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Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2020
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Tsung-Che Lu, Hsinchu, TW;

Chin-Ming Fu, Zhubei, TW;

Chih-Hsien Chang, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/13 (2014.01); H03K 5/135 (2006.01); H03K 5/15 (2006.01); H03K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/135 (2013.01); H03K 5/15013 (2013.01); H03K 2005/00208 (2013.01);
Abstract

A phase interpolating (PI) system includes: a phase-interpolating (PI) stage configured to receive first and second clock signals and a multi-bit weighting signal, and generate an interpolated clock signal, the PI stage being further configured to avoid a pull-up/pull-down (PUPD) short-circuit situation by using the multi-bit weighting signal and a logical inverse thereof (multi-bit weighting_bar signal); and an amplifying stage configured to receive and amplify the interpolated clock signal, the amplifying stage including a capacitive component; the capacitive component being tunable; and the capacitive component having a Miller effect configuration resulting in a reduced footprint of the amplifying stage.


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