Qualcomm Incorporated

Shilei Hao

Yiwu Tang

Yunliang Zhu

Dongmin Park

A frequency divider functionality detection and adjustment circuit includes an auxiliary voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) coupled to a first multiplexer (MUX), a programmable divider coupled to the first MUX, a second MUX coupled to the programmable divider, a counter coupled to the second MUX, and a controller coupled to the counter, the controller configured to adjust a supply voltage provided to the programmable divider based on a measured divide ratio, NMEAS.

Frequency divider functionality detection and adjustment

A hybrid true single-phase clock (H-TSPC) circuit includes a first logic circuit comprising non-ratio (NR) logic, a first mode switching device coupled to an output of the first logic circuit, a second logic circuit comprising ratio (R) logic, the second logic circuit configured to receive an output of the first logic circuit, a second mode switching device coupled to an output of the second logic circuit, a third logic circuit comprising non-ratio (NR) logic, the third logic circuit configured to receive an output of the second logic circuit, and a third mode switching device coupled to an output of the third logic circuit, wherein the first logic circuit, second logic circuit, and third logic circuit are configured in a ring.

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