Patent classifications
H03K19/1774
SAR ADC AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
A SAR ADC and an electronic device are disclosed. The SAR ADC includes a read clock generation circuit, configured to connect to a first output terminal and a second output terminal of a dynamic comparator, and generate a read clock signal for reading a first or a second comparison result based on the first and the second comparison result received from the dynamic comparator. The invention reads the comparison result using the read clock signal generated by grabbing the output of the comparator, and can improve the overall analog-to-digital conversion speed of the SAR ADC. Further, the present invention can detect the occurrence of metastable state of the comparator by judging that the output of the comparator has no pulse, and read the comparison result based on the backup clock generated by the operating clock of the comparator.
Method and apparatus for symmetric aging of clock trees
In certain aspects, an apparatus includes a gating circuit having an enable input, a signal input, and an output, wherein the enable input is configured to receive an enable signal. The apparatus also includes a toggle circuit having an output, wherein the toggle circuit is configured to toggle a logic state at the output of the toggle circuit based on the enable signal. The apparatus further includes a multiplexer having a first input, a second input, and an output, wherein the first input of the multiplexer is coupled to the output of the gating circuit, the second input of the multiplexer is coupled to the output of the toggle circuit. The multiplexer is configured to select one of the first input and the second input based on the enable signal, and couple the selected one of the first input and the second input to the output of the multiplexer.
3D field programmable gate array system with reset management and method of manufacture thereof
A 3D field programmable gate array (FPGA) system, and method of manufacture therefor, includes: a field programmable gate array (FPGA) die having a configurable power on reset (POR) unit; a heterogeneous integrated circuit die coupled to the FPGA die; and a 3D power on reset (POR) output configured by the configurable POR unit for initializing the FPGA die and the heterogeneous integrated circuit die.
Analog-to-digital conversion circuit and method having remained time measuring mechanism
The present invention discloses an analog-to-digital conversion circuit having remained time measuring mechanism is provided. A digital-to-analog conversion (DAC) circuit samples input voltages to generate output voltages. A comparator compares the output voltages to generate a comparison result. A control circuit switches a configuration of the DAC circuit by using a digital code according to the comparison result. A comparison determining circuit sets a stage indication signal at a finished state after the comparison result is generated. A comparison stage counting circuit accumulates a termination number according to the stage indication signal to set a conversion indication signal at the finished state when the termination number reaches a predetermined number. A time accumulating circuit starts to accumulate a remained time when the conversion indication signal is at the finished state and finishes accumulation when a sampling indication signal is at a sampling state.
3D SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND DEVICE
A 3D structure, the structure including: a first stratum overlaid by a second stratum, the second stratum is less than two microns thick, where the first stratum includes an array of memory cells including at least four rows of memory cells, each of the rows is controlled by a bit-line, where the array of memory cells includes a plurality of columns of memory cells, each of the columns is controlled by a word-line, and where the second stratum includes memory control circuits directly connected to the bit-lines and the word-lines.
Methods and devices for reducing clock skew in bidirectional clock trees
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for improving operation of integrated circuit device including a logic region, which includes a plurality of logic gates that operate based at least in part on a clock signal to facilitate providing a target function, and a clock tree, which includes a clock switch block that receives a source clock signal from a clock source and a branch communicatively coupled between the clock switch block and the logic region, in which the branch operates to provide the clock signal to the logic region based at least in part on the source clock signal and the branch includes a tunable delay buffer that operates to apply a delay to the clock signal based at least in part on a clock skew expected to be introduced by the branch.
DUAL CLOCK SIGNAL TO PULSE-WIDTH MODULATED SIGNAL CONVERSION CIRCUIT
Disclosed is a dual clock signal to pulse-width modulated signal conversion circuit, comprising: a first counter, an input end of which inputs a first clock signal, and an output end of which outputs a divided signal; an edge reset circuit, an input end of which inputs the divided signal, the output end of which outputs a first reset pulse signal and a second reset pulse signal, the first reset pulse signal being configured for resetting a second counter, and the second reset pulse signal being configured for resetting a third counter; a second counter, an input end of which inputs the second clock signal and the first reset pulse signal, and an output end of which outputs the first pulse-width modulated signal; a third counter, an input end of which inputs the second clock signal and the second reset pulse signal, and an output end of which outputs the second pulse-width modulated signal; a logic processing circuit, an input end of which inputs the first pulse-width modulated signal and the second pulse-width modulated signal, and an output end of which outputs a pulse-width modulated signal PWM_OUT. The disclosure offers high precision, system stability, and good anti-interference.
Device and method for internal reset signal generation
Devices and methods for generating an internal reset signal are explained. A first circuit (11) generates a first reset signal (r1), and a second circuit (12) generates a second reset signal (r2). The first reset signal (r1) and the second reset signal (r2) are linked to form a reset signal (r) with which a further circuit part (14) can be reset.
CLOCK TREE, HASH ENGINE, COMPUTING CHIP, HASH BOARD AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE
This disclosure relates to a device performing hash algorithm A hash engine includes an operation module performing a hash operation on a data block and a clock module. The operation module includes operation stages each including registers and a combinational logic module. A digital signal based on the data block is sequentially delivered along the operation stages. Outputs of a first set of registers are coupled to an input of the combinational logic module of the current operation. Inputs of a second set of registers are coupled to an output of a combinational logic module of a previous operation stage. A clock signal, provided by the clock module to each operation stage, is sequentially delivered along a multi-stage clock driving circuits of the clock module. For the first and second sets of registers, a delivery direction of the digital signal is the same as that of the clock signal.
DYNAMIC PARAMETER OPERATION OF AN FPGA
Methods and systems for operating a programmable logic fabric including a dynamic parameter scaling controller that tracks an operating parameter that functions at multiple operating conditions by maintaining the operating parameter while cycling through a multiple operating conditions during a calibration mode using the calibration configuration for the programmable logic fabric. The dynamic parameter scaling controller also stores one or more functional values for the operating parameter in a calibration table. The dynamic parameter scaling controller also operates the programmable logic fabric using a design configuration using dynamic values for the operating parameter based at least in part on the one or more operating conditions.