A comparator including: first and second input transistors connected to control signals at first and second nodes of the comparator; latch circuitry; at least one controllable offset-correction component having an input terminal and connected to control the signal at one of the first and second nodes based on an offset-correction signal provided at its input terminal; for each controllable offset-correction component, an offset correction circuit configured to provide the offset-correction signal provided at its input terminal; and control circuitry. The control circuitry controls the at least one offset-correction circuit to: control an amount by which the offset-correction signal is adjusted; and/or in a bypass operation, connect the input terminal of the at least one controllable offset-correction component to a bypass-operation reference voltage supply; and/or in a maintenance operation, control the charging-operation voltage supply and/or the bypass-operation voltage supply to control leakage of the charge stored on the holding capacitor.

A comparator circuit according to this embodiment includes: a comparator element configured to output a matching signal indicating whether or not a value of a first input signal matches a value of a second input signal; a flip-flop circuit configured to hold a data of a data input terminal based on a comparator clock signal and configured to output an enable signal for stopping an operation of the comparator element; and an internal signal generation circuit configured to output an internal signal to the data input terminal based on the matching signal and an output signal output from the flip-flop circuit.

A comparator circuit according to the present embodiment: including a comparator element configured to output a matching signal indicating whether or not a value of a first input signal matches a value of a second input signal; a flip-flop circuit including a data input terminal to which a constant potential is supplied and a clock input terminal and configured to hold a value of the data input terminal based on a self-clock signal input to the clock input terminal; and a clock generation circuit configured to generate the self-clock signal based on the matching signal.

Methods, systems, and devices for signal sampling with offset calibration are described. For example, sampling circuitry may include an input pair of transistors where input signals may be provided to gate nodes of the transistors, and an output signal may be generated based on a comparison of voltages of drain nodes of the transistors. In some examples, source nodes of the transistors may be coupled with each other, such as via a resistance, and each source node may be configured to be coupled with a ground node. In some examples, a conductive path between the source nodes may be coupled with one or more switching components configurable for further coupling of the source nodes with the ground node. In some examples, enabling such switching components may add an electrical characteristic (e.g., capacitance) to the conductive path between the source nodes, which may be configurable to mitigate sampling circuitry imbalances.

A comparator includes a first-stage circuit, a second-stage circuit, a first switching circuit and a second switching circuit. The first-stage circuit includes a first input circuit and a second input circuit. The first switching circuit is configured to control the conduction of the first input circuit, and the second switching circuit is configured to control the conduction of the second input circuit. The first input circuit is configured to generate a first differential signal in a sampling phase when being switched on. The second input circuit is configured to generate a second differential signal in a sampling phase when being switched on. The second-stage circuit is configured to amplify and latch the first differential signal or the second differential signal in a regeneration phase to output a comparison signal.

A comparator includes a second-stage circuit, a first input circuit, a second input circuit, a first cross-coupled circuit and a second cross-coupled circuit. The first input circuit is configured to generate a first data terminal voltage and a first reference terminal voltage. The first cross-coupled circuit is configured to perform mutual positive feedback on the first data terminal voltage and the first reference terminal voltage to generate a first differential signal. The second input circuit is configured to generate a second data terminal voltage and a second reference terminal voltage. The second cross-coupled circuit is configured to perform mutual positive feedback on the second data terminal voltage and the second reference terminal voltage to generate a second differential signal. The second-stage circuit is configured to amplify and latch the first differential signal or the second differential signal in a regeneration phase to output a comparison signal.

A comparator circuit includes a zeroth capacitor having a first terminal fed with an input voltage, a zeroth inverter having an input terminal connected to a second terminal of the zeroth capacitor at a zeroth node, a first capacitor having a first terminal connected to the output terminal of the zeroth inverter at a first node, a first inverter having an input terminal connected to a second terminal of the first capacitor at a second node, a second inverter having an input terminal connected to the output terminal of the first inverter at a third node, a zeroth switch switching conduction between the zeroth and first nodes, a first switch switching conduction between the second and third nodes, a second switch switching conduction between the first and third nodes, and a third switch switching conduction between the third node and the output terminal of the second inverter.

A clock signal generation circuit and method, and an electronic device are provided, relating to the field of communications technology. In the clock signal generation circuit, an initial clock providing circuit (10) can generate an initial clock signal having an initial frequency; a control word providing circuit (20) can determine a target frequency offset of the initial frequency based on a detected target parameter and generate a frequency control word based on the target frequency offset; a target clock generating circuit (30) can generate a target clock signal having a target output frequency based on the frequency control word and the initial clock signal, wherein the target output frequency is negatively correlated with the frequency control word and positively correlated with the initial frequency. It can be learned based on a relationship among the target output frequency and the initial frequency and the frequency control word that flexibly generating the frequency control word can reduce the impact of the target parameter on the frequency of the clock signal finally generated by the clock signal generation circuit.

The present invention provides a dynamic comparator including a dynamic amplifier and a latch circuit. The dynamic amplifier includes a first input pair, a current source and a gain boosting circuit. The first input pair is configured to receive an input signal to generate an amplified signal at an output terminal. The current source is coupled between the first input pair and a first reference voltage. The gain-boosting circuit is coupled between the first input pair and a second reference voltage, and is configured to receive the input signal to selectively inject current to the output terminal or sink current from the output terminal. The latch circuit is coupled to the dynamic amplifier, and is configured to receive the amplified signal to generate an output signal.

A device includes a first transistor (M1) having a control terminal that is a first comparator input, a first terminal that can be coupled to a voltage source, and a second terminal that provides a first comparator output; a second transistor (M2) having a control terminal that is a second comparator input, a first terminal that can be coupled to the voltage source, and a second terminal that provides a second comparator output; a third transistor (M3) having a control terminal coupled to M1, and a first terminal coupled to ground; a fourth transistor (M4) having a control terminal coupled to M2, and a first terminal coupled to ground; first switches that couple M3 second terminal to M3 control terminal, and M4 second terminal to M4 control terminal; and second switches that couple M3 second terminal to the M2 second terminal, and M4 second terminal to the M1 second terminal.