Patents Represented by Attorney Ronald O. Neerlings
  • Patent number: 8278980
    Abstract: An apparatus for clock/voltage scaling includes a device power manager arranged to supply a scalable frequency clock to an interface; a delay-locked loop, supplied by a constant fixed frequency clock and a constant voltage, arranged to generate a unique code depending on process, voltage, and/or temperature; and controlled delay line elements coupled to the delay-locked loop, arranged to generate an appropriate delayed data strobe based on the unique code. A method for a digital phase lock loop high speed bypass mode includes providing a first digital phase lock loop in a first high speed clock domain; providing a second digital phase lock loop in a second clock domain; controlling an output of a first glitchless multiplexer according to preselected settings using a device power manager synchronized locally; and controlling an output of a second glitchless multiplexer using a control logic element of the second digital phase lock loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gilles Dubost, Franck Dahan, Hugh Thomas Mair, Sylvain Dubois