IP Library Granted Patent US 11,451,221
Granted Patent B2
US 11,451,221 · App. 17/276,672 · Granted Sep 20, 2022

Dual clock signal to pulse-width modulated signal conversion circuit

Inventor: Jinqiao Zhu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: LINEARIN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
H03K5/249H03K5/1534H03K7/08H03K19/1774H03K21/02H03K2005/00247
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Patent No.
US 11,451,221
App. No.
17/276,672
Granted
Sep 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a dual clock signal to pulse-width modulated signal conversion circuit, comprising: a first counter, an input end of which inputs a first clock signal, and an output end of which outputs a divided signal; an edge reset circuit, an input end of which inputs the divided signal, the output end of which outputs a first reset pulse signal and a second reset pulse signal, the first reset pulse signal being configured for resetting a second counter, and the second reset pulse signal being configured for resetting a third counter; a second counter, an input end of which inputs the second clock signal and the first reset pulse signal, and an output end of which outputs the first pulse-width modulated signal; a third counter, an input end of which inputs the second clock signal and the second reset pulse signal, and an output end of which outputs the second pulse-width modulated signal; a logic processing circuit, an input end of which inputs the first pulse-width modulated signal and the second pulse-width modulated signal, and an output end of which outputs a pulse-width modulated signal PWM_OUT. The disclosure offers high precision, system stability, and good anti-interference.

Claims (24)

1. A dual clock signal to pulse-width modulated signal conversion circuit comprising:

an input end configured to receive a first clock signal and a second clock signal, and

an output end configured to provide a first pulse-width modulated signal;

wherein a first clock cycle of the first clock signal is greater than or equal to a second clock cycle of the second clock signal;

a high level average duty cycle of the first pulse-width modulated signal is equal to at least one of a ratio of the second clock cycle of the second clock signal to the first clock cycle of the first clock signal cycle, multiplied by a proportionality coefficient, and 1 minus the ratio of the second clock cycle of the second clock signal to the first clock cycle of the first clock signal, multiplied by the proportionality coefficient K, such that the high level average duty cycle is determined by at least one of the equations:

K ×( T 0/ T 1);

and

1−K×(T 0 /T 1 ), wherein T 1 represents the first clock cycle, T 0 represents the second clock cycle and K represents the proportionality coefficient;

a pulse-width modulation circuit including a first input configured to receive the first clock signal and the second clock signal, and a first output configured to provide a first intermediary pulse-width modulated signal and a second intermediary pulse-width modulated signal; and

a logic processing circuit including a second input configured to receive the first intermediary pulse-width modulated signal and the second intermediary pulse-width modulated signal, and a second output configured to provide the pulse-width modulated signal.

2. The dual clock signal to pulse-width modulated signal conversion circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the proportionality coefficient is ½ n , where n is an integer.

3. The dual clock signal to pulse-width modulated signal conversion circuit according to claim 2 , wherein n is 0.

4. The dual clock signal to pulse-width modulated signal conversion circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a low-level pulse duration and a high-level pulse duration of the pulse-width modulated signal are both equal to an integer multiple of the second clock cycle of the second clock signal.

5. The dual clock signal to pulse-width modulated signal conversion circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a first average frequency of the first intermediary pulse-width modulated signal is equal to a second average frequency of the second intermediary pulse-width modulated signal, and a third cycle of the first intermediary pulse-width modulated signal and a fourth cycle of the second intermediary pulse-width modulated signal are equal to an integer multiple of the second clock cycle of the second clock signal.

6. The dual clock signal to pulse-width modulated signal conversion circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a first low-level average duty cycle of the first intermediary pulse-width modulated signal and a second low-level average duty cycle of the second intermediary pulse-width modulated signal are equal to at least one of ½ of the ratio of the second clock cycle of the second clock signal to the first clock cycle of the first clock signal and 1 minus ½ of the ratio of the second clock cycle of the second clock signal to the first clock cycle of the first clock signal.

7. The dual clock signal to pulse-width modulated signal conversion circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a first average frequency of the first intermediary pulse-width modulated signal is equal to a second frequency of a divided signal, and a low-level pulse duration and a high-level pulse duration of the first intermediary pulse-width modulated signal are both an integer multiple of the second clock cycle of the second clock signal, wherein a third average frequency of the second intermediary pulse-width modulated signal is equal to the second frequency of the divided signal, and a low-level pulse duration and a high-level pulse duration of the second intermediary pulse-width modulated signal are both an integer multiple of the second clock cycle of the second clock signal.

8. The dual clock signal to pulse-width modulated signal conversion circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the logic processing circuit performs a logic AND operation on the first intermediary pulse-width modulated signal and the second intermediary pulse-width modulated signal.

9. The dual clock signal to pulse-width modulated signal conversion circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the pulse-width modulation circuit comprises:

a first counter, configured to receive the first clock signal, and provide a divided signal;

an edge reset circuit configured to receive the divided signal and provide a first reset pulse signal and a second reset pulse signal, the first reset pulse signal being configured for resetting a second counter, and the second reset pulse signal being configured for resetting a third counter;

the second counter configured to receive the second clock signal and the first reset pulse signal, and provide the first intermediary pulse-width modulated signal;

a third counter configured to receive the second clock signal and the second reset pulse signal, and provide the second pulse-width modulated signal.

10. The dual clock signal to pulse-width modulated signal conversion circuit according to claim 9 , wherein a fourth cycle of the divided signal is an integer multiple of the first clock cycle of the first clock signal.

11. The dual clock signal to pulse-width modulated signal conversion circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the edge reset circuit generates the first reset pulse signal at a rising edge of the divided signal, and generates the second reset pulse signal at the falling edge of the divided signal.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2025
From: LINEARIN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: GUEST GOOD MICRO (SHANGHAI) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 073575/0758 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2022
From: SHANGHAI GUESTGOOD ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: LINEARIN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060976/0548 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2021
From: ZHU, JINQIAO
To: SHANGHAI GUESTGOOD ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055614/0192 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811108793.3 · Sep 21, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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