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公开(公告)号:US20240364353A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-31
申请号:US18768179
申请日:2024-07-10
CPC分类号: H03L7/0991 , H03D13/001 , H03K3/12
摘要: Clock monitors for circuits having a plurality of oscillators. The clock monitors produce an error indication when one oscillator is determined to be outside of a desired operating range or beyond a defined threshold with respect to a second oscillator. The clock monitors include a synchronizer configured to receive a clock signal from a first oscillator of the plurality of oscillators and synchronize the received clock signal with a second oscillator and to produce a synchronized clock signal. The clock monitors can include a counter configured to produce a count value based on synchronized clock signal. The clock monitors include comparison circuitry configured to receive the count value and produce an error indication when the count value is outside a predetermined range. The clock monitors may be used to ensure correct clock operation for different transition scenarios, e.g., turning on or off a certain clock or power domain.
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公开(公告)号:US20240364263A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-31
申请号:US18396586
申请日:2023-12-26
发明人: Kang Yoon LEE , Dong Gyu KIM , Yeon Jae JUNG
CPC分类号: H03B5/1265 , H03L7/099 , H03L7/18 , H03B2200/0092
摘要: Disclosed is technology related to a signal synthesis apparatus that corrects an offset between a closed loop and an open loop to output a frequency-modulated signal. The signal synthesis apparatus includes a VCO configured to output a frequency signal in response to an input voltage, an energy storage unit configured to output a voltage using stored energy, a VCO input selector configured to connect the VCO to input of the energy storage unit in the case of a closed loop mode and connect the VCO to output of the energy storage unit in the case of an open loop mode, and a digital controller configured to control an operation mode of the VCO input selector and transmit an offset control signal for adjusting an offset of a voltage output from the energy storage unit to the energy storage unit.
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公开(公告)号:US12132490B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US18121404
申请日:2023-03-14
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Karim M Megawer , Jongmin Park , Thomas Mayer
CPC分类号: H03L7/083 , H03L7/0818 , H03L7/195
摘要: This disclosure is directed to PLLs, and, in particular, to enhancing PLL performance via gain calibration. PLL loop gain may vary with respect to process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) variation. To control the PLL loop gain, a gain calibration loop may be implemented. However, calibrating the loop gain by directly measuring the loop gain may be disadvantageous. To reduce or eliminate PLL loop gain variation due to PVT variation, a PLL having a loop gain function that is a function of an input phase offset time with a phase noise performance that remains consistent across PVT variations is disclosed. By determining a relationship between PLL loop gain and phase offset, detecting and calibrating phase offset may result in enhanced calibration of the PLL loop gain, while avoiding the additional difficulty and complexity associated with directly measuring loop gain of a PLL.
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公开(公告)号:US12130592B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US18152747
申请日:2023-01-10
发明人: Heng Lin
IPC分类号: G04F10/00 , H03L7/099 , H03M7/30 , H04L27/227
CPC分类号: G04F10/005 , G04F10/00 , H03L7/099 , H03M7/3084 , H04L27/2272
摘要: A time-to-digital converter apparatus and a converting method thereof are provided. An output signal of a first ring oscillator circuit is counted to generate a first digital code. An output signal of a second ring oscillator circuit is counted to generate a second digital code. A corresponding third digital code is generated according to a time point of phase coincidence between one of outputs of a plurality of first delay stages of the first ring oscillator circuit and one of outputs of a plurality of second delay stages of the second ring oscillator circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US20240348256A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-17
申请号:US18753394
申请日:2024-06-25
发明人: Tsung-Hsien Tsai , Jason Hsu , Ruey-Bin Sheen
CPC分类号: H03L7/0992 , H03L7/187
摘要: A tuning array selection circuit, together with a decoder and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), can be employed to overcome some disadvantages of previous methods of phase locked loops. For example, a VCO can include a coarse tuning array and a fine tuning array. A coarse tuning array can be used to tune a VCO to generate a signal within a wide frequency range. A fine tuning array can be used to tune a VCO to generate a signal within a narrow frequency range. In one embodiment, the narrow frequency range is within the wide frequency range. The tuning array selection circuit can coordinate selection of appropriate fine tuning devices and narrow tuning devices to reduce transition jitter and the risk of fail locking of phase locked loops.
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公开(公告)号:US12119823B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US18071162
申请日:2022-11-29
申请人: Open Silicon, Inc.
发明人: Santosh Mahadeo Narawade , Jithin K , Mohit Gupta
IPC分类号: H03K3/0231 , H03K3/014 , H03K3/03 , H03K5/133 , H03L7/099
CPC分类号: H03K3/0231 , H03K3/014 , H03K3/0315 , H03K5/133 , H03L7/0995 , H03K3/0322
摘要: Systems and methods are disclosed for wide frequency range voltage controlled oscillators. For example, an apparatus includes a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) including a delay cell which includes first and second current sources provided in parallel with one another. The first current source is controlled by a voltage control input connected to a voltage control terminal and the second current source is controlled by a bias voltage input connected to a bias voltage terminal. The first current source provides an alternate current path in the delay cell when the second current source is off. The delay cell is operable to receive an input and produce an output using the alternate current path.
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公开(公告)号:US12117489B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US17019239
申请日:2020-09-12
IPC分类号: G01R31/317 , G01R27/26 , G01R31/10 , H03B27/00 , H03L7/00
CPC分类号: G01R31/31727 , G01R27/2605 , G01R27/2617 , G01R31/10 , H03B27/00 , H03L7/00
摘要: A device for measuring characteristics of a wafer is provided. The device includes a first circuit on the wafer and having a first number of parallelly connected oscillators, and a second circuit on the wafer and having the first number of parallelly connected oscillators; wherein a first portion of the second circuit is disconnected from a second portion of the second circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US20240339996A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-10
申请号:US18295376
申请日:2023-04-04
CPC分类号: H03K5/1565 , H03L7/0814
摘要: A clock doubler circuit doubles the frequency of an input clock signal. The input clock signal is supplied to a duty cycle corrector (DCC) circuit, which generates a DCC output signal having a duty cycle corrected to fifty percent and has a frequency that equals the input frequency. A T/4 delay circuit receives the input clock signal and generates a T/4 delay output signal that has a delay of T/4 from the DCC output signal and has the same frequency as the input clock signal. T/4 is one quarter of a period of the input clock signal. An XOR gate combines the DCC output signal and the T/4 delay output signal to generate an output clock signal that is twice the frequency of the input clock signal. A duty cycle estimator generates correction factors used to generate the T/4 delay output signal and the DCC output signal.
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公开(公告)号:US12113887B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US17881417
申请日:2022-08-04
发明人: Seon-Ho Han , Young-Su Kwon
CPC分类号: H04L7/033 , H03L7/0807 , H03L7/093
摘要: Disclosed are a digital CDR circuit and a feedback loop circuit including the same. The digital CDR circuit includes a phase detector that receives an input signal and outputs a phase detection result signal corresponding to a determination result for a sampling time based on the input signal, a charge pump that receives the phase detection result signal and outputs an amplified signal obtained by multiplying the phase detection result signal by a gain, a loop filter that receives the amplified signal and filters the amplified signal to output a filtered signal, and a phase shift control code generator that generates a control signal for controlling a phase of a signal based on the filtered signal, and the input signal includes plural data signals and plural error signals, and the data signals and the error signals are digital signals which are quantized based on a signal magnitude.
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公开(公告)号:US12113540B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US17980663
申请日:2022-11-04
发明人: Daniel Lee
摘要: A system and method for synchronizing clocks. The system may include a master device having a reference clock and slave devices whose clocks may be synchronized with the reference clock. The master device may drive a light transmitter (e.g., LED) to produce a light pulse with each clock cycle of the reference clock. The light pluses may be distributed by a transmissive medium, such as a low cost optical fiber.
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