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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dong-Myung Choi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Madhusudhan Sarda, Karnataka, IN;
Anu Subbaraman, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kwanjee Ng, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/50 (2006.01); H03M 1/64 (2006.01); G04F 10/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/64 (2013.01); G04F 10/005 (2013.01); H03M 1/60 (2013.01); H03M 1/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A window-enabled TDC and method of detecting phase of a reference signal. One embodiment of the window-enabled TDC includes: (1) a window generator configured to receive a reference signal and a clock signal, and (2) a TDC circuit coupled to the window generator and configured to be enabled based on the reference signal and disabled based on the clock signal.