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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
A timing jitter measurement circuit for measuring timing jitter in the digital domain may use an interpolator bank to over-sample a signal from a media reader, a zero crossing estimator to estimate a zero crossing moment in the output of the interpolator bank and a time interval analyzer (TIA) to calculate the timing jitter as the deviation of the estimated zero crossing moment from an expected zero crossing moment in a clock signal. The timing jitter measurement circuit may be integrated into digital circuitry since it avoids using analog devices. Consequently, it may simplify the chip design, lower power consumption and save space.