PHASE CONTROL OF CLOCK SIGNAL BASED ON FEEDBACK
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1. A system with clock signal phase adjustment, the system comprising:
- a device configured to receive a clock signal and to provide a feedback signal, wherein a phase associated with the device is based on the clock signal; and
a clock generator configured to provide the clock signal, the clock generator comprising;
a feedback signal processor configured to receive the feedback signal from the device and to compute a phase control signal based on the feedback signal; and
a clock generating circuit configured to adjust the phase of the clock signal based on the phase control signal.
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Abstract
Aspects of this disclosure relate to adjusting a phase of a clock signal provided to a device based on a feedback signal from the device. The feedback signal can provide phase information associated with the device and/or other information associated with the device, such as temperature information. A feedback signal processor can compute a phase control signal based on the feedback signal. The phase control signal can be used to adjust the phase of the clock signal. By adjusting the phase of one or more clock signals, several devices, such as data converters, can be synchronized.
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22 Claims
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1. A system with clock signal phase adjustment, the system comprising:
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a device configured to receive a clock signal and to provide a feedback signal, wherein a phase associated with the device is based on the clock signal; and a clock generator configured to provide the clock signal, the clock generator comprising; a feedback signal processor configured to receive the feedback signal from the device and to compute a phase control signal based on the feedback signal; and a clock generating circuit configured to adjust the phase of the clock signal based on the phase control signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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5. The system of Claim I, further comprising a second device configured to receive a second clock signal from the clock generator, wherein the clock generator is further configured to receive a second feedback signal from the second device and to adjust a phase of the second clock signal based on the second feedback signal.
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14. A feedback signal processor for providing a phase control signal for adjusting a phase of a clock signal, the feedback signal processor comprising:
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a phase processor configured to; receive a feedback signal generated by a device that is configured to receive a clock signal; and generate a digital signal indicative of a phase associated with the device based on the feedback signal, wherein the phase associated with the device depends on the clock signal; and a calculation circuit configured to compute a phase control signal based on the digital signal and to output the phase control signal for adjusting the phase of the clock signal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A clock generator with clock signal phase adjustment, the clock generator comprising:
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means for generating a phase control signal based on feedback from a device configured to receive a clock signal from the clock generator; and a clock generating circuit configured to generate the clock signal, adjust a phase of the clock signal based on the phase control signal, and output the clock signal having the adjusted phase. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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