Patents by Inventor Menno Spijker

Menno Spijker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10666269
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising an accumulator circuit and an offset register. The accumulator circuit may be configured to (a) receive a plurality of frequency offset values from a plurality of sourcing DPLLs and (b) generate a current combined offset value in response to a sum of the frequency offset values. The offset register may be configured to (a) store an offset value corresponding to the current combined offset value in a first mode and (b) store an offset value corresponding to an updated offset value in a second mode. The updated offset value may comprise a difference between the offset value stored in the offset register and the current combined offset value. The offset value may be presented to a receiving DPLL during a re-arrangement of the sourcing DPLLs. Presenting the offset value may reduce a phase transient caused by the re-arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Menno Spijker
  • Patent number: 10637482
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of digital phase-locked loops and a time slotted bus. The time slotted bus is configured to couple the plurality of digital phase-locked loops. The plurality of digital phase-locked loops may be configured to exchange parameters between two or more of the plurality of digital phase-locked loops using one or more time slots of the time slotted bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Menno Spijker
  • Publication number: 20200021296
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of digital phase-locked loops and a time slotted bus. The time slotted bus is configured to couple the plurality of digital phase-locked loops. The plurality of digital phase-locked loops may be configured to exchange parameters between two or more of the plurality of digital phase-locked loops using one or more time slots of the time slotted bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventor: Menno Spijker
  • Patent number: 10476509
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of digital phase-locked loops and a time slotted bus. The time slotted bus is configured to couple the plurality of digital phase-locked loops. The plurality of digital phase-locked loops may be configured to exchange parameters between two or more of the plurality of digital phase-locked loops using one or more time slots of the time slotted bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Menno Spijker
  • Publication number: 20190312580
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising an accumulator circuit and an offset register. The accumulator circuit may be configured to (a) receive a plurality of frequency offset values from a plurality of sourcing DPLLs and (b) generate a current combined offset value in response to a sum of the frequency offset values. The offset register may be configured to (a) store an offset value corresponding to the current combined offset value in a first mode and (b) store an offset value corresponding to an updated offset value in a second mode. The updated offset value may comprise a difference between the offset value stored in the offset register and the current combined offset value. The offset value may be presented to a receiving DPLL during a re-arrangement of the sourcing DPLLs. Presenting the offset value may reduce a phase transient caused by the re-arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventor: Menno Spijker
  • Patent number: 10355699
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising an accumulator circuit and an offset register. The accumulator circuit may be configured to (a) receive a plurality of frequency offset values from a plurality of sourcing DPLLs and (b) generate a current combined offset value in response to a sum of the frequency offset values. The offset register may be configured to (a) store an offset value corresponding to the current combined offset value in a first mode and (b) store an offset value corresponding to an updated offset value in a second mode. The updated offset value may comprise a difference between the offset value stored in the offset register and the current combined offset value. The offset value may be presented to a receiving DPLL during a re-arrangement of the sourcing DPLLs. Presenting the offset value may reduce a phase transient caused by the re-arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Menno Spijker
  • Publication number: 20180159542
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising an accumulator circuit and an offset register. The accumulator circuit may be configured to (a) receive a plurality of frequency offset values from a plurality of sourcing DPLLs and (b) generate a current combined offset value in response to a sum of the frequency offset values. The offset register may be configured to (a) store an offset value corresponding to the current combined offset value in a first mode and (b) store an offset value corresponding to an updated offset value in a second mode. The updated offset value may comprise a difference between the offset value stored in the offset register and the current combined offset value. The offset value may be presented to a receiving DPLL during a re-arrangement of the sourcing DPLLs. Presenting the offset value may reduce a phase transient caused by the re-arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventor: Menno Spijker
  • Publication number: 20180159541
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of digital phase-locked loops and a time slotted bus. The time slotted bus is configured to couple the plurality of digital phase-locked loops. The plurality of digital phase-locked loops may be configured to exchange parameters between two or more of the plurality of digital phase-locked loops using one or more time slots of the time slotted bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventor: Menno Spijker
  • Patent number: 9369270
    Abstract: A Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE) network device includes a pair of phase-locked loops including a first phase-locked loop responsive to a SyncE input clock and a second phase-locked loop coupled to the first phase-locked loop. The second phase-locked loop is configured to be simultaneously lockable to both the SyncE input clock via the first phase-locked loop and an IEEE 1588 packet stream, during a locked mode of operation, and also lockable to the SyncE input clock during a holdover mode of operation which is triggered in response to a failure of the IEEE 1588 packet stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Menno Spijker
  • Publication number: 20070024383
    Abstract: The present invention is a method to rapidly lock a type II phase locked loop (PLL) after a frequency jump without degrading the output signal much. The method to decrease the settling time and improve the quality of the output clock during the settling disclosed herein comprises of the following broad steps: Estimate new frequency offset with a separate circuit outside the PLL loop to measure the frequency of the input signal accurately. Ramp integrator to the new frequency offset. Do phase build out or phase pull-in. The remaining phase offset is build out when no edge to edge alignment is required. Otherwise, the remaining phase offset is pulled in while the integrator in the PLL's loop filter is disabled. Reduce the PLL bandwidth and/or lower damping to let the PLL settle. Switch the PLL to final bandwidth and damping required by the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: Zarlink Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Menno Spijker, Jason Rosinski, Robertus van der Valk
  • Patent number: 6959064
    Abstract: A multimode clock recovery circuit for providing constant bit rate services in a cell relay network has an embedded digital phase locked loop including an input circuit capable of generating a phase signal from at least two types of input signal. The phase signal controlling the output of the phase locked loop generates clock signals for the constant bit rate services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Zarlink Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Menno Spijker, George Jeffrey
  • Publication number: 20020044620
    Abstract: A multimode clock recovery circuit for providing constant bit rate services in a cell relay network has an embedded digital phase locked loop including an input circuit capable of generating a phase signal from at least two types of input signal. The phase signal controlling the output of the phase locked loop generates clock signals for the constant bit rate services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Menno Spijker, George Jeffery