Pulse width modulation (PWM) to align clocks across multiple separated cards within a communication system

S Rodrigues, M Rupert, Z Baidas, L Goldin - US Patent 10,075,284, 2018 - Google Patents
A system and method for clock phase alignment at a plurality of line cards over a backplane
of a communication system. Phase adjustments are continually made for the clock signals at …

Clock generator circuit for successive approximatiom analog to-digital converter

S Sakiyama, A Matsumoto, Y Tokunaga… - US Patent App. 13 …, 2013 - Google Patents
A sampling clock generator generates a sampling clock based on a reference clock and an
internal clock. An internal clock generator causes, during a period in which the sampling …

Metastability error reduction in asynchronous successive approximation analog to digital converter

P Maulik, N Govind - US Patent 9,621,179, 2017 - Google Patents
Various aspects facilitate error reduction for an analog to digital converter (eg, due to
metastability). A digital to analog converter generates a scaled reference voltage based on a …

Buffer with programmable input/output phase relationship

M Chu, JC Hsu, RD Wade - US Patent 9,859,901, 2018 - Google Patents
An apparatus includes a phase locked loop circuit having a phase comparator for
generating a signal indicative of a phase difference between a signal presented to a first …

Temperature compensation for oscillator

F Wei, Y Fan - US Patent 9,231,519, 2016 - Google Patents
The present application is a national phase entry under 35 USC S371 of International
Application No. PCT/US2012/028955, filed Mar. 13, 2012, entitled “TEMPERATURE …

Analog-to-digital converter speed calibration techniques

A Shikata, S Junhua, A Liu - US Patent 10,454,492, 2019 - Google Patents
A conversion time and an acquisition time of an ADC can be estimated so that a speed of the
ADC can be calibrated. An ADC circuit can perform M bit-trials in its conversion phase and …

Calibration method and apparatus for phase locked loop circuit

M Chu - US Patent 9,654,121, 2017 - Google Patents
(21) Appl. No.: 15/169,997(57) ABSTRACT (22) Filed: Jun. 1, 2016 An integrated circuit
apparatus for calibrating a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit that includes a phase comparator …

Programmable low power high-speed current steering logic (LPHCSL) driver and method of use

V Agrawal, F Qiu - US Patent 9,692,394, 2017 - Google Patents
An integrated circuit comprising, a Voltage regulator circuit and a programmable low power
high-speed current steering logic (LPHCSL) driver circuit coupled to a common supply …

Bulk acoustic wave resonator based fractional frequency synthesizer and method of use

P Goyal, SE Aycock - US Patent 9,954,541, 2018 - Google Patents
A frequency synthesizer comprising a first phase locked loop (PLL) circuit coupled to receive
a reference frequency signal from a reference oscillator, the first PLL circuit comprising a first …

Method and apparatus for analog-to-digital converter

HS Lin, S Hatanaka - US Patent 8,922,416, 2014 - Google Patents
Aspects of the disclosure provide an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC includes a
comparator module and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The comparator module is …