Systems and methods for PLL gain calibration and duty cycle calibration using shared phase detector

    公开(公告)号:US12119830B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-15

    申请号:US18120819

    申请日:2023-03-13

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H03L7/083 H03L7/081 H03L7/195

    摘要: This disclosure is directed to enhancing PLL performance via gain calibration and duty cycle calibration. It may be desirable to perform loop gain and duty cycle calibration simultaneously. However, doing so may result in prohibitive complexity and/or area/power penalty. To enable loop gain calibration and duty cycle calibration simultaneously, the duty cycle error and the gain error may be detected in the time domain, which may enable duty cycle calibration and loop gain calibration circuitries to share a phase detector. Detecting the duty cycle error and the loop gain error in the time domain may be accomplished by implementing an analog or digital PLL system, wherein the loop gain of the PLL system is a function of the input phase offset time.

    Clock scheme circuit and a mobile double data rate memory using the clock scheme circuit

    公开(公告)号:US12063043B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-13

    申请号:US18170088

    申请日:2023-02-16

    申请人: MEDIATEK INC.

    发明人: Guan-Yu Su

    IPC分类号: H03L7/081 H03L7/099 H03L7/18

    摘要: A clock scheme circuit with low power consumption is shown. A local clock generator is coupled to a global clock generator through a global clock trace to receive a global clock signal, and generate a local clock signal based on the global clock signal. The local clock generator uses a frequency multiplier to multiply the frequency of the global clock signal by a multiplication factor of not less than 1. Thus, the global clock signal transferred through the global clock trace can be a lower-frequency signal in comparison with the local clock signal. The power consumption along the global clock trace is considerably reduced.

    Delay lock loop circuits and methods for operating same

    公开(公告)号:US12057846B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-06

    申请号:US18301299

    申请日:2023-04-17

    IPC分类号: H03L7/081 H03L7/095

    摘要: Digital delay lock circuits and methods for operating digital delay lock circuits are provided. A phase detector is configured to receive first and second clock signals and generate a digital signal indicating a relationship between a phase of the first clock signal and a phase of the second clock signal. A phase accumulator circuit is configured to receive the digital signal and generate a phase signal based on values of the digital signal over multiple clock cycles. A decoder is configured to receive the phase signal and generate a digital control word based on the phase signal. A delay element is configured to receive the digital control word. The delay element is further configured to change the relationship between the phase of the first clock signal and the phase of the second clock signal by modifying the phase of the second clock signal according to the digital control word.

    CONTROL CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240233809A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18519679

    申请日:2023-11-27

    发明人: Shinya OKUNO

    摘要: A control circuit includes a control unit, a delay line unit, and a detection unit. The delay line unit delays an input clock signal based on the delay amount and generates an output clock signal. The detection unit performs a detection operation to detect the number of delayed clock cycles from the input clock signal to the output clock signal. The control unit changes the delay amount during a delay operation and controls the delay line unit so that the input clock signal is synchronized with the output clock signal. Before the delay operation, the detection unit performs the detection operation multiple times and detects a plurality of numbers of delayed clock cycles. The control unit sets the delay amount for the detection operation and sets the delay amount for the delay operation according to plurality of detected numbers of delayed clock cycles.

    Methods and apparatus to retime data using a programmable delay

    公开(公告)号:US12028079B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-02

    申请号:US18115682

    申请日:2023-02-28

    IPC分类号: H03L7/081 H03L7/085

    摘要: An example apparatus includes: digitally locked loop (DLL) circuitry coupled to a clock terminal and configured to generate a plurality of delayed clocks at a plurality of delayed clock terminals based on a reference clock of the clock terminal; first retimer circuitry coupled to the plurality of delayed clock terminals, a first data terminal, and a second data terminal, the first retimer circuitry configured to delay and serialize data of the first data terminal and the second data terminal using at least one of the delayed clocks of the plurality of delayed clock terminals; and second retimer circuitry coupled to the plurality of delayed clock terminals, a third data terminal, and a fourth data terminal, the second retimer circuitry configured to delay and serialize data of the third data terminal and the fourth data terminal.

    CLOCK SIGNAL NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE AND NOISE REDUCTION METHOD, AND MULTI-PHASE DELAY PHASE-LOCKED LOOP

    公开(公告)号:US20240195421A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18415692

    申请日:2024-01-18

    发明人: Yang Yang Xu Guo

    IPC分类号: H03L7/081 H03L7/099

    CPC分类号: H03L7/0818 H03L7/0992

    摘要: The present disclosure discloses a clock signal noise reduction device and noise reduction method, and a multi-phase delay phase-locked loop. The clock signal noise reduction device includes a phase generator, a phase selector, and a frequency divider. The phase generator is configured to generate a multi-phase clock signal based on an input signal. The phase selector has an input end connected with an output end of the phase generator, and is configured to select a channel of the multi-phase clock signal based on phase information and assign a delay of a preset period to a clock signal of the selected channel. The preset period is less than a cycle period of the multi-phase clock signal. The frequency divider has an input end connected to an output end of the phase selector, and is configured to perform fractional frequency division on the multi-phase clock signal delayed by the preset period.

    Systems and methods for providing a delay-locked loop with coarse tuning technique

    公开(公告)号:US11990913B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-21

    申请号:US18079424

    申请日:2022-12-12

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H03L7/081 H03L7/085

    CPC分类号: H03L7/0818 H03L7/085

    摘要: To increase the operating frequency range of the DLL while decreasing varactor sizes, coarse tuning circuitry may be implemented in a delay-locked loop (DLL). The DLL may include a voltage-controlled delay line (VCDL) including multiple switched capacitors coupled in parallel to each other. An electrical ground may be coupled to the parallel switched capacitors at a first node and a buffer and variable capacitor may be coupled to the parallel switched capacitors at a second node. The coarse tuning circuitry may be electrically coupled to a phase detector and to the multiple switched capacitors of the VCDL, such that the coarse tuning circuitry may receive a signal (e.g., an indication of a phase) from the phase detector and may adjust switched capacitor loading based on the signal received from the phase detector. Such a DLL implementation may increase DLL tuning range and decrease phase noise, among other advantages.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A DELAY-LOCKED LOOP WITH COARSE TUNING TECHNIQUE

    公开(公告)号:US20240106440A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US18079424

    申请日:2022-12-12

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H03L7/081 H03L7/085

    CPC分类号: H03L7/0818 H03L7/085

    摘要: To increase the operating frequency range of the DLL while decreasing varactor sizes, coarse tuning circuitry may be implemented in a delay-locked loop (DLL). The DLL may include a voltage-controlled delay line (VCDL) including multiple switched capacitors coupled in parallel to each other. An electrical ground may be coupled to the parallel switched capacitors at a first node and a buffer and variable capacitor may be coupled to the parallel switched capacitors at a second node. The coarse tuning circuitry may be electrically coupled to a phase detector and to the multiple switched capacitors of the VCDL, such that the coarse tuning circuitry may receive a signal (e.g., an indication of a phase) from the phase detector and may adjust switched capacitor loading based on the signal received from the phase detector. Such a DLL implementation may increase DLL tuning range and decrease phase noise, among other advantages.