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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2022
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Thomas Bauernfeind, Arbing, AT;
Andreas Schwarz, Öpping, AT;
Nicolo Guarducci, Linz, AT;
Thorsten Brandt, Paphos, CY;
Francesco Lombardo, Munich, DE;
Bernhard Greslehner-Nimmervoll, Hagenberg, AT;
Daniel Maier, Schenkenfelden, AT;
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Abstract
A frequency linearity measurement circuit configured to measure a frequency linearity of a frequency signal includes: a first measurement circuit configured to generate a first estimate of an integer number of clock cycles of the frequency signal within a respective gate signal period of a gate signal; a second measurement circuit comprising a time-to-digital converter (TDC) configured to generate a second estimate of a fractional number of clock cycle of the frequency signal within the respective gate signal period; a reference measurement circuit configured to generate a third estimate of an expected number of clock cycles within the respective gate signal period; and a closed-loop frequency tracking circuit configured to track a frequency error between an expected frequency and a measured frequency, where the expected frequency and the measured frequency are determined based on the third estimate and on a sum of the first estimate and the second estimate, respectively.