Clock spreading systems and methods
First Claim
1. An integrated transceiver system comprising:
- a base band control system;
a transceiver coupled to the base band control system; and
a clock spreading system that provides a spread clock output signal derived from a clock reference signal for clocking one of the base band control system and the transceiver, the clock spreading system being configured to provide a periodic phase modulated spread clock output signal during receiving of data in a receive mode and a pseudo-random phase modulated spread clock output signal during transmitting of data in a transmit mode;
wherein the clock spreading system employs a triangular modulation for the modulation of both the periodic phase modulated spread clock output signal and the pseudo-random phase modulated spread clock output signal;
wherein the clock spreading system employs the triangular modulation by sequentially selecting between a plurality of phase delay offset clock signals sequentially spaced apart in predetermined phase delay offset increments in increasing increments from a zero phase delay offset to a maximum phase delay offset and sequentially selecting between the plurality of phase delay offset clock signals in decreasing increments from the maximum phase delay offset to the zero phase delay offset.
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Abstract
Clock spreading systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a clock spreading system is provided in an integrated transceiver system that comprises a base band control system and a transceiver coupled to the base band control system. The clock spreading system provides a spread clock output signal derived from a clock reference signal for clocking one of the base band control system and the transceiver. The clock spreading system is configured to provide a periodic phase modulated spread clock output signal during receiving of data in a receive mode and a pseudo-random phase modulated spread clock output signal during transmitting of data in a transmit mode.
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18 Claims
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1. An integrated transceiver system comprising:
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a base band control system; a transceiver coupled to the base band control system; and a clock spreading system that provides a spread clock output signal derived from a clock reference signal for clocking one of the base band control system and the transceiver, the clock spreading system being configured to provide a periodic phase modulated spread clock output signal during receiving of data in a receive mode and a pseudo-random phase modulated spread clock output signal during transmitting of data in a transmit mode; wherein the clock spreading system employs a triangular modulation for the modulation of both the periodic phase modulated spread clock output signal and the pseudo-random phase modulated spread clock output signal; wherein the clock spreading system employs the triangular modulation by sequentially selecting between a plurality of phase delay offset clock signals sequentially spaced apart in predetermined phase delay offset increments in increasing increments from a zero phase delay offset to a maximum phase delay offset and sequentially selecting between the plurality of phase delay offset clock signals in decreasing increments from the maximum phase delay offset to the zero phase delay offset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A clock spreading system comprising:
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a delay line logic device that receives a clock reference signal and provides a plurality of phase delay offset clock signals sequentially spaced apart in predetermined phase delay offset increments; a plurality of clock gating latches with a given latch receiving a respective phase delay offset clock signal for each of the plurality of phase delay offset clock signals; a shift register configured to sequentially enable a given latch at a time of the plurality of clock gating latches to provide a respective phase delay offset clock signal as a spread clock output signal; and a state machine configured to instruct the shift register to count up to sequentially provide increasing phase delay offset clock signals, count down to sequentially provide decreasing phase delay offset clock signals and hold a current phase delay offset clock signal at the spread clock output signal; wherein the state machine and the shift register are clocked by the spread clock output signal, which causes the spread clock output signal to have a frequency that is lower than a reference frequency of the clock reference signal during increasing phase delay offset clock signals and a frequency that is higher than the reference frequency during decreasing phase delay offset clock signals. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of spreading a clock signal, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of phase delay offset clock signals sequentially spaced apart in predetermined phase delay offset increments from a reference frequency; sequentially providing one at a time increasing respective phase delay offset clock signals as a spread clock output signal from a zero phase delay offset to a maximum phase delay offset; holding the spread clock output signal at the maximum phase delay offset for a pseudo-random period of time in a transmit mode; holding the spread clock output signal at the maximum phase delay offset for a predetermined period of time in a receive mode; and sequentially providing one at a time decreasing respective phase delay offset clock signals as the spread clock output signal from the maximum phase delay offset to the zero phase delay offset. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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