Delay locked loop circuitry for clock delay adjustment
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    Delay locked loop circuitry for clock delay adjustment 有权
    延迟锁定环电路,用于时钟延迟调整

    公开(公告)号:US06539072B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-03-25

    申请号:US09524402

    申请日:2000-03-13

    IPC分类号: H04L700

    摘要: Delay locked loop circuitry for generating a predetermined phase relationship between a pair of clocks. A first delay-locked loop includes a delay elements arranged in a chain, the chain receiving an input clock and generating, from each delay element, a set of phase vectors, each shifted a unit delay from the adjacent vector. The first delay-locked loop adjusts the unit delays in the delay chain using a delay adjustment signal so that the phase vectors span a predetermined phase shift of the input clock. A second delay-locked loop selects, from the first delay-locked loop, a pair of phase vectors which brackets the phase of an input clock. A phase interpolator receives the selected pair of vectors and generates an output clock and a delayed output clock, the amount of the delay being controlled by the delay adjustment signal of the first delay-locked loop circuitry. A phase detector compares the delayed output clock with the input clock and adjusts the phase interpolator, based on the phase comparison, so that the phase of the delayed output clock is in phase with the input clock. As a result, there is a predetermined phase relationship between the output clock and the input clock, the phase relationship being the amount of delay between the output clock and the delayed output clock. Different phase relationships between the input and output clock are possible depending on the number of unit delays used in the path of the delayed output clock or the output clock.

    摘要翻译: 延迟锁定环电路,用于在一对时钟之间产生预定的相位关系。 第一延迟锁定环包括布置在链中的延迟元件,所述链接收输入时钟,并且从每个延迟元件产生一组相位矢量,每组相移向量从相邻矢量移位单位延迟。 第一延迟锁定环路使用延迟调整信号来调整延迟链中的单元延迟,使得相位矢量跨越输入时钟的预定相移。 第二延迟锁定环路从第一延迟锁定环路中选择一对相对于输入时钟相位的相位矢量。 相位插值器接收所选择的一对矢量,并产生输出时钟和延迟输出时钟,延迟量由第一延迟锁定环电路的延迟调整信号控制。 相位检测器将延迟的输出时钟与输入时钟进行比较,并根据相位比较调节相位内插器,使得延迟输出时钟的相位与输入时钟同相。 结果,在输出时钟和输入时钟之间存在预定的相位关系,相位关系是输出时钟和延迟的输出时钟之间的延迟量。 根据在延迟输出时钟或输出时钟的路径中使用的单位延迟数,输入和输出时钟之间的不同相位关系是可能的。