Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Techniques for non-overlapping clock generation
- Patent Title (中): 非重叠时钟生成技术
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Application No.: US12417497Application Date: 2009-04-02
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Publication No.: US08169243B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: Xiaohong Quan , Tongyu Song , Lennart Mathe , Dinesh J. Alladi
- Applicant: Xiaohong Quan , Tongyu Song , Lennart Mathe , Dinesh J. Alladi
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agent Eric Ho
- Main IPC: H03L7/06
- IPC: H03L7/06

Abstract:
Techniques for generating precise non-overlap time and clock phase delay time across a desired frequency range are provided. In one configuration, a device includes a non-overlapping clock generation circuit which comprises a delay lock loop (DLL) circuit that in turn generates a control voltage to a clock generator circuit coupled thereto. The control voltage operates to maintain precise timing relationship of non-overlapping delayed clock signals generated by the clock generator circuit. In one aspect, the DLL circuit receives an input clock with a known duty cycle and derives an output control voltage to fix the unit delay to a certain portion of the input clock cycle. In a further aspect, the clock generator circuit includes a plurality of voltage-controlled delay cells coupled to the DLL circuit to generate a first set of clock signals and a second set of clock signals delayed from the first set of clock signals by a non-overlapping time (tnlp) that is independent of manufacturing process variations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100253405A1 TECHNIQUES FOR NON-OVERLAPPING CLOCK GENERATION Public/Granted day:2010-10-07
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