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Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2016
Applicant:

Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventors:

Abdellatif Bellaouar, Richardson, TX (US);

Arul Balasubramaniyan, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:

GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H03K 5/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/12 (2006.01); H01L 29/10 (2006.01); H03L 7/081 (2006.01); H03K 5/1534 (2006.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/00006 (2013.01); H01L 27/1203 (2013.01); H01L 29/1079 (2013.01); H03K 5/1534 (2013.01); H03L 7/0814 (2013.01); H03K 2005/00026 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A transformer-less DFM device comprising: an input receiving signals that are an integer multiple of an input signal; an edge detector that provides a quantized or a state output comparing an the input signal to a feedback signal; a statemachine that has counters and decimation circuits to provide a digitized output to a DAC that tunes delays between the input/output signals; a DLL for generating delay signals from the input signal that form an input to an edge combiner wherein the edge combiner takes different phases from the DLL to generate a multiplied output signal; a first DAC that takes the signal from the statemachine and provide a control to a supply circuit of the DLL to adjust a delay through a supply voltage; a second DAC that takes a signal from the statemachine and provides control to a backgate circuit of the DLL to adjust the delay.


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