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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2013
Gennady Goltman, Haifa, IL;
Yongping Fan, Portland, OR (US);
Kuan-yueh Shen, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Described is an apparatus to lower power of a charge pump. The apparatus comprises: a first delay unit to receive a reference clock, the first delay unit to provide a delayed reference clock to a first sequential unit; a second delay unit to receive a feedback clock, the second delay unit to provide a delayed feedback clock to a second sequential unit; a first logic unit to receive the reference and feedback clocks, the logic unit to perform a logical OR operation on the received reference and feedback clocks, and to generate a trigger signal for a third sequential unit; and a second logic unit to receive outputs of first and second sequential units, and to generate an output coupled to the third sequential unit.