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Deglitcher circuit with integrated non-overlap function

A driver circuit includes a first deglitcher circuit that delays a rising edge or a falling edge of an input signal according to a mode control signal and supplies a first output signal. A second deglitcher circuit receives the first output signal and delays either a rising edge or a falling edge of the first output signal by a second delay according to the mode control signal and supplies a second output signal. Logic gates combine the first and second output signals to supply gate control signals for output transistors to drive the driver circuit output. A sum of the first delay and the second delay determines the total deglitch time defining a pulse width of pulses that are suppressed by the driver circuit and the second delay determines a non-overlap time. The non-overlap time overlaps in time with the total deglitch time.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FAST LOCAL OSCILLATOR PHASE FLIP
20170279597 · 2017-09-28 ·

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. An internal state of a frequency divider of a local oscillator (LO) may be stored using a storage device in order to facilitate phase flipping of one or more signals output by the LO. The frequency divider may also include a pulse swallower that swallows a pulse of a signal input into the frequency divider. Using one or more power supply cutting switches in combination with a storage device and pulse swallower, high speed and reliable phase flipping of LO signals may be performed.

Comparator circuit having a calibration circuit

A comparator circuit includes a comparator, a first selection circuit, and a switched-capacitor circuit. The comparator has a first terminal, a second terminal, and an output terminal. The comparator is configured to generate an output signal at the output terminal based on a first signal on the first terminal and a second signal on the second terminal. The first selection circuit is coupled with the first terminal of the comparator and configured to selectively set a first input signal or a first calibration signal as the first signal in response to a control signal. The switched-capacitor circuit is coupled with the output terminal and the second terminal of the comparator. The switched-capacitor circuit is configured to adjust and output the second signal based on the output signal.

Comparator circuit having a calibration circuit

A comparator circuit includes a comparator, a first selection circuit, and a switched-capacitor circuit. The comparator has a first terminal, a second terminal, and an output terminal. The comparator is configured to generate an output signal at the output terminal based on a first signal on the first terminal and a second signal on the second terminal. The first selection circuit is coupled with the first terminal of the comparator and configured to selectively set a first input signal or a first calibration signal as the first signal in response to a control signal. The switched-capacitor circuit is coupled with the output terminal and the second terminal of the comparator. The switched-capacitor circuit is configured to adjust and output the second signal based on the output signal.

Voltage controlled oscillator

A voltage controlled oscillator is provided. The voltage controlled oscillator includes a current controlled oscillator, a voltage to current conversion circuit and a noise cancellation circuit. The current controlled oscillator is configured to receive a bias current and generate an oscillating signal with an oscillating frequency according to the bias current. The voltage to current conversion circuit is coupled to a power supply voltage and configured to generate a supply current according to an input voltage. The noise cancellation circuit is configured to receive a bias voltage and the supply current from the voltage to current conversion circuit, and configured to generate a noise cancellation current in response to power supply voltage variation and cancel the noise cancellation current from the supply current to generate the bias current. The bias voltage of the noise cancellation circuit is coupled to an internal voltage of the voltage to current conversion circuit.

GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A CONTROLLED FREQUENCY

A frequency generator for generating a controlled signal having a controlled frequency uses a frequency ratio generator with an input; a frequency divider for dividing the controlled frequency by a frequency ratio signal to generate a divided signal having a divided frequency; a converter for generating an excitation signal having the divided frequency, the excitation signal exciting a resonator for generating a resonance signal having a resonance frequency; a frequency phase detector of a phase difference between the divided frequency and the resonance frequency; an inner loop filter for generating the frequency ratio signal and filtering the phase difference signal to prevent instability of two frequency ratio generator loops; an output configured for providing the frequency ratio signal based on a ratio between the controlled frequency and the resonance frequency; and a controlled oscillator circuit for generating the controlled signal based on comparison of the frequency ratio with a target ratio.

GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A CONTROLLED FREQUENCY

A frequency generator for generating a controlled signal having a controlled frequency uses a frequency ratio generator with an input; a frequency divider for dividing the controlled frequency by a frequency ratio signal to generate a divided signal having a divided frequency; a converter for generating an excitation signal having the divided frequency, the excitation signal exciting a resonator for generating a resonance signal having a resonance frequency; a frequency phase detector of a phase difference between the divided frequency and the resonance frequency; an inner loop filter for generating the frequency ratio signal and filtering the phase difference signal to prevent instability of two frequency ratio generator loops; an output configured for providing the frequency ratio signal based on a ratio between the controlled frequency and the resonance frequency; and a controlled oscillator circuit for generating the controlled signal based on comparison of the frequency ratio with a target ratio.

METHOD FOR SUPPLY VOLTAGE REGULATION AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE
20210389792 · 2021-12-16 ·

An embodiment method for modifying the frequency of a clock signal clocking an integrated circuit supplied by a voltage controller comprises, in response to a command for the modification, varying the frequency of the clock signal at a rate allowing a supply voltage to be controlled by the controller. The variation comprises at least one series of successive divisions of the frequency of the clock signal into successive intermediate signals of respective intermediate frequencies.

Noise disturbance rejection for power supply

Apparatus and associated methods relate to a power supply noise disturbance rejection circuit (NDRC) having a first circuit reference potential (CRP1), a second circuit reference potential (CRP2), and a galvanic link conductively connecting CRP1 and CRP2 and providing a non-zero resistance return path for at least one current mode signal (CMS). In an illustrative example, a power supply monitor circuit (PSMC) may be referenced to CRP1 and a control circuit to CRP2. The PMSC may, for example, generate a voltage mode signal (VMS) relative to CRP1 and representing an output parameter of a power supply circuit (PSC), and convert the VMS into a first CMS (CMS1). The control circuit may, for example, generate a control signal for the PSC from CMS1. Various embodiments may advantageously attenuate a noise margin of a CMS presented at the control circuit by a factor of at least 10 relative to an equivalent VMS.

Circuit and method for adaptively eliminating ringing in signals driving capacitive loads

A control signal may be produced in response to an assertion of a switch signal by asserting the control signal, waiting an adaptive delay after the assertion of the switch signal, de-asserting the control signal in response to the expiration of the adaptive delay, and re-asserting the control signal in response to a current generated according to the control signal becoming zero. The adaptive delay may be adjusted according to a voltage generated using the current. A circuit may include an XOR gate producing the control signal from a switch signal and an output of a Set-Reset Flip-Flop (SRFF), a zero-detect circuit that resets the SRFF when a current generated using the control circuit becomes zero, and a delay circuit to set the SRFF an adaptive delay after assertion of the switch signal and to adjust the adaptive delay according to a voltage generated by the current.