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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marko Aleksić, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian S. Leibowitz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/08 (2006.01); H03B 5/18 (2006.01); H03L 1/00 (2006.01); H03L 7/24 (2006.01); H03K 3/03 (2006.01); H03L 7/083 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 1/00 (2013.01); H03K 3/0315 (2013.01); H03L 7/24 (2013.01); H03L 7/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A variable injection-strength injection-locked oscillator (ILO) is described. The variable injection-strength ILO can output an output clock signal based on an input clock signal. The variable injection-strength ILO can pause, restart, slow down, or speed up the output clock signal synchronously with respect to the input clock signal in response to receiving power mode information. Specifically, the variable injection-strength ILO can be operated under relatively strong injection when the input clock signal is paused, restarted, slowed down, or sped up.