LOW-POWER AND ALL-DIGITAL PHASE INTERPOLATOR-BASED CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY ARCHITECTURE
    1.
    发明申请
    LOW-POWER AND ALL-DIGITAL PHASE INTERPOLATOR-BASED CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY ARCHITECTURE 有权
    低功耗和全数字相位插值器的时钟和数据恢复架构

    公开(公告)号:US20140269783A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US13846688

    申请日:2013-03-18

    CPC classification number: H03L7/081 H03L7/07 H03L7/0814 H03L7/0998 H04J3/06

    Abstract: The proposed invention is about an improved method for serial-in and serial-out transceiver applications. The proposed system includes a dual loop phase locked loop (PLL) architecture having a PLL and a phase rotator (PR)-based delay locked loop (DLL). An advantage of this architecture is that a single PLL offers decoupled bandwidths; a wide jitter-tolerance (JTOL) bandwidth for receiving data and a narrow jitter transfer (JTRAN) bandwidth for the data transmission. Thus, the amount of jitter at the output can be substantially reduced relative to the input while offering sufficient jitter tracking bandwidth. Also, this architecture is suitable for low-power applications since a phase shifter in the data path, which is one of the most power-hungry blocks in conventional DPLL designs, is not required.

    Abstract translation: 所提出的发明是关于串行和串行收发器应用的改进方法。 所提出的系统包括具有PLL和基于相位旋转器(PR)的延迟锁定环(DLL)的双环路锁相环(PLL)架构。 该架构的优点是单个PLL提供去耦带宽; 用于接收数据的宽抖动容限(JTOL)带宽和用于数据传输的窄抖动传输(JTRAN)带宽。 因此,在提供足够的抖动跟踪带宽的同时,输出端的抖动量可以相对于输入显着减小。 此外,该架构适用于低功耗应用,因为数据通路中的移相器是传统DPLL设计中功耗最大的块之一。

    Adaptive optimum CDR bandwidth estimation by using a kalman gain extractor
    3.
    发明授权
    Adaptive optimum CDR bandwidth estimation by using a kalman gain extractor 有权
    通过使用卡尔曼增益提取器自适应优化CDR带宽估计

    公开(公告)号:US08938043B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-20

    申请号:US13833321

    申请日:2013-03-15

    CPC classification number: H04L7/007 H04L7/0331

    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a clock and data recovery (CDR) apparatus with adaptive optimum CDR bandwidth estimation by using a Kalman gain extractor. The Kalman gain extractor includes an off chip digital processor which receives a phase update information from the CDR outputs an estimated optimum Kalman gain obtained by extracting the standard deviation of step sizes of the accumulation jitter from the power spectral density (PSD) of the phase update information, and a on chip digital loop filter consists of a cyclic accumulator which accumulates the phase detector's output, a gain multiplier and a phase interpolator (or DCO) controller. The off chip digital processor includes a storage register, a fast Fourier transform (FFT) processor and an optimum Kalman gain estimator. The storage register stores the phase update information, from which the FFT processor extracts the PSD of the absolute input jitter. The optimum Kalman gain estimator calculates the optimum gain from the PSD of the accumulation jitter. The off chip digital processor may further include a gain calibrator to compensate for the variations in the transition density.

    Abstract translation: 本发明的示例性实施例涉及通过使用卡尔曼增益提取器具有自适应最佳CDR带宽估计的时钟和数据恢复(CDR)装置。 卡尔曼增益提取器包括离线数字处理器,其接收来自CDR的相位更新信息,输出通过从相位更新的功率谱密度(PSD)提取积累抖动的步长的标准偏差而获得的估计的最佳卡尔曼增益 信息和片上数字环路滤波器由积累相位检测器输出的循环累加器,增益乘法器和相位内插器(或DCO)控制器组成。 片外数字处理器包括存储寄存器,快速傅里叶变换(FFT)处理器和最佳卡尔曼增益估计器。 存储寄存器存储相位更新信息,FFT处理器从该存储器提取绝对输入抖动的PSD。 最佳卡尔曼增益估计器从累积抖动的PSD计算最佳增益。 片外数字处理器还可以包括增益校准器,以补偿转换密度的变化。

    Low-power and all-digital phase interpolator-based clock and data recovery architecture
    4.
    发明授权
    Low-power and all-digital phase interpolator-based clock and data recovery architecture 有权
    基于低功耗和全数字相位插值器的时钟和数据恢复架构

    公开(公告)号:US09166605B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-20

    申请号:US13846688

    申请日:2013-03-18

    CPC classification number: H03L7/081 H03L7/07 H03L7/0814 H03L7/0998 H04J3/06

    Abstract: The proposed invention is about an improved method for serial-in and serial-out transceiver applications. The proposed system includes a dual loop phase locked loop (PLL) architecture having a PLL and a phase rotator (PR)-based delay locked loop (DLL). An advantage of this architecture is that a single PLL offers decoupled bandwidths; a wide jitter-tolerance (JTOL) bandwidth for receiving data and a narrow jitter transfer (JTRAN) bandwidth for the data transmission. Thus, the amount of jitter at the output can be substantially reduced relative to the input while offering sufficient jitter tracking bandwidth. Also, this architecture is suitable for low-power applications since a phase shifter in the data path, which is one of the most power-hungry blocks in conventional DPLL designs, is not required.

    Abstract translation: 所提出的发明是关于串行和串行收发器应用的改进方法。 所提出的系统包括具有PLL和基于相位旋转器(PR)的延迟锁定环(DLL)的双环路锁相环(PLL)架构。 该架构的优点是单个PLL提供去耦带宽; 用于接收数据的宽抖动容限(JTOL)带宽和用于数据传输的窄抖动传输(JTRAN)带宽。 因此,在提供足够的抖动跟踪带宽的同时,输出端的抖动量可以相对于输入显着减小。 此外,该架构适用于低功耗应用,因为数据路径中的移相器是传统DPLL设计中功耗最大的块之一。

    Internal jitter tolerance tester with an internal jitter generator
    5.
    发明授权
    Internal jitter tolerance tester with an internal jitter generator 有权
    具有内部抖动发生器的内部抖动容限测试仪

    公开(公告)号:US09065653B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-23

    申请号:US14070249

    申请日:2013-11-01

    CPC classification number: H04L1/205 G01R31/31709 H04L1/244

    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to an internal jitter tolerance tester. The internal jitter tolerance tester may include a digital loop filter consisting of a cyclic accumulator which accumulates a phase detector's output, a gain multiplier, an internal accumulated jitter generator (or an internal sinusoid jitter generator), and a phase rotator (or DCO) controller.The internal accumulated jitter generator may include a PRBS generator, a digital loop filter, an accumulator, and a gain controller. The accumulated jitter generator also may be replaced with the internal sinusoid jitter generator. The internal sinusoid jitter generator may include a counter, a sinusoid jitter profile lookup table, and a gain controller.

    Abstract translation: 本发明的示例性实施例涉及内部抖动容限测试器。 内部抖动容差测试器可以包括一个数字环路滤波器,它包括累积相位检测器的输出的循环累加器,增益乘法器,内部累积抖动发生器(或内部正弦曲线抖动发生器)以及相位旋转器(或DCO)控制器 。 内部累积抖动发生器可以包括PRBS发生器,数字环路滤波器,累加器和增益控制器。 累积的抖动发生器也可以用内部正弦曲线发生器代替。 内部正弦曲线抖动发生器可以包括计数器,正弦曲线抖动曲线查找表和增益控制器。

    Low-power highly-accurate passive multiphase clock generation scheme by using polyphase filters
    6.
    发明授权
    Low-power highly-accurate passive multiphase clock generation scheme by using polyphase filters 有权
    低功耗高精度无源多相时钟生成方案采用多相滤波器

    公开(公告)号:US08774336B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-08

    申请号:US13833407

    申请日:2013-03-15

    CPC classification number: H04L7/00 H03L7/0807 H03L7/0814 H04L7/0337

    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a low-power highly-accurate passive multiphase clock generation scheme by using polyphase filters. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be low power phase-rotator-based 25 GB/s CDR architecture in case that half-rate reference clock is provided. It may be suitable for multi-lane scheme and incorporate phase interpolator with improved phase accuracy to make Nyquist-sampling clock phase. To improve the phase accuracy, poly phase filter may be used for converting 4-phase to 8-phase and interpolate adjacent 45 degree different phases. The linearity of phase rotator may be improved by proposed harmonic rejection poly phase filter (HRPPF) using the characteristic of notch filter response.

    Abstract translation: 本发明的示例性实施例涉及通过使用多相滤波器的低功率高精度无源多相时钟生成方案。 在提供半速率参考时钟的情况下,本发明的示例性实施例可以是基于低功率相位旋转器的25GB / s CDR架构。 它可能适用于多通道方案,并且并入具有提高的相位精度的相位内插器,以使奈奎斯特采样时钟相位。 为了提高相位精度,多相滤波器可用于将4相转换为8相,并内插相邻的45度相位。 通过使用陷波滤波器响应的特性,提出的谐波抑制多相滤波器(HRPPF)可以改善相位旋转器的线性度。

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