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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2020
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Zhengzheng Wu, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Chao Song, San Diego, CA (US);
Karthik Nagarajan, Poway, CA (US);
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A digital phase-frequency detector characterizes a delay between two input clock signals using a ring oscillator. A cycle count of a ring oscillator signal circulating through a loop in the ring oscillator during the delay provides a coarse measurement of the delay. A phase of the ring oscillator signal in the loop at the end of the delay provides a fine measurement of the delay. A digital phase-locked loop may control an oscillation frequency of a digitally-controlled oscillator responsive to the fine measurement of the delay and control a division within a clock divider responsive to the coarse measurement of the delay.