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Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2022
Applicant:

Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);

Inventors:

Jacob Pike, Ottawa, CA;

Sadok Aouini, Gatineau, CA;

Naim Ben-Hamida, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:

CIENA CORPORATION, Hanover, MD (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/099 (2006.01); H03L 7/081 (2006.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/0998 (2013.01); H03L 7/0814 (2013.01); H04L 7/0025 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, implementing a first stage including a first number of phase rotators in parallel generating respective clock phases offset by a fixed amount; a second stage including a second number of phase rotators receiving outputs from the first number of phase rotators of the first stage, the second stage outputting a first weighted sum of respective clock phases generated by the second number of phase rotators. The subject disclosure further includes the second number of phase rotators being less than the first number of phase rotators, and a total number of bits dedicated to phase selection being split across the first stage and the second stage. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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