Invention Grant
- Patent Title: On-chip spread spectrum synchronization between spread spectrum sources
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Application No.: US17506172Application Date: 2021-10-20
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Publication No.: US11693446B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: John Borkenhagen , Christopher Steffen , Grant P. Kesselring
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Nathan M. Rau
- Main IPC: G06F1/12
- IPC: G06F1/12 ; H03K5/14 ; H03L7/08

Abstract:
On-chip spread spectrum synchronization between spread spectrum sources is provided. A spread spectrum amplitude of a signal of a spread spectrum reference clock is obtained using one or more delay lines of one or more delay elements in a skitter circuit. A spread width of the spread spectrum amplitude of the signal is determined, using one or more sticky latches in the skitter circuit, based on one or more edges of the signal. A delay line of the one or more delay elements corresponding to a falling edge of the spread width of the signal is identified using combinational circuitry of the skitter circuit. A spread spectrum signal of a spread spectrum slave clock is synchronized with the signal of the spread spectrum reference clock based on the delay line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230121692A1 ON-CHIP SPREAD SPECTRUM SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN SPREAD SPECTRUM SOURCES Public/Granted day:2023-04-20
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