H03L7/0995

Phase locked loop generating adaptive driving voltage and related operating method

A phased locked loop includes; a load circuit that generates an output signal in response to a driving voltage, a frequency calibration circuit that generates a calibration signal in response to an output frequency of the output signal and a target frequency, and a regulator that generates the driving voltage in response to the calibration signal.

SIGNAL GENERATION CIRCUIT AND METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY
20230005558 · 2023-01-05 · ·

A signal generation circuit includes: a clock circuit configured to receive a flag signal and generate a clock signal; a control circuit configured to generate a control circuit; and a generation circuit connected to both the clock circuit and control circuit and configured to receive the clock signal, the control signal, and the flag signal and generate a target signal, wherein when the flag signal changes from a first level to a second level, the target signal changes from a third level to a fourth level, and after the target signal is maintained at the fourth level for a target duration, the target signal changes from the fourth level to the third level; and the generation circuit is further configured to determine the target duration according to the clock signal and control signal.

SIGNAL GENERATION CIRCUIT AND METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY
20230005559 · 2023-01-05 · ·

A signal generation circuit includes: a clock module, configured to generate a clock signal based on a flag signal; a control module, configured to generate a control signal according to number of transitions of the clock signal within a fixed time; and a generation module, respectively connected to the clock module and the control module, and configured to receive the clock signal, the control signal, and the flag signal, and to generate a target signal. When the flag signal changes from a first level to a second level, the target signal changes from a third level to a fourth level. After being maintained at the fourth level for a target duration, the target signal changes from the fourth level to the third level. The generation module is further configured to determine the target duration according to the clock signal and the control signal.

PHASE-LOCKED LOOP CIRCUIT
20220416793 · 2022-12-29 ·

The technology of this application relates to a phase-locked loop circuit that includes a phase frequency detector, a first voltage control module, a second voltage control module, a third voltage control module, a voltage-controlled oscillator, and a frequency divider. A first output end of the phase frequency detector is connected to a first input end of the first voltage control module and a first input end of the second voltage control module, a second output end of the phase frequency detector is connected to a second input end of the first voltage control module and a second input end of the second voltage control module, an output end of the first voltage control module.

SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND FREQUENCY GENERATION METHOD
20220416795 · 2022-12-29 · ·

A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first oscillator configured to generate a first signal with a first frequency based on a control signal and output the first signal to a path. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a control signal generation circuit operatively coupled to the first oscillator via the path, and configured to receive the first signal from the first oscillator via the path and generate the control signal. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a second oscillator configured to generate a second signal with a second frequency based on the control signal and output the second signal to an output terminal outside the path.

FREQUENCY-LOCKED LOOP AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING OSCILLATION FREQUENCY OF OUTPUT SIGNAL OF FREQUENCY-LOCKED LOOP
20220399897 · 2022-12-15 · ·

A frequency-locked loop (FLL) and a method for correcting an oscillation frequency of an output signal of the FLL are provided. The FLL includes a switched capacitor circuit, a first resistor set, a second resistor set, a determination circuit and a control circuit. The switched capacitor circuit includes a capacitor, and connection of the capacitor is switched according to the oscillation frequency. The first resistor set is configured to provide a first resistance, and the second resistor set is configured to provide a second resistance. The determination circuit is configured to generate a determination result according to the first resistance and the second resistance. The control circuit is configured to generate a control signal for correcting the first resistance and the second resistance according to the determination result, where the oscillation frequency is determined based on the capacitor and at least one of the first resistance and the second resistance.

DIGITALLY CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR INSENSITIVE TO CHANGES IN PROCESS, VOLTAGE, TEMPERATURE AND DIGITAL PHASE LOCKED LOOP INCLUDING SAME
20220385294 · 2022-12-01 ·

A digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) includes; a current mirror configured to generate a supply current in response to a bias voltage matching a reference current, a variable resistor connected to the current mirror through a first node outputting the reference current and configured to provide a variable resistance in response to a first control signal, an oscillation circuit connected to the current mirror through a second node outputting the supply current and configured to generate an oscillation signal in response to the supply current, and a feedback circuit configured to control the bias voltage in relation to at least one of a voltage at the first node and a voltage at the second node.

PAM-4 RECEIVER WITH JITTER COMPENSATION CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY
20220385444 · 2022-12-01 ·

A PAM-4 receiver with jitter compensation clock and data recovery is provided. The receiver includes a first-order delay-locked loop (DLL) which employs a bang-bang phase detector (BBPD) and a voltage-controlled delay line (VCDL) circuit supporting 40 MHz jitter tracking bandwidth and static phase skew elimination. A second-order wideband phase-locked loop (WBPLL) using the ¼-rate reference clock provides multi-phase clock generation with low input-to-output latency. To suppress the consequent jitter transfer, a jitter compensation circuit (JCC) acquires the jitter transfer amplitude and frequency information by detecting the DLL loop filter voltage (VLF(s)) signal, and generates an inverted loop filter voltage signal, denoted as VLF.sub.INV(s). The VLF.sub.INV(S) modulates a group of complementary VCDLs (C-VCDLs) to attenuate the jitter transfer on both recovered clock and data. With the provided receiver, a jitter compensation ratio up to 60% can be supported from DC to 4 MHz, with a −3-dB corner frequency of 40 MHz.

Voltage Controlled Oscillator and Control Method Thereof, P2P Interface Circuit, Electronic Device
20220376683 · 2022-11-24 ·

This disclosure provides a voltage controlled oscillator and a control method thereof, a P2P interface circuit, an electronic device, and relates to the field of voltage controlled oscillation technology. The voltage controlled oscillator includes N stages of delay units, and the delay unit of each stage includes: a first inverter, a second inverter, a third inverter, and a fourth inverter; both the second inverter and the third inverter are electrically connected to a frequency control terminal, and whether to activate the second inverter and the third inverter is controlled by the frequency control terminal.

PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION CIRCUIT, TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION CIRCUIT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
20220368334 · 2022-11-17 ·

A phase synchronization circuit includes: an oscillation circuit that includes a variable current generation unit that generates a variable current of a current amount corresponding to a control voltage and a fixed current generation unit that generates a fixed. current of a current amount corresponding to a correction code and generates an output clock signal having a frequency corresponding to the total current amount of the variable current and the fixed current; a feedback circuit that generates a feedback clock signal based on the output clock signal; a control voltage generation circuit that generates the control voltage to make a frequency of the output clock signal become a desired frequency in a normal operation mode; and a correction code generation circuit that generates the correction code in a calibration mode, in which in the calibration mode, the control voltage generation circuit outputs a fixed one of the control voltage.