H03L7/0896

Delay line, a delay locked loop circuit and a semiconductor apparatus using the delay line and the delay locked loop circuit
11206026 · 2021-12-21 · ·

A delay locked loop circuit includes a first delay locked loop and a second delay locked loop having different characteristics. The first delay locked loop performs a delay-locking operation on a reference clock signal to generate a delay locked clock signal. The second delay locked loop performs a delay-locking operation on the delay locked clock signal to generate an internal clock signal.

CHARGE PUMP WITH WIDE CURRENT RANGE
20210391865 · 2021-12-16 · ·

A charge pump has a first branch that includes a first node connected between a first pull-up switch and a first pull-down switch and a second branch that includes a second node connected between a second pull-up switch and a second pull-down switch. The second branch is connected in parallel with the first branch. The charge pump has a voltage equalization circuit to equalize a first voltage at the first node and a second voltage at the second node. A third branch includes a third node that is connected between a third pull-up switch and a third pull-down switch. The third node is connected to the second node. The third pull-up switch and the first pull-up switch are controlled by a common pull-up signal. The third pull-down switch and the first pull-down switch are controlled by a common pull-down signal.

Charge pump circuit, PLL circuit, and oscillator

There is configured a charge pump circuit for outputting a phase difference current to a first node, the charge pump circuit including a first current source coupled between a high potential power supply node and the first node, a second current source coupled between a low potential power supply node and the first node, a first switch coupled between the first current source and the first node, a second switch coupled between the second current source and the first node, a third switch coupled between the first current source and a second node, a fourth switch coupled between the second current source and the second node, a third current source for supplying a negative offset current to the first node, and a push-type differential amplifier circuit an input side of which is coupled to the first node, and an output side of which is coupled to the second node.

MULTI-MODAL DATA-DRIVEN CLOCK RECOVERY CIRCUIT
20220200606 · 2022-06-23 ·

Multi-mode non-return-to-zero (NRZ) and orthogonal differential vector signaling (ODVS) clock and data recovery circuits having configurable sub-channel multi-input comparator (MIC) circuits for forming a composite phase-error signal from a plurality of data-driven phase-error signals generated using phase detectors in a plurality of receivers configured as ODVS sub-channel MICs generating orthogonal sub-channel outputs in a first mode and a separate first and second data driven phase-error signal from two receivers of a plurality of receivers configured as NRZ receivers in a second mode.

FRACTIONAL-N PHASE LOCK LOOP (PLL) WITH NOISE CANCELATION

A PLL circuit includes a fractional-N divider generating a feedback signal, a first phase-frequency detector that compares the feedback signal to a reference signal to generate first up/down control signals that control a charge pump to generate a charge pump output current. A noise cancelation circuit includes a synchronization circuit that generates first and second synchronized feedback signals from the PLL circuit output and the feedback signal, where the first and second synchronized feedback signals are offset by an integer number of cycles of the PLL circuit output. A second phase-frequency detector circuit compares the first and second synchronized feedback clock signals to generate second up/down control signals whose pulse widths differ by the integer number of PLL cycles. A current digital to analog converter circuit is controlled in response to the second up/down control signals to apply noise canceling sourcing and sinking currents to the charge pump output current.

Charge pump circuit and phase-locked loop

A charge pump circuit and phase-locked loop include start, bias, current mirror, charging and discharging feedback control, and charging and discharging matching modules, which are electrically connected in sequence. The start module starts the bias module. The bias module generates constant bias current and outputs same to the current mirror module, which receives and amplifies the bias current for output in two paths. The charging and discharging feedback control module detects the output voltage of a charge pump and controls, according to feedback of the output voltage, the current in the charging and discharging matching module, to suppress the mismatch between charging and discharging currents. The charging and discharging matching module receives an external charging or discharging control signal, to charge or discharge the output load of the charge pump. Charging and discharging currents can be matched within a wide output voltage range, without an operational amplifier.

Charge pump, PLL circuit, and oscillator
11165433 · 2021-11-02 · ·

A charge pump includes: a switch circuit that switches a current source conducted to an output node based on a signal from a phase frequency detector included in a PLL circuit; a first current source that is the current source provided between a high potential node and the switch circuit, and supplies a current to the output node by a first conduction-type depletion mode MOS transistor forming a self-bias circuit; and a second current source that is the current source provided between a low potential node and the switch circuit, and draws the current from the output node by the first conduction-type depletion mode MOS transistor forming the self-bias circuit.

Multi-modal data-driven clock recovery circuit
11804845 · 2023-10-31 · ·

Multi-mode non-return-to-zero (NRZ) and orthogonal differential vector signaling (ODVS) clock and data recovery circuits having configurable sub-channel multi-input comparator (MIC) circuits for forming a composite phase-error signal from a plurality of data-driven phase-error signals generated using phase detectors in a plurality of receivers configured as ODVS sub-channel MICs generating orthogonal sub-channel outputs in a first mode and a separate first and second data driven phase-error signal from two receivers of a plurality of receivers configured as NRZ receivers in a second mode.

Charge pump phase-locked loop based on unipolar thin film transistor, chip, and method

Disclosed is a charge-pump phase-locked loop based on a unipolar thin film transistor, a chip, and a method. The phase-locked loop may include: a phase-frequency detector, configured to detect a phase difference and a frequency difference between a clock F.sub.ref and a clock F.sub.n and generate control signals UP and DOWN; a logic control module, configured to output logic state signals; a charge pump, configured to convert the logic state signals into a charging/discharging current signal; a low-pass filter, configured to output a direct-current analog control signal V.sub.ctrl; a voltage-controlled oscillator, configured to adjust an output clock frequency F.sub.vco; and a divide-by-four circuit, configured to perform frequency division to obtain the clock F.sub.n.

Fractional-N phase lock loop (PLL) with noise cancelation

A PLL circuit includes a fractional-N divider generating a feedback signal, a first phase-frequency detector that compares the feedback signal to a reference signal to generate first up/down control signals that control a charge pump to generate a charge pump output current. A noise cancelation circuit includes a synchronization circuit that generates first and second synchronized feedback signals from the PLL circuit output and the feedback signal, where the first and second synchronized feedback signals are offset by an integer number of cycles of the PLL circuit output. A second phase-frequency detector circuit compares the first and second synchronized feedback clock signals to generate second up/down control signals whose pulse widths differ by the integer number of PLL cycles. A current digital to analog converter circuit is controlled in response to the second up/down control signals to apply noise canceling sourcing and sinking currents to the charge pump output current.