Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low DCD clock signal generators
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Application No.: US17867045Application Date: 2022-07-18
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Publication No.: US11953935B2Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- Inventor: Suvadip Banerjee
- 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 Valerie M. Davis; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G06F1/04
- IPC: G06F1/04 ; G06F1/08 ; G06F1/10

Abstract:
Examples of clock generators with very low duty cycle distortion (DCD) are provided. A clock source and driver generate a main clock signal and a complementary clock signal that are input to a chopper circuit, which also receives complementary chopper control signals from a non-overlapping generator circuit. The chopper circuit is controlled to pass the main clock signal as a first output signal when the chopper circuit is in a first state, and pass the complementary clock signal as a second output signal when the chopper circuit is in a third state. In a second state, which occurs during each of the falling edges of the main clock signal, the chopper circuit holds the previous state, and does not transmit the falling edges of the main clock signal. The rising edges of the main clock signal is used to derive the rising and falling edges of the output signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230023275A1 LOW DCD CLOCK SIGNAL GENERATORS Public/Granted day:2023-01-26
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