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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2015
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventor:

Mohammad Elbadry, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/017 (2006.01); H03K 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 7/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A clock generator includes a duty cycle correction circuit. The duty cycle correction circuit includes a duty cycle detector. The duty cycle detector, includes a first programmable delay element and a controller. The first programmable delay element is configured to delay a clock signal. The controller is configured to vary an amount of delay applied to the clock signal by the first programmable delay element, and to apply a delayed version of the clock signal, provided by the first programmable delay element, to locate an edge of a different version of the clock signal and measure time during which the different version of the clock is high. The controller is also configured to generate a digital value that indicates an amount of adjustment to apply to a duty cycle of the clock signal based on measured time during which the different version of the clock is high.


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