Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Metastability correction for ring oscillator with embedded time to digital converter
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Application No.: US17389240Application Date: 2021-07-29
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Publication No.: US11863193B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Ryan Alexander Smith
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Krista Y. Chan; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H03L7/099
- IPC: H03L7/099 ; G04F10/00 ; H03K3/037 ; H03K19/0175 ; H03M7/16

Abstract:
A system includes a ring oscillator including an odd number of inverters arranged in a ring. The system also includes a time to digital converter including an odd number of flops, where each of the flops is coupled to an output of a different inverter. The system includes a level shifter coupled to the inverters and to the flops. The system also includes a Gray counter coupled to at least one of the flops. The system includes a decoder coupled to the time to digital converter. The system also includes a phase frequency detector coupled to the decoder.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230030425A1 METASTABILITY CORRECTION FOR RING OSCILLATOR WITH EMBEDDED TIME TO DIGITAL CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2023-02-02
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