Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Controlling clock measurement with transistors, capacitor, OPAMP, ADC, external enable
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Application No.: US15077290Application Date: 2016-03-22
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Publication No.: US09939480B2Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: Kevin Patrick Lavery , Steven Grey Howard , Sunil Suresh Oak
- 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 Lawrence J. Bassuk; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06 ; G01R29/26 ; G01R31/317

Abstract:
A measurement system includes a current source that is arranged to generate a current pulse to charge a capacitor as a function of an input clock signal. The accumulated charge on the capacitor is converted to a sample (e.g., resultant digital value) by an ADC (analog-to-digital converter). The samples can be aggregated as a distribution in order to estimate the jitter of the input clock signal. Variability of the measurement system can be minimized through calibrating the device-under-test at specific points of PVT (process, voltage, and temperature) conditions. A confidence metric such as a standard of deviation can be derived from the associated samples. The measurement system can be included on a substrate that includes the oscillator that generates the input clock signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160202300A1 CONTROLLING CLOCK MEASUREMENT WITH TRANSISTORS, CAPACITOR, OPAMP, ADC, EXTERNAL ENABLE Public/Granted day:2016-07-14
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