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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Inphi Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Guojun Ren, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Inphi Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 (2006.01); H03L 7/08 (2006.01); H03K 5/14 (2014.01); H02M 3/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/08 (2013.01); H03K 5/14 (2013.01); H02M 3/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to signal processing system and electrical circuits. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a DLL system that provides phase correction by determining a system offset based on phase differences among the delay lines. The offset is used as a part of a feedback loop to provide phase corrections for the delay lines. There are other embodiments as well.