjusted until the difference falls below a pre-selected value. A computer system for optimizing a decoupling capacitance for an on-chip temperature sensor is also provided. A computer-readable medium having recorded thereon instructions executable by a processor for optimizing a decoupling capacitance for an on-chip temperature sensor is further provided.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于优化片上温度传感器的去耦电容的方法。 将具有噪声的代表性电源波形输入到片上温度传感器的仿真中; 确定温度代表性输入和片上温度传感器的与温度相关的输出之间的差异; 并且调整去耦电容的量，直到差降低到预选值以下。 还提供了一种用于优化片上温度传感器的去耦电容的计算机系统。 还提供了一种其上记录有可由处理器执行以用于优化用于片上温度传感器的去耦电容的指令的计算机可读介质。

公开(公告)号：US06593784B1

公开(公告)日：2003-07-15

申请号：US10131299

申请日：2002-04-24

申请人： Claude Gauthier ,  Brian Amick ,  Pradeep Trivedi ,  Dean Liu

发明人： Claude Gauthier ,  Brian Amick ,  Pradeep Trivedi ,  Dean Liu

IPC分类号： H03L706

CPC分类号： H03L7/0893 ,  H03L7/18

摘要： A technique for adjusting a bias-generator in a phase locked loop after fabrication of the phase locked loop is provided. The technique involves use of an adjustment circuit operatively connected to the bias-generator, where the adjustment circuit is controllable to facilitate a modification of a voltage output by the bias-generator. Such control of the voltage output by the bias-generator allows a designer to achieve a desired phase locked loop performance characteristic after the phase locked loop has been fabricated.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于在锁相环制造之后在锁相环中调整偏压发生器的技术。 该技术涉及使用可操作地连接到偏置发生器的调节电路，其中调节电路是可控制的，以便于修正偏置发生器的电压输出。 由偏置发生器输出的电压的这种控制允许设计者在制造了锁相环之后实现期望的锁相环性能特性。