Abstract: A clock data recovery circuit including a phase blender, a phase detector, a data sampling position detector and a data selector is provided. The phase blender generates a third clock signal and a fourth clock signal according to a first clock signal and a second clock signal. The phase detector samples a data signal according to the first and second clock signals to generate first sampled data, second sampled data and a phase state signal. The data sampling position detector samples the data signal according to the third and fourth clock signals to generate third sampled data, fourth sampled data and a control signal. The data selector generates output data according to the control signal and the phase state signal.

Abstract: An interface device and an interface method for interfacing between a master device and a slave device is provided. The master device generates command and the slave device generates data according to the command. The interface device includes a master interface and a slave interface. The master interface is coupled to the master device and configured to send the command to the slave device and/or receive the data from the slave device. The slave interface is coupled to the slave device and configured to receive the command from the master device and/or send the data to the master device. The master interface and the slave interface are driven by a clock generated by a clock generator. The master interface and the slave interface are electrically connected by one or plurality of bonds and/or TSVs.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method and a apparatus for rapid measurement of thermal conductivity of a thin film material. The apparatus comprises a control device, a clock synchronizer, a laser, a rapid thermometer and a thermal conductivity output device; the control device and the clock synchronizer are signally connected, and the clock synchronizer is simultaneously signally connected with the laser and the rapid thermometer; in the working state, the control device sends a start signal to the clock synchronizer, and the laser and the rapid thermometer coordinately cooperate, and the laser emits laser light to the surface of the sample; at the same time, the rapid thermometer captures the surface temperature of the sample at the same specified position at different time points during the heating of the sample, and inputs the measured data into the thermal conductivity output device to obtain the thermal conductivity parameter. The apparatus of the invention has simple structure.

Abstract: A signal processing device includes an oscillation circuit, a protection target circuit, a delay time detection circuit, and a clock control circuit. The oscillation circuit receives the frequency control signal and generates a clock signal having a frequency corresponding to the frequency control signal. According to the above-mentioned configuration, even when a delay failure due to aging occurs in the signal processing device, it is possible to prevent a malfunction.

Abstract: A circuit includes: a first delay circuit configured to receive a first clock signal; a second delay circuit configured to receive a second clock signal; a delay control circuit, coupled to the first and second delay circuits, and configured to cause the first and second delay circuits to respectively align the first and second clock signals within a noise window; and a loop control circuit, coupled to the first and second delay circuits, and configured to alternately form a first oscillation loop and a second oscillation loop passing through each of the first and second delay circuits so as to determine the noise window.

Abstract: Described herein is a digital phase locked loop (PLL) which includes a phase frequency detector (PFD) outputting a pulse width modulated (PWM) up pulse and a PWM down pulse based on comparison of a reference clock and a feedback clock, a digital integral circuit connected to the PFD, the digital integral circuit outputting a digital control signal based on the PWM up and down pulses, and a controlled oscillator (CO) connected to the digital integral circuit and an output and input of the PFD. The CO receiving the PWM up and down pulses from the PFD and adjusting a frequency of the CO based on the digital control signal and the PWM up and down pulses to generate an output clock. The feedback clock is based on the output clock and the reference clock is aligned with the feedback clock by adjusting the output clock frequency until frequency/phase lock.

Abstract: An output signal generation circuit includes a first pulse generation circuit configured to receive first information and generate a first pulse signal including the first information, the first pulse signal having a first pulse width that is a minimum pulse width of the first pulse signal, a second pulse generation circuit configured to receive second information and the first pulse signal, and generate a second pulse signal in which the second information is superimposed on the first pulse signal, the second pulse signal having a second pulse width smaller than the first pulse width, and an output circuit configured to output the second pulse signal.

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of oscilloscopes, each oscilloscope having an output port and an input port, a cable connecting the output port of an initial oscilloscope of the plurality of oscilloscopes to the input port of a second oscilloscope of the plurality of oscilloscopes, the initial oscilloscope having a processing element to generate a master run clock, the second oscilloscope having a processing element including a phase-locked loop to lock a slave run clock to the master run clock, wherein the processing element of one of the oscilloscopes executes code to cause the processing element to manipulate one of the run clocks to pass trigger information to another of the plurality of oscilloscopes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driving circuit including a first circuit, a transistor switch, and a voltage level conversion circuit. The first circuit includes an operational amplifier and a feedback circuit, and is configured to output a first signal (e.g., an analog signal). The feedback circuit is configured to feed back the first signal to the operational amplifier. A source terminal and a drain terminal of the transistor switch are respectively electrically coupled to the operational amplifier and an output pin of the driving circuit. The voltage level conversion circuit is connected to the source terminal and a gate terminal of the transistor switch. When the voltage level conversion circuit is enabled, a voltage difference between the gate terminal and the source terminal of the transistor switch is controlled to a set value, so that the first signal is output to the output pin through the transistor switch.

Abstract: A clock gate circuit (CGC) is described that optimizes dynamic power of the CGC when clock is gated. The CGC helps in dynamic power reduction of clock network by offering lower clock pin capacitance and also by providing clock pin driver downsizing opportunities. Switching power, and hence, dynamic power is reduced when load on the input clock pin is reduced. Further, dynamic power of the clock network also reduces by downsizing the clock buffers, which drive the CGC clock pins.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a shift register, a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit, and a display panel. The shift register includes a plurality of shift register units and a first pulling-down circuit. Each shift register unit includes a first outputting circuit and a second outputting circuit. The first outputting circuit is coupled to a first outputting terminal of the shift register unit, and the second outputting circuit is coupled to a second outputting terminal of the shift register unit. The first outputting terminal of the shift register unit is coupled to the first pulling-down circuit via a first unidirectional isolating circuit, and the second outputting terminal of each shift register unit is coupled to the first pulling-down circuit via a second unidirectional isolating circuit, so that the first outputting terminal and the second outputting terminal of each shift register unit are isolated from each other.

Abstract: A method for initializing a phase adder circuit including a multiplier circuit with its two inputs receiving signals of frequency fo, a mixer circuit, an amplifier circuit, a low pass loop filter, and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), the method including: during a first phase, determining a reference voltage which when applied to the VCO causes it to produce a signal having a frequency of nf0; during a second phase, supplying a signal of frequency nfo to a first input of the mixer and a signal of frequency (nfo+?f) to a second input of the mixer; and determining an adjustment signal which when applied to the amplifier circuit causes the amplifier circuit to output a signal having a DC component equal to the reference voltage; and during a third phase, forming a primary phase locked loop (PLL) circuit including the mixer, the amplifier circuit, the low pass loop filter and the VCO; and applying the adjustment signal to the amplifier circuit.

Abstract: To suppress malfunctions in a shift register circuit. A shift register having a plurality of flip-flop circuits is provided. The flip-flop circuit includes a transistor 11, a transistor 12, a transistor 13, a transistor 14, and a transistor 15. When the transistor 13 or the transistor 14 is turned on in a non-selection period, the potential of a node A is set, so that the node A is prevented from entering into a floating state.

Abstract: A shift register includes an output sub-circuit and a compensation sub-circuit. The output sub-circuit is coupled to a pull-up node, a clock signal terminal and a signal output terminal. The compensation sub-circuit is coupled to the pull-up node, the clock signal terminal and the signal output terminal. The output sub-circuit is configured to transmit a voltage of the clock signal terminal to the signal output terminal under control of a voltage of the pull-up node, The compensation sub-circuit is configured to transmit a voltage of the signal output terminal to the pull-up node under control of the voltage of the pull-up node and the voltage of the clock signal terminal.

Abstract: A signal receiving circuit, a memory storage device and a signal receiving method are provided. The signal receiving circuit includes an equalizer module, a clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit and a controller. The equalizer module is configured to receive a first signal and compensate the first signal to generate a second signal. The CDR circuit is configured to perform a phase locking on the second signal. The controller is configured to open or close a signal pattern filter of the CDR circuit according to the second signal, wherein the signal pattern filter is configured to filter a signal having a specific pattern in the second signal.

Abstract: A pulse width modulation output stage incorporates a half bridge output stage, a gate control circuit, a detection circuit, and a control logic. The half bridge output stage has a first transistor and a second transistor connected in series between a power supply node and a ground node. The gate control circuit outputs a pulse width modulation signal to drive the first transistor and the second transistor. The detection circuit detects whether or not a glitch occurs in one of the gate voltages of the first and second transistor so as to generate a control code. The logic circuit varies the delay time of the pulse width modulation signal based on the control code.

Abstract: A configurable charge storage network and control system provide a context-aware power network for a system including a circuit, the power network coupled to the circuit to provide a core voltage to the circuit; and a context-based controller that monitors a supply voltage level of a power supply, monitors a core voltage level of the core voltage, and monitors activity of the circuit to derive an activity level of the circuit; and based on the activity level of the circuit, adjusts a capacitance of the power network or charging parameters associated with the power network to correspond to a power requirement associated with the activity level.

Abstract: A circuit system for controlling an electrical consumer, the circuit system including an up-down counter, and the circuit system being configured to generate a control signal for controlling the electrical consumer, in particular for shutting off the electrical consumer, as a function of a counter content of the up-down counter. The circuit system includes a controllable clock divider circuit, with the aid of which the circuit system is configured to predefine a counting direction and a counting speed of the up-down counter as a function of at least one variable characterizing an actual current and/or a nominal current of the electrical consumer.

Abstract: Clock distribution network and method for dynamically changing clock frequency in digital processing system are provided. The method includes receiving, at a first clock input of a first divider, a frequency signal from a clock source and receiving, at a state machine, a first status signal from the first divider, the first status signal indicating a first number of clock edges that have transpired from a first phase reference clock edge of the first divider. The method includes asserting, using the state machine, a first hold signal at a first hold input of the first divider, the first hold signal suspending operation of the first divider when asserted and after asserting the first hold signal, latching a new first divider value into the first divider. The method includes de-asserting, using the state machine, the first hold signal subsequent to latching the new first divider value into the first divider.

Abstract: A sequential circuit includes a first gate circuit, a second gate circuit and an output circuit. The first circuit generates a first signal based on an input signal, an input clock signal and a second signal. The second circuit generates an internal clock signal by performing a NOR operation on the first signal and an inversion clock signal which is inverted from the input clock signal, and generates the second signal based on the internal clock signal and the input signal. The output circuit generates an output signal based on the second signal. Operation speed of the sequential circuit and the integrated circuit including the same may be increased by increasing the negative setup time reflecting a transition of the input signal after a transition of the input clock signal, through mutual controls between the first circuit and the second circuit.