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US 11,552,643 · App. 17/644,127 · Granted Jan 10, 2023

Semiconductor integrated circuit and receiver device

Inventor: Fumihiko Tachibana (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
H03L7/0807H03M1/34H04L7/0083H03L2207/14
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Patent No.
US 11,552,643
App. No.
17/644,127
Granted
Jan 10, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a converter converting an analog signal into a digital signal based on a clock signal; a comparator determining values of data based on the digital signal; a recovery circuit recovering the clock signal based on the digital signal and the data; and a control circuit. The recovery circuit includes a phase detector calculating a sum of a first value and offset, the first value being a value based on the digital signal and the data and relating to a phase of the clock signal; and a loop filter calculating a correction amount of the phase of the clock signal based on the sum. The control circuit is configured to gradually change the offset from a second value to zero after the second value is added as the offset.

Claims (56)

1. A semiconductor integrated circuit, comprising:

a converter configured to convert an analog signal into a digital signal based on a clock signal;

a comparator circuit configured to determine values of data based on the digital signal;

a recovery circuit configured to recover the clock signal based on the digital signal and the data; and

a control circuit configured to control the recovery circuit,

wherein

the recovery circuit includes:

a phase detector configured to calculate a sum of a first value and a first offset, the first value being a value based on the digital signal and the data and relating to a phase of the clock signal; and

a loop filter configured to calculate a correction amount of the phase of the clock signal based on the sum, and

the control circuit is configured to gradually change the first offset from a second value to zero after the second value is added as the first offset.

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

the digital signal includes a third value corresponding to a first sampling time and a fourth value corresponding to a second sampling time,

the data includes a fifth value corresponding to the third value and a sixth value corresponding to the fourth value, and

the phase detector is further configured to calculate the first value based on a difference between a product of the third value and the sixth value and a product of the fourth value and the fifth value.

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

the first offset is negative or positive, and

an absolute value of the second value is equal to or greater than a maximum value of an absolute value of the first value.

4. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the phase detector is an MM baud-rate phase detector.

5. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is configured to maintain a value of the first offset to the second value in a period longer than a cycle in which the clock signal is recovered.

6. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the loop filter includes an integrator to which an input value based on the sum is input and from which an output value limited to within a first range is output.

7. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 6 , wherein

the control circuit is configured to:

store the output value as a second offset in a state where the first offset is not given,

after storing the second offset, reset the output value and change a range in which the output value is clipped to a second range, the second range being narrower than the first range, and

add the second offset to the output value in a state where the first offset is given.

8. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the data includes data having 2 bits per symbol.

9. A receiver device, comprising:

a semiconductor integrated circuit; and

a data processing circuit configured to utilize data output from the semiconductor integrated circuit,

wherein

the semiconductor integrated circuit includes:

a converter configured to convert an analog signal into a digital signal based on a clock signal;

a comparator circuit configured to determine values of data based on the digital signal;

a recovery circuit configured to recover the clock signal based on the digital signal and the data; and

a control circuit configured to control the recovery circuit,

and wherein

the recovery circuit includes:

a phase detector configured to calculate a sum of a first value and a first offset, the first value being a value based on the digital signal and the data and relating to a phase of the clock signal; and

a loop filter configured to calculate a correction amount of the phase of the clock signal based on the sum, and

the control circuit is configured to gradually change the first offset from a second value to zero after the second value is added as the first offset.

10. The receiver device according to claim 9 , wherein

the digital signal includes a third value corresponding to a first sampling time and a fourth value corresponding to a second sampling time,

the data includes a fifth value corresponding to the third value and a sixth value corresponding to the fourth value, and

the phase detector is further configured to calculate the first value based on a difference between a product of the third value and the sixth value and a product of the fourth value and the fifth value.

11. The receiver device according to claim 9 , wherein

the first offset is negative or positive, and

an absolute value of the second value is equal to or greater than a maximum value of an absolute value of the first value.

12. The receiver device according to claim 9 , wherein the phase detector is an MM baud-rate phase detector.

13. The receiver device according to claim 9 , wherein the control circuit is configured to maintain a value of the first offset to the second value in a period longer than a cycle in which the clock signal is recovered.

14. The receiver device according to claim 9 , wherein the loop filter includes an integrator to which an input value based on the sum is input and from which an output value limited to within a first range is output.

15. The receiver device according to claim 14 , wherein

the control circuit is configured to:

store the output value as a second offset in a state where the first offset is not given,

after storing the second offset, reset the output value and change a range in which the output value is clipped to a second range, the second range being narrower than the first range, and

add the second offset to the output value in a state where the first offset is given.

16. The receiver device according to claim 9 , wherein the data includes data having 2 bits per symbol.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2022
From: TACHIBANA, FUMIHIKO
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059611/0722 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2021-152236 · Sep 17, 2021 · national
Cited By (1)
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