Frequency regulator and frequency regulating method thereof, and electronic device

    公开(公告)号:US11101806B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-24

    申请号:US16633638

    申请日:2019-01-02

    Abstract: A frequency regulator and a frequency regulating method thereof, and an electronic device are disclosed. The frequency regulator includes: a signal processing circuit configured to generate a frequency control word according to a frequency regulating coefficient and an input frequency; and a frequency regulating circuit configured to receive the frequency control word and to generate and output an output signal having a target frequency according to the frequency control word. The frequency regulating coefficient is an arbitrary positive real number and is expressed as M.m, M is an integer portion of the frequency regulating coefficient and is a natural number, and m is a decimal portion of the frequency regulating coefficient.

    A DIGITAL CLOCK CIRCUIT FOR GENERATING HIGH-RATIO FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION CLOCK SIGNAL

    公开(公告)号:US20210119618A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-22

    申请号:US16975267

    申请日:2019-10-21

    Abstract: A digital clock circuit is provided. The digital clock circuit includes a first sub-circuit comprising a first digitally-controlled oscillator driven by a frequency control word to control a first output frequency synthesized from multiple first pulses, and a first frequency divider to generate a trigger signal having a frequency equal to 1/M of the first output frequency. The digital clock circuit also includes a second sub-circuit comprising a loop of feedback including a frequency detector to compare an input frequency with a feedback frequency, a controller to adjust the frequency control word, a second digitally-controlled oscillator driven by the frequency control word plus a constant to control a second output frequency synthesized from multiple second pulses induced by the trigger signal, and a second frequency divider to set the feedback frequency equal to 1/N of the second output frequency in the loop of feedback.

    Method of controlling electronic device and electronic device

    公开(公告)号:US10541696B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-21

    申请号:US16215857

    申请日:2018-12-11

    Inventor: Liming Xiu

    Abstract: An electronic device includes: an acquisition circuit, configured to collect the current environmental information for characterizing the environment of the electronic device; a processing circuit, configured to receive the current environmental information from the acquisition circuit; determine a target frequency control word corresponding to the current environmental information according to a preset expected operating status of the electronic device; and input the target frequency control word to the TAF-DPS clock generator; the TAF-DPS clock generator, configured to generate a clock signal according to the target frequency control word, and output the clock signal to a functional circuit; the functional circuit, configured to operate in accordance with the clock signal to make the electronic device reach the expected operating status.

    Signal generator and signal generation method

    公开(公告)号:US10324489B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-18

    申请号:US15690625

    申请日:2017-08-30

    Inventor: Liming Xiu

    Abstract: The present application provides a signal generator, comprising a control circuit configured to receive input information, and generate variable control word information based on the received input information; a base time unit generation circuit configured to generate a base time unit; and a signal generation circuit configured to receive the variable control word information from the control circuit and receive the base time unit from the base time unit generation circuit, and generate a target signal having a variable frequency based on the received variable control word information and the received base time unit.

    Integrated circuit, method for synchronizing clocks therefor and electronic device

    公开(公告)号:US12231131B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-18

    申请号:US18498801

    申请日:2023-10-31

    Abstract: An integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit includes: a clock source configured to: generate a clock signal of the integrated circuit; at least two functional circuits; and at least two clock generators corresponding to the functional circuits and configured to: determine initial phases of the corresponding functional circuits, and generate clock signals of the functional circuits based on the clock signal of the integrated circuit and the initial phases, so as to keep the clock signals of all the functional circuits synchronized, wherein the initial phases are determined based on transmission distances, over which the clock signal of the integrated circuit is transmitted from the clock source to the functional circuits, and loads of the functional circuits.

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