Digital delay phase locked loop
AssigneeUnited Microelectronics Corp.
InventorsJuei-Lung Chen, Shih-Huang Huang
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Abstract
A digital delay phase locked loop, to quickly perform the phase lock on an input clock signal. The digital delay phase locked circuit has a delay apparatus, a buffer, a phase comparator, an adder-register, a clock divider and a demultiplexer. After a delay operation performed on the input clock signal by the delay apparatus, the phase locked clock signal is output via the buffer. The above two signals are then compared with each other using the phase comparator to output a comparison signal to the adder-register for addition/subtraction delay. Being controlled by the clock divider, the objective of fast phase lock is achieved by the addition/subtraction operation of the demultiplexer.
Claims7
A digital delay phase locked loop, used to receive a clock signal and perform a phase lock to output a phase locked clock signal, the digital delay phase locked loop comprising:
- a delay apparatus, to receive the clock signal to perform a phase lock, and to output a delay data signal;
- a buffer, to receive the delay data signal and to output the phase locked clock signal;
- a phase comparing converter, to receive and to obtain a time difference between the clock signal and the phase locked clock signal, and to convert the time difference into a comparison signal in digits for output;
- an adder-register, to receive and temporary store the comparison signal;
- a clock divider, to receive the clock signal and to output a data refresh signal to the adder-register, so that a modified signal is output by the adder-register;
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- a demultiplexer, to receive the modified signal and to output a control signal to the delay apparatus to control the delay function to achieve phase lock.
A digital delay phase locked loop, comprising:
- a delay apparatus, comprising a plurality of unit delays connected in series, to receive a clock signal for performing delay function, and to output a delay data signal;
- a buffer, output a phase locked clock signal after receiving the delay data signal;
- a phase comparing converter, to receiving and compare a time difference between the clock signal and the phase locked clock signal, and to convert the time difference into a digital comparison signal to be output;
- an adder-register, to receive and temporarily store the comparison signal;
- a clock divider, to output a data refresh signal to the adder-register after receiving the clock signal, so that the adder-register can output a modified signal;
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- a demultiplexer, comprising a plurality of control gates connected in parallel, each control gate being connected to one of the unit delays to receive the modified signal, and to output a control signal to the unit delay to control the delay function for phase lock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.