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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2017
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ayush Mittal, Bangalore, IN;

Gajanan Maroti Devpuje, Munnekolala, IN;

Bhushan Shanti Asuri, San Diego, CA (US);

Krishnaswamy Thiagarajan, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 (2006.01); H03L 7/07 (2006.01); H03L 7/081 (2006.01); H03K 5/133 (2014.01); H03L 7/099 (2006.01); H03L 7/089 (2006.01); H03L 7/093 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/07 (2013.01); H03K 5/133 (2013.01); H03L 7/0812 (2013.01); H03L 7/0814 (2013.01); H03L 7/0891 (2013.01); H03L 7/093 (2013.01); H03L 7/0995 (2013.01);
Abstract

An integrated circuit is disclosed that implements a delay-locked loop with differential delay lines. In an example aspect, the integrated circuit includes a first delay line, a second delay line, and control circuitry. The first and second delay lines are coupled to a reference clock source to receive a reference clock. The first delay line produces a first delayed signal that is delayed relative to the reference clock by a first delay amount. The second delay line produces a second delayed signal that is delayed relative to the reference clock by a second delay amount. The control circuitry is coupled to the first and second delay lines. The control circuitry is configured to receive the first delayed signal, to receive the second delayed signal, and to adjust the first delay amount or the second delay amount based on the first delayed signal and the second delayed signal.


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