公开(公告)号：US09224685B1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-29

申请号：US13416137

申请日：2012-03-09

申请人： Weiqi Ding ,  Wilson Wong ,  Shuxian Chen ,  Jeffrey T. Watt

发明人： Weiqi Ding ,  Wilson Wong ,  Shuxian Chen ,  Jeffrey T. Watt

IPC分类号： H01L23/522 ,  H01L49/02

CPC分类号： H01L23/5226 ,  H01L23/522 ,  H01L23/5223 ,  H01L23/5225 ,  H01L28/82 ,  H01L28/86 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A metal-oxide-metal (MOM) capacitor structure is disclosed. The MOM capacitor includes a plurality of layers, each layer having a plurality of electrodes. The plurality of electrodes, separated by oxide layers, forms a first plate and a second plate of the MOM capacitor. The plurality of electrodes on each of the layers is coupled to a plurality of electrodes on an adjacent layer through a plurality of vias. A shield layer is coupled to each of the electrodes that forms the second plate of the MOM capacitor on each of the plurality of layers.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种金属氧化物金属（MOM）电容器结构。 MOM电容器包括多个层，每层具有多个电极。 由氧化物层分隔开的多个电极形成MOM电容器的第一板和第二板。 每个层上的多个电极通过多个通孔耦合到相邻层上的多个电极。 屏蔽层耦合到在多个层中的每一层上形成MOM电容器的第二板的每个电极。

公开(公告)号：US08933751B1

公开(公告)日：2015-01-13

申请号：US13475678

申请日：2012-05-18

申请人： Wilson Wong ,  Weiqi Ding ,  Shuxian Chen ,  Simardeep Maangat ,  Albert Ratnakumar

发明人： Wilson Wong ,  Weiqi Ding ,  Shuxian Chen ,  Simardeep Maangat ,  Albert Ratnakumar

IPC分类号： H03F3/45 ,  H01G4/40 ,  H03F1/56

CPC分类号： H01G4/40 ,  H01G17/00 ,  H03F1/56

摘要： A first trimming capacitor having a first terminal and a second terminal is coupled in parallel between a first terminal and a second terminal of a first capacitor. The first trimming capacitor comprises a first plurality of switched capacitors having different capacitances coupled in parallel. Each of the switched capacitors comprises a switch capacitor and a switch coupled in series. In an illustrative application the first capacitor and the first trimming capacitor are coupled between an output terminal of an operational amplifier (op-amp) and an inverting input terminal of the op-amp. A second capacitor and a second trimming capacitor similar to the first capacitor and the first trimming capacitor are coupled between an input and the inverting input terminal of the op-amp.

摘要翻译： 具有第一端子和第二端子的第一微调电容器并联耦合在第一电容器的第一端子和第二端子之间。 第一微调电容器包括具有并联耦合的不同电容的第一多个开关电容器。 每个开关电容器包括开关电容器和串联耦合的开关。 在说明性应用中，第一电容器和第一微调电容器耦合在运算放大器（运算放大器）的输出端和运算放大器的反相输入端之间。 类似于第一电容器和第一微调电容器的第二电容器和第二微调电容器耦合在运算放大器的输入端和反相输入端子之间。

公开(公告)号：US08127215B2

公开(公告)日：2012-02-28

申请号：US13151717

申请日：2011-06-02

申请人： Weiqi Ding ,  Sergey Shumarayev ,  Wilson Wong ,  Thungoc M. Tran ,  Tim Tri Hoang

发明人： Weiqi Ding ,  Sergey Shumarayev ,  Wilson Wong ,  Thungoc M. Tran ,  Tim Tri Hoang

IPC分类号： H03M13/03

CPC分类号： H04L25/45

摘要： A loss-of-signal detector includes digital and analog monitoring of incoming data. The incoming signal is compared digitally to at least one predetermined pattern that may indicate a loss of signal, and also is monitored by an analog detector that detects transitions in the data. If the digital comparison fails to match any of the at least one predetermined pattern, or if transitions are detected by the analog monitoring, even if the digital comparison produces a pattern match, then loss of signal is not indicated.

摘要翻译： 信号丢失检测器包括对输入数据进行数字和模拟监测。 输入信号被数字地比较为可以指示信号丢失的至少一个预定模式，并且还由检测数据中的转换的模拟检测器监视。 如果数字比较不能匹配至少一个预定模式中的任何一个，或者如果通过模拟监视检测到转换，即使数字比较产生模式匹配，则不指示信号丢失。

公开(公告)号：US08111784B1

公开(公告)日：2012-02-07

申请号：US12082483

申请日：2008-04-11

申请人： Weiqi Ding ,  Mingde Pan ,  Wilson Wong ,  Sergey Shumarayev ,  Peng Li

发明人： Weiqi Ding ,  Mingde Pan ,  Wilson Wong ,  Sergey Shumarayev ,  Peng Li

IPC分类号： H04L25/06

CPC分类号： H04L25/063

摘要： Methods and apparatus for gathering information about the eye of a high-speed serial data signal include sampling each bit of a repeating, multi-bit data pattern at several eye slice locations. For any given eye slice location, each bit in the data pattern is compared in voltage to a base line reference signal voltage to establish a reference value for that bit. Then the reference signal voltage is gradually increased while the voltage comparisons are repeated until for some bit a result of the comparing is different than the reference value for that bit. This establishes an upper value for the eye at the eye slice location. The reference signal voltage is then gradually decreased to similarly find a lower value for that eye slice.

摘要翻译： 用于收集关于高速串行数据信号的眼睛的信息的方法和装置包括在几个眼睛切片位置采样重复的多位数据模式的每一位。 对于任何给定的眼片位置，将数据模式中的每个位在电压中与基线参考信号电压进行比较，以建立该位的参考值。 然后在重复电压比较时，参考信号电压逐渐增加，直到比较结果的一些位与该位的参考值不同。 这在眼部切片位置建立了眼睛的上限值。 然后，参考信号电压逐渐减小，以类似地找到该眼片的较低值。

公开(公告)号：US07821343B1

公开(公告)日：2010-10-26

申请号：US12229813

申请日：2008-08-27

申请人： Wilson Wong ,  Sergey Shumarayev ,  Allen Chan ,  Weiqi Ding

发明人： Wilson Wong ,  Sergey Shumarayev ,  Allen Chan ,  Weiqi Ding

IPC分类号： H03L7/00

CPC分类号： H03L7/23

摘要： A transmitter that includes a first phase locked loop (PLL) and a second PLL coupled to the first PLL is described. In one implementation, the first PLL is an inductance-capacitance (LC) type PLL and the second PLL is a ring type PLL. Also, in one embodiment, the transmitter further includes a PLL selection multiplexer coupled to the first and second PLLs, where the PLL selection multiplexer receives an output of the first PLL and an output of the second PLL and outputs either the output of the first PLL or the output of the second PLL. In one implementation, a control signal for controlling selection by the PLL selection multiplexer is programmable at runtime. In one implementation, the transmitter of the present invention further includes a clock generation block coupled to the PLL selection multiplexer, a serializer block coupled to the clock generation block and a transmit driver block coupled to the serializer block. In one embodiment, the transmit driver block includes only one post-tap pre-driver and only one main-tap pre-driver. The transmitter of the present invention is capable of operating in a wide range mode or a low jitter mode by selecting the appropriate PLL. In wide range mode, a wider frequency range is desirable. On the other hand, in low jitter mode, a low jitter is desirable.

摘要翻译： 描述了包括耦合到第一PLL的第一锁相环（PLL）和第二PLL的发射机。 在一个实现中，第一PLL是电感 - 电容（LC）型PLL，第二PLL是环型PLL。 此外，在一个实施例中，发射机还包括耦合到第一和第二PLL的PLL选择多路复用器，其中PLL选择多路复用器接收第一PLL的输出和第二PLL的输出，并输出第一PLL的输出 或第二PLL的输出。 在一个实现中，用于控制PLL选择多路复用器的选择的控制信号在运行时可编程。 在一个实现中，本发明的发射机还包括耦合到PLL选择多路复用器的时钟产生模块，耦合到时钟产生模块的串行器模块和耦合到串行器模块的发送驱动器模块。 在一个实施例中，发射驱动器块仅包括一个抽头前驱动器和仅一个主抽头预驱动器。 本发明的发射机能够通过选择适当的PLL在宽范围模式或低抖动模式下工作。 在宽范围模式下，需要较宽的频率范围。 另一方面，在低抖动模式中，需要低抖动。

公开(公告)号：US08836443B2

公开(公告)日：2014-09-16

申请号：US13617347

申请日：2012-09-14

申请人： Weiqi Ding ,  Sergey Shumarayev ,  Wilson Wong ,  Ali Atesoglu ,  Sharat Babu Ippili

发明人： Weiqi Ding ,  Sergey Shumarayev ,  Wilson Wong ,  Ali Atesoglu ,  Sharat Babu Ippili

IPC分类号： H01L23/66 ,  H03B5/08 ,  H03C3/22 ,  H01F27/29 ,  H03B5/12 ,  H01F27/28 ,  H01F21/12

CPC分类号： H03B5/1212 ,  H01F2021/125 ,  H01F2027/2809 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H03B5/1243 ,  H03B5/1268 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： Integrated circuits with phase-locked loops are provided. Phase-locked loops may include an oscillator, a phase-frequency detector, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage-controlled oscillator, and a programmable divider. The voltage-controlled oscillator may include multiple inductors, an oscillator circuit, and a buffer circuit. A selected one of the multiple inductors may be actively connected to the oscillator circuit. The voltage-controlled oscillators may have multiple oscillator circuits. Each oscillator circuit may be connected to a respective inductor, may include a varactor, and may be powered by a respective voltage regulator. Each oscillator circuit may be coupled to a respective input transistor pair in the buffer circuit through associated coupling capacitors. A selected one of the oscillator circuits may be turned on during normal operation by supplying a high voltage to the selected one of the oscillator circuit and by supply a ground voltage to the remaining oscillator circuits.

摘要翻译： 提供具有锁相环的集成电路。 锁相环可以包括振荡器，相位频率检测器，电荷泵，环路滤波器，压控振荡器和可编程分频器。 压控振荡器可以包括多个电感器，振荡器电路和缓冲电路。 多个电感器中选择的一个可以主动地连接到振荡器电路。 压控振荡器可以具有多个振荡器电路。 每个振荡器电路可以连接到相应的电感器，可以包括变容二极管，并且可以由相应的电压调节器供电。 每个振荡器电路可以通过相关联的耦合电容器耦合到缓冲电路中的相应输入晶体管对。 所选择的一个振荡器电路可以在正常操作期间通过向所选振荡器电路中的一个提供高电压并且向剩余的振荡器电路提供接地电压而导通。

公开(公告)号：US08184651B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-22

申请号：US12100360

申请日：2008-04-09

申请人： Allen Chan ,  Sergey Shumarayev ,  Wilson Wong ,  Weiqi Ding

发明人： Allen Chan ,  Sergey Shumarayev ,  Wilson Wong ,  Weiqi Ding

IPC分类号： H04L12/56

CPC分类号： H04L49/30 ,  H04L49/352

摘要： An integrated circuit (e.g., a programmable integrated circuit such as a programmable microcontroller, a programmable logic device, etc.) includes programmable circuitry and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) transceiver circuitry. The programmable circuitry and the transceiver circuitry may be configured to implement the physical (PHY) layer of the 10 GbE networking specification. This integrated circuit may then be coupled to an optical transceiver module in order to transmit and receive 10 GbE optical signals. The transceiver circuitry and interface circuitry that connects the transceiver circuitry with the programmable circuitry may be hard-wired or partially hard-wired.

摘要翻译： 集成电路（例如可编程集成电路，例如可编程微控制器，可编程逻辑器件等）包括可编程电路和10千兆以太网（10GbE）收发器电路。 可编程电路和收发器电路可以被配置为实现10GbE网络规范的物理（PHY）层。 该集成电路然后可以耦合到光收发器模块，以便发送和接收10GbE光信号。 将收发器电路与可编程电路连接的收发器电路和接口电路可以是硬接线或部分硬接线的。

公开(公告)号：US20110235756A1

公开(公告)日：2011-09-29

申请号：US13151717

申请日：2011-06-02

申请人： Weiqi Ding ,  Sergey Shumarayev ,  Wilson Wong ,  Thungoc M. Tran ,  Tim Tri Hoang

发明人： Weiqi Ding ,  Sergey Shumarayev ,  Wilson Wong ,  Thungoc M. Tran ,  Tim Tri Hoang

IPC分类号： H04L27/06

CPC分类号： H04L25/45

摘要： A loss-of-signal detector includes digital and analog monitoring of incoming data. The incoming signal is compared digitally to at least one predetermined pattern that may indicate a loss of signal, and also is monitored by an analog detector that detects transitions in the data. If the digital comparison fails to match any of the at least one predetermined pattern, or if transitions are detected by the analog monitoring, even if the digital comparison produces a pattern match, then loss of signal is not indicated.

摘要翻译： 信号丢失检测器包括对输入数据进行数字和模拟监测。 输入信号被数字地比较为可以指示信号丢失的至少一个预定模式，并且还由检测数据中的转换的模拟检测器监视。 如果数字比较不能匹配至少一个预定模式中的任何一个，或者如果通过模拟监视检测到转换，即使数字比较产生模式匹配，则不指示信号丢失。

公开(公告)号：US07759972B1

公开(公告)日：2010-07-20

申请号：US11981934

申请日：2007-10-31

申请人： Sergey Shumarayev ,  Wilson Wong ,  Weiqi Ding ,  Thungoc M. Tran ,  Tim Tri Hoang

发明人： Sergey Shumarayev ,  Wilson Wong ,  Weiqi Ding ,  Thungoc M. Tran ,  Tim Tri Hoang

IPC分类号： H01L25/00

CPC分类号： H03K19/177

摘要： An integrated circuit device such as a programmable logic device (“PLD”) includes a plurality of blocks of legacy circuitry. These legacy blocks leave at least one corner of the device unoccupied by such legacy circuitry. This at least one corner is used for relatively newly developed circuitry so as to simplify and speed the design of relatively new circuitry, to avoid having to significantly redesign any of the legacy circuitry to give the device the capabilities of the new circuitry, etc. The relatively newly developed circuitry may be high-speed serial data signal interface (“HSSI”) circuitry that is capable of operating at serial data rates faster than any legacy HSSI circuitry on the device.

摘要翻译： 诸如可编程逻辑器件（“PLD”）的集成电路器件包括多个遗留电路块。 这些传统块离开设备的至少一个角落，不被这种遗留电路占用。 这个至少一个角用于相对新开发的电路，以便简化和加速相对新的电路的设计，以避免必须重新设计任何传统电路以给予设备新电路的能力等。 相对新开发的电路可以是高速串行数据信号接口（“HSSI”）电路，其能够以比设备上的任何传统HSSI电路更快的串行数据速率工作。

公开(公告)号：US08754794B1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-17

申请号：US13558136

申请日：2012-07-25

申请人： Wei Li ,  Weiqi Ding ,  Wilson Wong

发明人： Wei Li ,  Weiqi Ding ,  Wilson Wong

IPC分类号： H03M1/10

CPC分类号： H03M1/1057 ,  H03M1/1028 ,  H03M1/164

摘要： An integrated circuit with a pipeline analog-to-digital (A/D) converter and associated calibration circuitry is provided. The A/D converter may include multiple series-connected pipeline stages at least some of which are implemented using a switched capacitor configuration. The calibration circuitry may include an analog error correction circuit, a digital error correction circuit, and a calibration control circuit for coordinating the operation of the analog and digital error correction circuits. During calibration operations, the analog error correction circuit may be used to suitably adjust a gain setting for each pipeline stage, whereas the digital error correction circuit may be used to compute a code offset value for each pipeline stage. Calibration may proceed from a least-significant-bit pipeline stage towards a most-significant-bit pipeline stage, one stage at a time.

摘要翻译： 提供了具有管线模数（A / D）转换器和相关校准电路的集成电路。 A / D转换器可以包括多个串联连接的流水线级，其中至少一些使用开关电容器配置来实现。 校准电路可以包括模拟误差校正电路，数字误差校正电路和用于协调模拟和数字纠错电路的操作的校准控制电路。 在校准操作期间，可以使用模拟错误校正电路来适当地调整每个流水线级的增益设置，而数字纠错电路可以用于计算每个流水线级的代码偏移值。 校准可以从最低有效位流水线阶段进入最高有效位流水线阶段，一次一个阶段。