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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Inphi Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Irene Quek, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
INPHI CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/135 (2006.01); H03M 1/86 (2006.01); H03K 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/135 (2013.01); H03M 1/86 (2013.01); H03K 2005/00052 (2013.01); H04L 27/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to integrated circuits. More particularly, the present invention provides a circuit and method for a CMOS interpolator for an output clock signal with a desirable phase for a high speed serializer/deserializer device. In a specific embodiment, the present invention provides a phase interpolator device that mixes phase-shifted clock signals according to a predetermined weight values at predetermined time intervals. There are other embodiments as well.