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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2016
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Junho Cho, Cupertino, CA (US);
XILINX, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An example clock delivery system includes a phase-locked loop (PLL) configured to generate a plurality of input clocks, a phase interpolator configured to receive the plurality of input clocks and generate a plurality of output clocks, and a clock data recovery (CDR) circuit configured to receive the plurality of output clocks. The phase interpolator includes a decoder having a plurality of inputs configured to receive binary codes and a respective plurality of outputs configured to output thermometer codes, and a mixer circuitry segmented into a plurality of unit circuits that are enabled or disabled based on bits of the thermometer codes.