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Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 10, 2023
Applicant:

Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Waleed El-Halwagy, Ottawa, CA;

Youcef Fouzar, Ottawa, CA;

Kristopher Kshonze, Ottawa, CA;

William Roberts, Highland, UT (US);

Faizal Warsalee, Sittsville, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/081 (2006.01); H03K 5/135 (2006.01); H03K 5/156 (2006.01); H03K 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/0812 (2013.01); H03K 5/135 (2013.01); H03K 5/1565 (2013.01); H03K 7/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

One or more examples relate to a method. The method includes: receiving up/down error signals indicative of duty cycle mismatch between a reference clock signal and a changed feedback clock signal that represents an output clock signal generated by a clock tracking circuit to track the reference clock signal; setting a duty cycle of a changed feedback clock signal to reduce duty cycle mismatch indicated by the up/down error signals; and providing the changed feedback clock having set duty cycle.


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