Patents by Inventor Changhui Cathy Zhang

Changhui Cathy Zhang 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: 10069503
    Abstract: To speed up output clock alignment in a digital phase locked loop wherein a controlled oscillator generates synthesizer pulses that are divided to produce output pulses at a predetermined normal spacing and time location, and wherein during an alignment procedure the output pulses are moved in time in response to a delay value obtained by comparing a phase of the output pulses with a phase applied to the controlled oscillator averaged over a number of synthesizer pulses in a feedback circuit to align said output pulses with a reference clock taking into account hardware delay, a group of the output pulses is advanced during the alignment procedure to reduce the spacing between them. After determining the delay value averaged over the group of output pulses subsequent output pulses are restored to their normal spacing and time locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Microsemi Semiconductor ULC
    Inventors: Changhui Cathy Zhang, Qu Gary Jin, Mark A. Warriner, Kamran Rahbar
  • Publication number: 20170346494
    Abstract: To speed up output clock alignment in a digital phase locked loop wherein a controlled oscillator generates synthesizer pulses that are divided to produce output pulses at a predetermined normal spacing and time location, and wherein during an alignment procedure the output pulses are moved in time in response to a delay value obtained by comparing a phase of the output pulses with a phase applied to the controlled oscillator averaged over a number of synthesizer pulses in a feedback circuit to align said output pulses with a reference clock taking into account hardware delay, a group of the output pulses is advanced during the alignment procedure to reduce the spacing between them. After determining the delay value averaged over the group of output pulses subsequent output pulses are restored to their normal spacing and time locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Changhui Cathy Zhang, Qu Gary Jin, Mark A. Warriner, Kamran Rahbar
  • Patent number: 9584138
    Abstract: A multi-channel phase locked loop (PLL) device has a plurality of PLL channels. Each channel includes a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) supplying an output clock, via an output divider, to a respective output pin. A first multiplexer selects any of the PLL channels for alignment. A feedback calibration PLL is responsive to a feedback signal derived from an output clock of a selected channel at the respective output pin. A delay control module is responsive to an output of the feedback calibration PLL to adjust the phase of the output clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsemi Semiconductor ULC
    Inventors: Krste Mitric, Qu Gary Jin, Guohui Situ, Paul H. L. M. Schram, Changhui Cathy Zhang, Richard Geiss
  • Publication number: 20160301417
    Abstract: A multi-channel phase locked loop (PLL) device has a plurality of PLL channels. Each channel includes a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) supplying an output clock, via an output divider, to a respective output pin. A first multiplexer selects any of the PLL channels for alignment. A feedback calibration PLL is responsive to a feedback signal derived from an output clock of a selected channel at the respective output pin. A delay control module is responsive to an output of the feedback calibration PLL to adjust the phase of the output clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Krste Mitric, Qu Gary Jin, Guohui Situ, Paul H.L.M. Schram, Changhui Cathy Zhang, Richard Geiss