摘要:
A segment selectable signal conditioning circuit and a measurement device are provided. The circuit outputs respective voltage threshold signals through various voltage threshold sub-circuits. The voltage threshold signals are preset to have different threshold values. Each segment voltage conditioning sub-circuit conditions the input voltage signal according to the corresponding conduction signal to obtain a corresponding output voltage signal. The selection circuit receives the input voltage signal and each voltage threshold signal, and compares the voltage value of the input voltage signal to the threshold value of each voltage threshold signal respectively, and outputs the corresponding conduction signal based on the comparison result to achieve segment selectable voltage signal conditioning.
摘要:
A MOSFET active-disable switch is configured to clip an incoming signal in opposing directions when in an off state. By one approach the clipping is symmetrical and accordingly the switch clips both positive and negative peaks of the incoming signal. In many application settings it is useful for the clipping to serve to decrease a predetermined kind of resultant distortion such as even order distortion. In the on state this MOSFET active-disable switch is configured to not clip the incoming signal in opposing directions.
摘要:
Receivers for memory interfaces and related methods are disclosed having pulsed control of input signal attenuation networks. Embodiments include a DC common mode attenuation network, an AC coupling network, a pulse generator, and an amplifier. The pulse generator receives the output of the amplifier and generates a pulse signal that in part controls the operation of the attenuation network. The attenuation network generates an attenuated signal having reduced DC common mode levels. This attenuated signal is combined with an AC component passed by the AC coupling network. The resulting combined signal is detected and amplified by the amplifier. Different voltage domains are used for the attenuation network and the AC coupling network as compared to the amplifier and the pulse generator. By attenuating DC common mode levels while maintaining AC signal levels, the disclosed embodiments allow for proper signal detection over a wide range of DC common mode levels.
摘要:
An interface circuit includes a receiver, a first terminal resistor, a second terminal resistor, a switch circuit and a switch control circuit. The receiver has a first channel and a second channel. The first channel receives a first channel voltage, and the second channel receives a second channel voltage. According to the first channel voltage and the second channel voltage, the switch control circuit controls the switch circuit to discharge a common mode capacitor before the first terminal resistor or the second terminal resistor couple to the common mode capacitor.
摘要:
A binarization circuit for binarizing a pulsative analog signal includes: a first comparator circuit for reversing an output signal when the analog signal becomes smaller than a threshold voltage and when the analog signal becomes larger than a high side threshold voltage; a second comparator circuit for reversing an output signal when the analog signal becomes larger than the threshold voltage and when the analog signal becomes smaller than a low side threshold voltage; and a selector circuit for inputting the output signals from the first and second comparator circuits and for reversing an output signal when the analog signal becomes smaller than the threshold voltage and when the analog signal becomes larger than the threshold voltage.
摘要:
A programmable PLL including a receiver, a phase frequency detector, a charge pump, and a VCO. The receiver includes a programmable capacitor voltage divider that shifts voltage of an input clock to provide a level-shifted clock. The AC interface includes a state detection and correction circuit that ensures proper state of the level-shifted clock. The PLL includes a pulse delay modulator for generating delayed clock control signals. The VCO includes a programmable phase control circuit that dynamically adjusts phase using the delayed clock control signals. The VCO circuit includes a ring oscillator circuit with one or more phase control nodes. The programmable phase control circuit selectively couples devices to the phase control node using the clock control signals to adjust phase. The devices may be capacitors or transistors, each switched using switches controlled by the delayed clock control signals. The capacitors may be metal capacitors or semiconductor transistor capacitors.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for detecting leading pulse edges of a signal includes a controller, hysteresis threshold comparators and qualification timers. The controller uses the outputs from the timers in order to determine whether or not a transition of the input signal constitutes a leading pulse edge of the input signal.
摘要:
The present invention concerns an apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a reference output voltage in response to a plurality of reference voltages. The second circuit may be configured to generate an output voltage in response to the reference output voltage and an unknown voltage. The output voltage may comprise accurately controlled hysteresis.
摘要:
An object of the invention is to prevent an erroneous operation of the internal circuits due to glitches and to dispense with a circuit as a countermeasure against glitches. There are provided a low-value threshold detector, a high-value threshold detector, and a set/reset latch circuit. The low-value threshold detector receives two differential data input DATA+ and DATA− signals and detects whether both input signals are lower than a first threshold voltage. The high-value threshold detector receives the input DATA+ and DATA− signals and detects whether one of the input signals is higher than a second threshold voltage. And the set/reset latch circuit is used for outputting an SE0 signal. the set/reset latch circuit is set when the levels of both input DATA+ and DATA− signals are lower than or equal to the first threshold voltage, and is reset when one of the levels of the input DATA+ and DATA− signals is higher than or equal to the second threshold voltage.
摘要:
A DC-coupled data slicer operates on a baseband signal based on a variable threshold and an AC-coupled data slicer operates on the baseband signal based on a fixed threshold. The variable threshold is initially set to a stored threshold value corresponding to a previously used value of the variable threshold. Differences between DC-coupled sliced data and the AC-coupled sliced data are determined and used to adjust the variable threshold. In one embodiment, the AC-coupled data slicer is characterized by a settling time constant. The variable threshold is not adjusted until expiration of a predetermined delay preferably set to be a multiple of the settling time constant. After expiry of the predetermined delay, adjustments to the variable threshold are made to correct any detected variances in the expected duty cycle of the DC-coupled data slicer output. In this manner, the present invention overcomes the problems resulting from settling times inherent in prior art techniques.