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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2003
Stanley Jeh-Chun Ma, Gloucester, CA;
Mosaid Technologies Incorporated, Kanata, CA;
Abstract
A duty cycle regulator derives from an input clock of arbitrary duty cycle, an output clock having an adjustable duty cycle of similar frequency. The duty cycle regulator includes a bistable circuit for receiving an input clock pulse and providing the output clock, coupled through a feedback loop to an adjustable delay unit having a delay interval equal to an adjustable fraction of the input clock period. When an input clock pulse is received, the bistable circuit is set, providing a high signal to the delay unit, after which the delay interval resets the bistable circuit to provide a low signal. The delay unit includes two charge pumps alternately feeding and draining electric charges into and from a low-pass filter. The delay interval can be adjusted to a desired duty cycle independent of the input clock frequency, by setting the ratio of electric currents through the two charge pumps.