IP Library Granted Patent US 12,401,489
Granted Patent B2
US 12,401,489 · App. 18/192,742 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Clock and data recovery circuit and a display apparatus having the same

Inventors: Jungpil Lim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Kyungho Ryu (Hwaseong-si, KR); Kilhoon Lee (Seoul, KR); Hyunwook Lim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04L7/0033H03L7/0891H03L7/099H03L7/102H03L7/113H04L7/0087
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Patent No.
US 12,401,489
App. No.
18/192,742
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including: a timing controller outputting a reference clock signal and a data packet, wherein the data packet includes a clock signal embedded in a data signal; a clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit receiving the reference clock signal and the data packet; and a display panel displaying an image based on the data packet, wherein, when the CDR circuit receives the reference clock signal, a frequency band of the reference clock signal is detected using a first internal clock signal, a parameter associated with jitter characteristics of the clock and data recovery circuit is adjusted according to the detected frequency band, and a second internal clock signal is output by adjusting a frequency of the first internal clock signal, and when the CDR circuit receives the data packet, the data signal and a clock signal synchronized with the data signal are recovered from the data packet.

Claims (42)

1. An operating method of a clock and data recovery circuit, comprising:

receiving a training clock from a timing controller;

detecting a frequency band from the received training clock;

changing at least one parameter of the clock and data recovery circuit corresponding to the frequency band; and

reducing jitter characteristics of at least one clock using the changed at least one parameter.

2. The operating method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the training clock includes:

receiving a reference clock, which is the training clock, from the timing controller in an initial training mode; and

synchronizing phases of the reference clock and at least one internal clock.

3. The operating method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting the frequency band includes counting a period of the training clock with a clock of a voltage-controlled oscillator.

4. The operating method of claim 1 , wherein the clock and data recovery circuit includes a charge pump, a loop filter and a voltage-controlled oscillator,

wherein the at least one parameter includes a parameter of each of the charge pump, the loop filter and the voltage-controlled oscillator.

5. The operating method of claim 4 , wherein the at least one parameter includes a current output by the charge pump, a resistance or a capacitance of the loop filter, or a gain of the voltage-controlled oscillator.

6. The operating method of claim 4 , wherein the method further includes:

performing coarse tuning of the at least one clock using the frequency band.

7. The operating method of claim 6 , wherein the method further includes performing fine tuning of the at least one clock using a control code,

wherein the control code, as determined by an automatic frequency controller, corresponds to a difference between a frequency of the training clock and a frequency of the at least one clock.

8. The operating method of claim 1 , wherein the clock and data recovery circuit is used for a high speed operation region.

9. The operating method of claim 8 , wherein the jitter is maintained in a low speed operation region.

10. The operating method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving data packet having a wide range of frequencies from the timing controller in a normal operating mode.

11. An operating method of a display driving integrated circuit, comprising:

receiving a reference clock from a timing controller in an initial training mode;

synchronizing phases of an internal clock and the reference clock in the initial training mode;

receiving a data packet from the timing controller in a normal operating mode;

recovering a data signal and clock signal synchronized with the data packet in the normal operating mode,

wherein the synchronizing the phases includes:

detecting a frequency band of the reference clock using the internal clock; and

adjusting at least one parameter of a Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) circuit according to the frequency band.

12. The operating method of claim 11 , wherein the synchronizing the phases further includes tuning a frequency in a voltage-controlled oscillator of the CDR circuit.

13. The operating method of claim 11 , wherein the method further includes: performing coarse tuning to the frequency band of the reference clock in a loop filter of the CDR circuit.

14. The operating method of claim 11 , wherein the method further includes:

generating a control code using an automatic frequency controller wherein the control code corresponds to a difference between a frequency of the reference clock and a frequency of the internal clock; and

performing fine tuning using the control code to adjust the frequency band of the reference clock in a voltage-controlled oscillator of the CDR circuit.

15. The operating method of claim 11 , wherein the method further includes: adjusting a current parameter according to the frequency band in a charge pump of the CDR circuit.

16. An operating method of a display device, comprising:

receiving a data packet at a display driving integrated circuit, wherein the data packet is provided from a timing controller;

recovering a data signal and a clock signal synchronized with the data packet in a Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) circuit of the display driving integrated circuit; and

displaying the data signal on a display panel,

wherein the CDR circuit detects a frequency band of a reference clock using an initial clock, and adjusts at least one parameter of the CDR circuit according to the frequency band.

17. The operating method of claim 16 , wherein the CDR circuit is configured to process data in a high speed operation region and reduce jitter of the clock signal in a low speed operation region.

18. The operating method of claim 16 , wherein the at least one parameter includes a current output by a charge pump, a resistance or a capacitance of a loop filter, or a gain of a voltage-controlled oscillator.

19. The operation method of claim 18 , wherein the CDR circuit performs coarse tuning to the frequency band of the reference clock in the loop filter.

20. The operation method of claim 19 , wherein an automatic frequency controller generates a control code corresponding to a difference between a frequency of the reference clock and a frequency of the clock signal, and performs fine tuning using the control code to adjust the frequency band of the reference clock in the voltage-controlled oscillator.

Priority Claims (2)
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Continuity (3)
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