发明名称 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPRISING CIRCUITRY TO DETERMINE SETTINGS FOR AN INJECTION-LOCKED OSCILLATOR
摘要 Embodiments of an integrated circuit (IC) comprising circuitry to determine settings for an injection-locked oscillator (ILO) are described. In some embodiments, an injection signal is generated based on a first clock edge of a reference clock signal, and is injected into an ILO. Next, one or more output signals of the ILO are sampled based on a second clock edge of the reference clock signal, and settings for the ILO are determined based on the samples. In some embodiments, a sequence of two or more time-to-digital (TDC) codes is generated based on a reference clock signal and a free-running ILO. In some embodiments, the TDC circuitry that is already present in a delay-locked loop is reused for determining the sequence of two or more TDC codes. The ILO settings can then be determined based on the sequence of two or more TDC codes.
申请公布号 EP2944022(A1) 申请公布日期 2015.11.18
申请号 EP20140737836 申请日期 2014.01.03
申请人 RAMBUS INC. 发明人 ZERBE, JARED L.;HOSSAIN, MASUM
分类号 H03B19/00;H03K3/03;H03L7/24 主分类号 H03B19/00
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