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US 12,348,234 · App. 18/586,592 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Clock and data recovery circuit

Inventors: Yan-Siou Dai (Miaoli County, TW); Ming-Hwa Lee (Hsinchu County, TW); Nai-Sheng Shih (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
H03L7/0895H03L7/0807
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Patent No.
US 12,348,234
App. No.
18/586,592
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit includes a low pass filter (LPF) and a charge pump (CP) circuit. The LPF includes a filtering resistor and a filtering capacitor. The CP circuit, coupled to the LPF, includes an operational amplifier, a first high-side switch circuit, a first low-side switch circuit, a second high-side switch circuit, a second low-side switch circuit, a first compensation resistor and a second compensation resistor. The first high-side switch circuit and the first low-side switch circuit are coupled to an output terminal of the operational amplifier. The second high-side switch circuit and the second low-side switch circuit are coupled to a first input terminal of the operational amplifier through the LPF. The first compensation resistor is coupled to the first high-side switch circuit. The second compensation resistor is coupled to the first low-side switch circuit.

Claims (25)

1. A clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit, comprising:

a low pass filter (LPF), comprising a filtering resistor and a filtering capacitor;

a charge pump (CP) circuit, coupled to the LPF, comprising:

an operational amplifier;

a first high-side switch circuit, coupled to an output terminal of the operational amplifier;

a first low-side switch circuit, coupled to the output terminal of the operational amplifier;

a second high-side switch circuit, coupled to a first input terminal of the operational amplifier through the LPF;

a second low-side switch circuit, coupled to the first input terminal of the operational amplifier through the LPF;

a first compensation resistor, coupled to the first high-side switch circuit; and

a second compensation resistor, coupled to the first low-side switch circuit.

2. The CDR circuit of claim 1 , wherein a resistance value of the first compensation resistor and a resistance value of the second compensation resistor are substantially equal to a resistance value of the filtering resistor.

3. The CDR circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first compensation resistor is coupled between the first high-side switch circuit and the output terminal of the operational amplifier, and the second compensation resistor is coupled between the first low-side switch circuit and the output terminal of the operational amplifier.

4. The CDR circuit of claim 1 , wherein the second high-side switch circuit and the second low-side switch circuit are coupled to the first input terminal of the operational amplifier through the filtering resistor.

5. The CDR circuit of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first high-side switch circuit, the first low-side switch circuit, the second high-side switch circuit and the second low-side switch circuit comprises:

a switch element; and

a degeneration resistor, coupled to the switch element.

6. The CDR circuit of claim 5 , wherein the first compensation resistor is coupled to a first terminal of the switch element of the first high-side switch circuit, and the degeneration resistor of the first high-side switch circuit is coupled to a second terminal of the switch element of the first high-side switch circuit.

7. The CDR circuit of claim 5 , wherein the second compensation resistor is coupled to a first terminal of the switch element of the first low-side switch circuit, and the degeneration resistor of the first low-side switch circuit is coupled to a second terminal of the switch element of the first low-side switch circuit.

8. The CDR circuit of claim 1 , wherein a second input terminal of the operational amplifier is coupled to the output terminal of the operational amplifier.

9. The CDR circuit of claim 1 , wherein the CP circuit further comprises:

a high-side current source, coupled to the first high-side switch circuit and the second high-side switch circuit; and

a low-side current source, coupled to the first low-side switch circuit and the second low-side switch circuit.

10. The CDR circuit of claim 1 , further comprising:

a phase detector (PD), coupled to the CP circuit; and

a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), coupled between the PD and the LPF.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2024
From: DAI, YAN-SIOU; LEE, MING-HWA; SHIH, NAI-SHENG
To: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
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