Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for multi-phase clock generation
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Application No.: US17080920Application Date: 2020-10-27
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Publication No.: US11550354B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Wei Chih Chen
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Jones Day
- Main IPC: G06F1/08
- IPC: G06F1/08 ; H03L7/085 ; H03K19/21 ; H03L7/099 ; H03M1/66

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for a clock generator is configured to generate N clock signals evenly spaced by phase. A clock generator includes a poly phase filter configured to utilize a differential clock signal to generate N intermediate signals, the intermediate signals being spaced approximately 360/N degrees apart in phase. A phase error corrector is configured to receive the intermediate signals and to generate N clock output signals, where a phase error is a measure of a difference in phase between consecutive ones of the clock output signals from 360/N degrees, the phase error corrector being configured to reduce phase error among the clock output signals based on a feedback signal. A phase error detection circuit is configured to receive the clock output signals and to generate the feedback signal based on detected phase errors among the clock output signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210255659A1 Systems and Methods for Multi-Phase Clock Generation Public/Granted day:2021-08-19
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