Circuit for generating a clock data recovery phase locked indicator and method thereof
A circuit includes an oversampling logic unit, an alternating current estimator, and a logic processor. The oversampling logic unit generates a plurality of alternating current terms according to an oversampling clock, and outputs a plurality of alternating current terms corresponding to an output clock from the plurality of alternating current terms according to the output clock. The alternating current estimator executes a discrete cosine transform and a discrete sine transform on a plurality of alternating current terms outputted from the oversampling logic unit within a first predetermined time to generate a first value and a second value respectively. The logic processor compares a number of first values and a number of second values within a second predetermined time, and generates a clock data recovery phase locked indicator according to a comparing result.
1. A circuit for generating a clock data recovery phase locked indicator, the circuit comprising:
an oversampling logic unit for executing an oversampling operation on data from a channel to generate a plurality of alternating current terms according to an oversampling clock, and outputting a plurality of alternating current terms corresponding to an output clock from the plurality of alternating current terms according to the output clock;
an alternating current estimator coupled to the oversampling logic unit for executing a discrete cosine transform on the plurality of alternating current terms outputted from the oversampling logic unit to generate a first value, and executing a discrete sine transform on the plurality of alternating current terms outputted from the oversampling logic unit to generate a second value within a first predetermined time; and
a logic processor coupled to the alternating current estimator for comparing a number of the first values and a number of the second values within a second predetermined time, and generating the clock data recovery phase locked indicator according to a comparison result.
2. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein a frequency of the oversampling clock is more than twice a frequency of the data from the channel.
3. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the alternating current estimator comprises:
a discrete cosine transformer for executing the discrete cosine transform on the plurality of alternating current terms outputted from the oversampling logic unit to generate the first value; and
a discrete sine transformer for executing the discrete sine transform on the plurality of alternating current terms outputted from the oversampling logic unit to generate the second value.
4. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein when the first value is less than the second value, the logic processor generates the clock data recovery phase locked indicator.
5. A method for generating a clock data recovery phase locked indicator, the method comprising:
executing an oversampling operation on data from a channel to generate a plurality of alternating current terms according to an oversampling clock;
outputting a plurality of alternating current terms corresponding to an output clock from the plurality of alternating current terms to an alternating current estimator according to the output clock;
executing a discrete cosine transform on the plurality of alternating current terms inputted to the alternating current estimator to generate a first value, and executing a discrete sine transform on the plurality of alternating current terms inputted to the alternating current estimator to generate a second value within a first predetermined time; and
comparing a number of the first value and a number of the second value within a second predetermined time, and generating the clock data recovery phase locked indicator according to a comparison result.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein a frequency of the oversampling clock is more than twice a frequency of the data from the channel.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein when the first value is less than the second value, the logic processor generates the clock data recovery phase locked indicator.