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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2011
Yi Cai, Orefield, PA (US);
Ivan Chan, Kanata, CA;
Liming Fang, Allentown, PA (US);
Max J. Olsen, Mertztown, PA (US);
Yi Cai, Orefield, PA (US);
Ivan Chan, Kanata, CA;
Liming Fang, Allentown, PA (US);
Max J. Olsen, Mertztown, PA (US);
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for controllably generating jitter in a serial data stream includes a frequency generator and first and second mixers. The frequency generator is configured to output in-phase and quadrature local oscillator signals with a local oscillator frequency of at least about 5 MHz. The local oscillator frequency varies between a selectable minimum frequency and a selectable maximum frequency. The first mixer is configured to mix a fixed frequency clock signal with the in-phase local oscillator signal to output a first mixer output. The second mixer is configured to mix the fixed frequency clock signal with the quadrature local oscillator signal to output a second mixer output. An adder is configured to add the first and second mixer outputs to produce a frequency-modulated clock signal with a frequency that is about the sum of the fixed frequency and the local oscillator frequency and includes a periodic jitter.