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Granted Patent B1
US 11,258,433 · App. 17/190,917 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Semiconductor integrated circuit and receiving device

Inventor: Go Urakawa (Yokohama Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
H03K3/017G06F1/04H03K5/00006H03K19/20H03K2005/00078
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Patent No.
US 11,258,433
App. No.
17/190,917
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B1
Abstract

A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit is configured to divide a first pulse signal having a first duty cycle by N (where N is an integer of 2 or more), and output 2×N second pulse signals of which phases are different from each other. The first pulse signal is a pair of differential signals. The second circuit is configured to receive one or more selection signals and calculate a logical product of one of the one or more selection signals and two of the 2×N second pulse signals to generate a third pulse signal having a second duty cycle less than the first duty cycle.

Claims (37)

1. A semiconductor integrated circuit, comprising:

a first circuit configured to divide a first pulse signal having a first duty cycle by N (where N is an integer of 2 or more), the first pulse signal being a pair of differential signals, and output 2×N second pulse signals with phases which are different from each other; and

a second circuit configured to receive one or more selection signals and calculate a logical product of one of the one or more selection signals and two of the 2×N second pulse signals to generate a third pulse signal having a second duty cycle less than the first duty cycle.

2. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein phases of the 2×N second pulse signals are equally separated by 180/N degrees.

3. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

the second circuit includes a plurality of AND circuits, each of the AND circuits having three input terminals that receive one of the one or more selection signals and two of the 2×N second pulse signals, and

a combination of the two of the 2×N second pulse signals is different from each other among the plurality of AND circuits.

4. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

the one or more selection signals comprise N selection signals,

the second circuit includes a plurality of AND circuits, each of the AND circuits having three input terminals that receive one of the N selection signals and two of the 2×N second pulse signals, and

a combination of the one of the N signals and the two of the 2×N second pulse signals is different from each other among the plurality of AND circuits.

5. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the number of the plurality of AND circuits is 8×N.

6. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first duty cycle is 50%.

7. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the second duty cycle is one of 12.5%, 25%, and 37.5%.

8. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the second circuit includes a delay circuit, and the two of the 2×N second pulse signals from which the third pulse signal is generated comprise a fourth pulse signal that is not delayed by the delay circuit and a fifth pulse signal that is delayed by the delay circuit.

9. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 8 , wherein a delay caused by the delay circuit corresponds to a duty cycle of less than 50%.

10. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the third pulse signal is a clock signal.

11. A receiving device, comprising:

an equalizing circuit configured to receive an analog signal and output a compensated analog signal;

a clock circuit including:

a first circuit configured to divide a first clock signal having a first duty cycle by N (where N is an integer of 2 or more), the first clock signal being a pair of differential signals, and output 2×N second clock signals with phases which are different from each other; and

a second circuit configured to receive one or more selection signals and calculate a logical product of one of the one or more selection signals and two of the 2×N second clock signals to generate a third clock signal having a second duty cycle less than the first duty cycle; and

a conversion circuit configured to perform analog-to-digital conversion of the compensated analog signal using the third clock signal.

12. The receiving device according to claim 11 , wherein phases of the 2×N second clock signals are equally separated by 180/N degrees.

13. The receiving device according to claim 11 , wherein

the second circuit includes a plurality of AND circuits, each of the AND circuits having three input terminals that receive one of the one or more selection signals and two of the 2×N second clock signals, and

a combination of the two of the 2×N second clock signals is different from each other among the plurality of AND circuits.

14. The receiving device according to claim 11 , wherein

the one or more selection signals comprise N selection signals,

the second circuit includes a plurality of AND circuits, each of the AND circuits having three input terminals that receive one of the N selection signals and two of the 2×N second clock signals, and

a combination of the one of the N signals and the two of the 2×N second clock signals is different from each other among the plurality of AND circuits.

15. The receiving device according to claim 14 , wherein the number of the plurality of AND circuits is 8×N.

16. The receiving device according to claim 11 , wherein the first duty cycle is 50%.

17. The receiving device according to claim 16 , wherein the second duty cycle is one of 12.5%, 25%, and 37.5%.

18. The receiving device according to claim 11 , wherein the second circuit includes a delay circuit, and the two of the 2×N second clock signals from which the third clock signal is generated comprise a fourth clock signal that is not delayed by the delay circuit and a fifth clock signal that is delayed by the delay circuit.

19. The receiving device according to claim 18 , wherein a delay caused by the delay circuit corresponds to a duty cycle of equal to or less than 50/N %.

20. The receiving device according to claim 11 , wherein the analog-to-digital conversion performed by the conversion circuit includes a time-interleaved analog-to-digital conversion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2021
From: URAKAWA, GO
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056849/0777 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-155725 · Sep 16, 2020 · national
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