Embodiments described herein include a quadrature phase corrector (QPC) which includes multiple differential amplifies for correcting the phase of one or more clock signals. In one embodiment, the differential amplifiers are arranged in an input stage, cross-coupled stage, and ring stage. The input stage receives and buffers the input clock signal (or signals). The cross-coupled stage includes one or more latches that force one clock signal high and another low which causes the QPC to oscillate. The ring stage outputs four clock signals with adjusted phases relative to the input clock signals. In one example, the ring stage outputs a quadrature clock signal that includes four clock signals phase shifted by 90 degrees.

Various methods provide for trimming the gain in a dual-port phase-locked loop (PLL) of a radio transceiver. Use is made of the radio's demodulator to perform modulation accuracy measurements, thereby reducing the cost and complexity of external test equipment.

To provide different paths for communication of a serial signal required for high-speed communication and communication of transmission data that may be handled in low-speed communication, a circuit device includes a serial interface that receives a serial signal transmitted from a controller at a first communication speed, a transmission data input terminal that receives transmission data transmitted from the controller at a second communication speed slower than the first communication speed, and a transmission circuit that outputs a transmission signal corresponding to the transmission data based on the serial signal and the transmission data.

Methods and systems implement wireless, batteryless sensors which electronically store measurements to a data logger, the data logger being configurable to compute measurements based on the frequency measurements and electronically feed back to electronic controllers of systems and apparatuses which computationally monitor temperature. A data logger can be configured to write and transmit temperature measurements to any electronic controller having a data communication interface. The temperature sensors, in conjunction with the data logger, can provide any heating system, including chamber heating systems such as dry-heat and steam sterilizers, with article-localized temperature measurement feedback, to improve the accuracy of real-time temperature monitoring and/or control. Electronic controllers can be configured to output sufficient heat, then terminate a heat control cycle or a steam sterilization cycle, after having exposed to heat some number of articles to a desired extent as specified by a cumulative heating specification or a target temperature-over-time profile.