Digital clock and data recovery circuit and feedback loop circuit including the same

    公开(公告)号:US12113887B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US17881417

    申请日:2022-08-04

    IPC分类号: H04L7/033 H03L7/08 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.

    Fast locking dual loop clock and data recovery circuits

    公开(公告)号:US12052023B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-30

    申请号:US18158662

    申请日:2023-01-24

    摘要: A clock recovery circuit includes a frequency tracking loop including a first charge pump, and a phase tracking loop including a second charge pump. A voltage-controlled oscillator responds to the frequency tracking loop in a first operating mode and to the phase tracking loop in a second operating mode. A lock detector outputs an activation signal that indicates whether the clock recovery circuit has acquired frequency lock. A loop filter coupled to an input of the voltage-controlled oscillator includes a switchable resistor and a programmable delay element responsive to the activation signal. The first charge pump is disabled when the activation signal indicates frequency lock has been acquired, and disabled when the activation signal indicates frequency lock has not been acquired. The switchable resistor is bypassed when an output of the programmable delay element is in the first signaling state.

    Clock system and memory
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12046271B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-23

    申请号:US18509485

    申请日:2023-11-15

    发明人: Jingwei Cheng

    摘要: A clock system and a memory are disclosed. The clock system includes a system on chip (SoC) configured to generate a first oscillation signal, a second oscillation signal, a third oscillation signal and a fourth oscillation signal of a same frequency and amplitude. Further, the clock system includes a memory chip configured to output a data signal based on signal edges of the first oscillation signal, the second oscillation signal, the third oscillation signal and the fourth oscillation signal, and output a command/address signal based on the signal edges of the first oscillation signal and the third oscillation signal. The signal edges are rising edges or falling edges.

    SPUR CANCELLATION FOR SPUR MEASUREMENT
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240195423A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18510215

    申请日:2023-11-15

    摘要: A spur measurement system uses a first device with a spur cancellation circuit that cancel spurs responsive to a frequency control word identifying a spurious tone of interest. A device under test generates a clock signal and supplies the clock signal to the first device through an optional divider. The spur cancellation circuit in the first device generates sine and cosine weights at the spurious tone of interest as part of the spur cancellation process. A first magnitude of the spurious tone in a phase-locked loop in the first device is determined according to the sine and cosine weights and a second magnitude of the spurious tone in the clock signal is determined by the first magnitude divided by gains associated with the first device.

    DIGITAL CLEAN UP OSCILLATOR
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240187004A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-06

    申请号:US18287746

    申请日:2022-04-26

    发明人: Brent CARLSON

    IPC分类号: H03L7/093 H03L7/14

    CPC分类号: H03L7/093 H03L7/145

    摘要: A digital clean-up oscillator and associated method are provided for cleaning jitter from a noisy clock signal, comprising receiving a reference clock oscillator signal and the noisy clock signal to be cleaned: measuring the frequency of the reference clock signal in the time domain of the noisy clock signal: filtering any frequency variations from the measured frequency of the reference clock signal on timescales shorter than a phase change interval Tau_clean over which jitter in the noisy clock signal is to be cleaned; generating a phase increment signal DDS_pinc based on the measured and filtered frequency of the reference clock signal: clocking the phase increment signal DDS_pinc with the reference clock signal for generating an output digital phase ramp signal φ_DDS(t) that tracks the frequency of the noisy clock signal with phase wander removed on timescales less than the phase change interval Tau_clean; and converting the output digital phase ramp signal φ_DDS(t) to an output jitter-cleaned time domain clock signal frequency locked to the noisy clock signal.

    Phase-locked loop
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11962315B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-16

    申请号:US17916200

    申请日:2020-03-31

    IPC分类号: H03L7/099 H03B5/12 H03L7/093

    摘要: A phase-locked loop comprises a voltage controlled oscillator. The voltage controlled oscillator comprises an inductor and a capacitor, connected in parallel, and also connected in parallel therewith, a negative resistance structure. A first terminal of the negative resistance structure is connected to respective first terminals of the inductor and the capacitor. A second terminal of the negative resistance structure is connected to respective second terminals of the inductor and the capacitor. The negative resistance structure exhibits a tunable capacitance, such that a frequency of an output of the voltage controlled oscillator can be tuned by a control input signal, and the control input signal is generated in the phase-locked loop. The negative resistance structure comprises first and second transistors. There is a first conduction path between the first terminal of the first transistor and the control terminal of the second transistor, and a second conduction path between the control terminal of the first transistor and the first terminal of the second transistor. The control terminal of at least one of the first and second transistors is biased by the control input signal, such that a parasitic capacitance of said at least one of the first and second transistors can be tuned by the control input signal, in order to tune the frequency of the output of the voltage controlled oscillator, and hence the frequency of oscillation of the phase-locked loop.

    Digital coarse locking in digital phase-locked loops

    公开(公告)号:US11909405B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-20

    申请号:US18151861

    申请日:2023-01-09

    IPC分类号: H03L7/093 H03L7/18 H03L7/099

    CPC分类号: H03L7/093 H03L7/099 H03L7/18

    摘要: A digital phase-locked loop (DPLL) circuit includes: a first time-to-digital converter (TDC) and a first digital loop filter (DLF) that are configured to be coupled between a reference clock source and a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO), where the first TDC is configured to, during an acquisition mode, generate a phase error by: receiving a reference clock signal from the reference clock source; receiving a clock signal that is based on an output of the DCO divided by a dividing factor, computing a phase error using the reference clock signal and the clock signal; detecting cycle slipping in the computed phase error; and in response to detecting the cycle slipping, modifying the computed phase error to reduce the impact of cycle slipping on the DPLL circuit; and a first frequency divider circuit configured to generate the clock signal by dividing the output of the DCO by the dividing factor.