Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clock-signal generator
- Patent Title (中): 时钟信号发生器
-
Application No.: US12620149Application Date: 2009-11-17
-
Publication No.: US07902893B1Publication Date: 2011-03-08
- Inventor: Christer Jansson
- Applicant: Christer Jansson
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Zoran Corporation
- Current Assignee: Zoran Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Lando & Anastasi, LLP
- Main IPC: H03K5/12
- IPC: H03K5/12

Abstract:
A clock-signal generating unit for generating an output clock signal with a controlled duty cycle based on an input clock signal. The clock-signal generating unit comprises one or more delay lines arranged to generate a plurality of mutually delayed output signals at different positions within the delay line based on the input clock signal. A control unit is arranged to detect a position within one of the delay lines, the output signal of which has a delay, with respect to the input clock signal, that is essentially equal to one period of the input clock signal, and generate an output signal that indicates the detected position. A selection unit is arranged to generate a delayed clock signal that has a delay, with respect to a signal associated with the input clock signal, that is essentially equal to a period of the clock signal multiplied with said duty cycle based on output signals from one of the delay lines and the output signal of the control unit. The clock-signal generating unit comprises circuitry for generating the output clock signal based on the signal associated with the input clock signal and the delayed clock signal. A corresponding method of generating an output clock signal with a controlled duty cycle based on an input clock signal is also disclosed.
Information query
IPC分类: