Analog unidirectional serial link architecture
First Claim
1. A unified serial link system comprising a transmitter portion and a receiver portion, one of said transmitter portion and said receiver portion further comprising a. a phase locked loop control circuit;
- b. a phase rotator circuit connected to the phase locked loop control circuit;
c. a phase buffer circuit connected to the phase rotator circuit; and
d. an equalization driver circuit connected to said phase buffer circuit;
wherein the phase rotator circuit is configured to acquire a clock phase from the phase locked loop control circuit and modulo shift the clock phase into a desired phase angle.
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Abstract
A unified serial link system and method for transmitting digital data across wired media including a transmitter and a receiver. The system comprises a phase locked loop (PLL) control circuit, a phase rotator circuit, a phase buffer circuit, and an equalization driver circuit. The phase rotator circuit is configured to acquire a clock phase from the phase locked loop control circuit and modulo shift the clock phase into a desired phase angle. One embodiment comprises a dual loop PLL having a digital coarse loop and an analog fine loop, a multi-stage voltage controlled oscillator, a voltage comparator, a PLL control logic, a digital to analog counter and a low pass filter. The fine loop includes the oscillator, a frequency divider, a phase-frequency detector, a charge pump and a loop filter.
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18 Claims
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1. A unified serial link system comprising a transmitter portion and a receiver portion, one of said transmitter portion and said receiver portion further comprising
a. a phase locked loop control circuit; -
b. a phase rotator circuit connected to the phase locked loop control circuit;
c. a phase buffer circuit connected to the phase rotator circuit; and
d. an equalization driver circuit connected to said phase buffer circuit;
wherein the phase rotator circuit is configured to acquire a clock phase from the phase locked loop control circuit and modulo shift the clock phase into a desired phase angle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing a unified serial link comprising the steps of:
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a. providing a phase locked loop control circuit;
b. the phase locked loop control circuit generating a clock phase;
c. connecting a phase rotator circuit to the phase locked loop control circuit;
d. the phase rotator circuit receiving the clock phase from the phase locked loop control circuit;
e. the phase rotator circuit modulo shifting the clock phase into a desired phase angle;
f. connecting a phase buffer circuit to the phase rotator circuit; and
g. the phase buffer circuit buffering the phase angle to an equalization driver. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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