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Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 17, 2017
Applicant:

Intel Ip Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sebastian Sievert, Munich, DE;

Ofir Degani, Nes-Ammin, IL;

Ashoke Ravi, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/10 (2006.01); H03L 7/085 (2006.01); G04F 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/085 (2013.01); G04F 10/005 (2013.01); H03M 1/1009 (2013.01); H03M 1/1071 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for calibrating a phase nonlinearity of a digital-to-time converter is provided. The method includes generating, based on a control word, a reference signal using a phase-locked loop. A frequency of the reference signal is equal to a frequency of an output signal of the digital-to-time converter. Further, the method includes measuring a temporal order of a transition of the output signal from a first signal level to a second signal level, and a transition of the reference signal from the first signal level to the second signal level. The method additionally includes adjusting a first entry of a look-up table based on the measured temporal order.


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