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7622960 Metastable-resistant phase comparing circuit  
A phase comparing circuit includes a first storage circuit for reading an external clock signal based on a control clock signal; first and second inverters for inverting a signal from the first...
7622959 Phase comparator and semiconductor device with phase comparator  
It is an object of the present invention to improve the phase difference detection accuracy of a phase comparator. A phase difference signal generation circuit outputs a signal C_SIGNAL which takes...
7616065 System and method for charge-pump with phase-frequency detection capability  
A method of generating a correction signal for a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) includes receiving a first signal in a correction current generator, changing a state of a first error signal...
7613974 Fault detection method and apparatus  
This invention relates to fault detection in electrical circuits. The invention provides a method and apparatus for testing an input circuit by generating a periodic test signal having a...
7609102 Pattern-dependent phase detector for clock recovery  
A phase detector apparatus and method used for clock recovery from a data signal is provided. The phase detector provides phase correction signals to a clock signal generator, where the phase...
7609092 Automatic phase-detection circuit for clocks with known ratios  
An automatic phase detection circuit for generating an internal synchronization signal when two clock input signals achieve a certain phase relationship. No external reference signal is required....
7605667 Frequency synthesizer with a harmonic locked phase/frequency detector  
A frequency synthesizer. The frequency synthesizer comprises a harmonic locked phase/frequency detector, a low pass filter, a voltage controlled oscillator, and a frequency divider. The harmonic...
7598775 Phase and frequency detector with zero static phase error  
A method and circuit for phase and frequency detection having zero static phase error for use in a phase-locked loop system is presented. The phase and frequency detector utilizes a first phase and...
7592874 Phase/frequency detector, phase locked loop, method for phase/frequency detection and method for generating an oscillator signal  
A phase/frequency detector has a modulo counter for outputting a counter word with a predetermined word length depending on an oscillator signal. In addition, a modulo integrator for outputting an...
7592847 Phase frequency detector and phase-locked loop  
A phase frequency detector with two different delays is disclosed herein. The phase detector comprises a first D flip-flop, a second D flip-flop, a first delay unit and a second delay unit. The...
7564315 System and method for pre-charged linear phase-frequency detector  
A method for comparing phases of two signals including placing a first output node in a floating state, detecting a first edge of a first signal on a first input node after placing the first output...
7535273 Phase-locked loop circuit, delay locked loop circuit, timing generator, semiconductor test instrument, and semiconductor integrated circuit  
A PLL and DLL are designed such that the power consumption can be reduced, the size can be easily reduced, the band of the locked loop can be a higher one, and the reliability can be improved....
7532039 Clock signal detector  
A clock signal detector is provided. The device comprises a plurality of signal delayers and a plurality of flip-flops for comparing the offset range of the clock signal between two different...
7532038 Phase detecting circuit having adjustable gain curve and method thereof  
A phase detecting circuit having an adjustable gain curve includes a plurality of phase detectors and a logic circuit. The phase detectors detect phase differences between a data signal and a...
7508239 Pattern sequence and state transition triggers  
A pattern sequence and state transition trigger generator provides a trigger when a specified transition from one pattern/state to another pattern/state occurs in a set of input signals. Decoders...
7501861 Phase-difference detecting apparatus and method  
A phase-difference detecting method is for detecting phase difference between a first signal and a second signal of the same frequency. First, generate a detection signal. Next, sample the...
7482841 Differential bang-bang phase detector (BBPD) with latency reduction  
Bang-bang phase detection (BBPD) methods and circuits are presented for providing low latency, low jitter phase detection for use in high data-rate applications. A shortened data-path...
7482842 Radiation hardened phase frequency detector for implementing enhanced radiation immunity performance  
A radiation hardened phase frequency detector (PFD) is provided for implementing enhanced radiation immunity performance. The radiation hardened phase frequency detector (PFD) includes a plurality...
7463099 Phase detector for reducing noise  
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for reducing noise. The apparatus includes a phase detector adapted to determine a phase difference between a first and a second signal, a...
7463069 Phase detector with selection of differences between input signals  
Known phase detectors have feedbackloops and do not function properly under severe conditions. By providing said phase detectors with difference establishers ( 1 ) for establishing differences...
7456661 Phase-locked/frequency-locked loop and phase/frequency comparator therefor  
A phase/frequency comparator is described which includes two edge-triggered storage elements, each set by an edge of a reference frequency signal of a phase—or frequency-locked loop (PLL) and by...
7449962 Phase-controlled current source for phase-locked loop  
A phase-controlled current source for phase-locked loop is provided. The phase-locked loop includes a voltage-controlled oscillator to associate a charging path or discharging path in order to...
7443206 High-frequency linear phase-frequency detector with wide-pulse outputs  
A circuit and method are provided for detecting a phase difference between at least two periodic signals. The circuit and method disclosed herein provide pulsed output signals with wide output...
7443251 Digital phase and frequency detector  
Disclosed are a digital phase-frequency detector and a method of operating a digital phase-frequency detector. The detector includes an input circuit, an output circuit and a reset circuit. In use,...
7425851 Phase-locked loop with incremental phase detectors and a converter for combining a logical operation with a digital to analog conversion  
The invention relates to a phase-locked loop comprising a voltage controlled oscillator and having a frequency control input for controlling the frequency of the output signal. The phase-locked...
7423456 Fast response time, low power phase detector circuits, devices and systems incorporating the same, and associated methods  
A circuit for quickly accomplishing highly accurate phase detection using low power is described. The circuit includes a phase decision circuit that receives two clock signals and detects the phase...
7417470 Phase frequency detector with a novel D flip flop  
Methods, systems and components for use with or as a phase frequency detector. The phase frequency detector stretches its output pulse, allowing the detector to operate in a more linear region. As...
7414446 DLL circuit of semiconductor memory apparatus and method of delaying and locking clock in semiconductor memory apparatus  
A DLL circuit of a semiconductor memory apparatus includes a frequency sensing unit that generates and outputs a high frequency signal and a low frequency signal on the basis of a CAS latency...
7400204 Linear phase detector and charge pump  
A phase detector detects a phase difference between a first and second signal received by a phase detector. A charge is supplied by a charge pump circuit that corresponds to the phase difference...
7388408 Phase-frequency detector capable of reducing dead zone  
A phase-frequency detector generates output signals at a first and a second output end based on input signals received at a first and a second input end. The phase-frequency detector includes two...
7382163 Phase frequency detector used in digital PLL system  
A phase frequency detector includes a phase error detector outputting a phase error signal according to a first input signal and a second input signal; a phase error judgment unit outputting a...
7375557 Phase-locked loop and method thereof and a phase-frequency detector and method thereof  
The phase-frequency detector may include a first flip-flop configured to generate a first signal, the first signal transitioning to a first logic level in response to a first edge of a first input...
7336106 Phase detector and method having hysteresis characteristics  
A phase detector generates a first output signal if a feedback clock signal leads a reference clock signal by more than a first time. The phase detector generates a second output signal if the...
7332973 Circuit and method for digital phase-frequency error detection  
A time-to-digital converter comprises a ring oscillator, a counter, an encoder, and a multi-bit latch. The ring oscillator comprises a first input and a clock input, as well as, a first output...
7285994 Rotational frequency detector system  
A rotational frequency detector system including a rotational frequency detector responsive to a data signal and a clock signal. The rotational frequency detector is configured to compare the...
7282962 Inverted-phase detector  
An inverted-phase detector is implemented in a system including a first clock circuit that provides a first clock signal and a delayed clock circuit that outputs an delayed clock signal. A...
7279938 Delay chain integrated circuits having binary-weighted delay chain units with built-in phase comparators therein  
Delay-locked loop integrated circuits include a delay chain having a plurality of delay chain units. The delay chain may be a binary-weighted delay chain and the delay chain units may be arranged...
7271622 Quadrature voltage controlled oscillators with phase shift detector  
In wireless application there is made use of a quadrature oscillators that generate signals that are capable of oscillating at quadrature of each other. The quadrature oscillator is comprised of...
7271621 Method and apparatus for trimming a phase detector in a delay-locked-loop  
Methods and apparatus are provided for trimming a phase detector in a delay-locked-loop. A latch that evaluates a phase offset between two signals is trimmed by applying two signals to the latch...
7227386 Phase locked loop lock-detection circuit  
An improved clock lock detection circuit is disclosed. The circuit has a first input indicating an edge of a first clock and a second input indicating a corresponding edge of a second clock wherein...
7212051 Control signal generation for a low jitter switched-capacitor frequency synthesizer  
A phase detector and control signal generator responds to a reference signal and a feedback signal to produce a non-delayed up and down signal. A programmable delay unit delays the non-delayed up...
7205851 Semiconductor integrated circuit having a clock generation circuit  
During a period of preparation for actual operation, a reference clock is supplied to both a comparison clock input portion and a feedback clock input portion of a phase comparator while a feedback...
7202707 High frequency binary phase detector  
A phase detector includes a first flip flop having a data input coupled to a first clock signal at a first frequency and a clock input coupled to a second clock signal at a second frequency. The...
7154304 Enhanced phase and frequency detector that improves performance in the presence of a failing clock  
A system and method of reducing the pulse width differential in a phase frequency detector (PFD) is provided. In a first embodiment, a PFD is construed using a plurality of flip-flops (or clocking...
7142025 Phase difference detector, particularly for a PLL circuit  
A phase difference detector adapted to generating a signal indicative of a phase difference between a first signal and a second signal, comprising: a first bistable element clocked by the first...
7129757 Clock frequency detect with programmable jitter tolerance  
An apparatus and method is disclosed for programmable determination of frequency, phase, and jitter relationship of a first clock and a second clock in an electronic system. In a first,...
7129794 Phase detector for reducing noise  
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for reducing noise. The apparatus includes a phase detector adapted to determine a phase difference between a first and a second signal, a...
7123055 Impedance-matched output driver circuits having coarse and fine tuning control  
Impedance-matched output driver circuits include a first totem pole driver stage and a second totem pole driver stage. The first totem pole driver stage includes at least one PMOS pull-up...
7119583 Phase detector and method having hysteresis characteristics  
A phase detector generates a first output signal if a feedback clock signal leads a reference clock signal by more than a first time. The phase detector generates a second output signal if the...
7109760 Delay-locked loop (DLL) integrated circuits that support efficient phase locking of clock signals having non-unity duty cycles  
Delay-locked loop (DLL) integrated circuits include digital phase comparators that are unaffected by variable duty cycle ratios. These phase comparators determine a shortest direction to phase lock...
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