Abstract: An apparatus for generating a data signal comprises a processing circuit configured to generate the data signal, the data signal comprising a sequence of a first signal edge of a first type, a second signal edge of a second type, and a third signal edge of the first type, the first signal edge and the second signal edge being separated by a first time period corresponding to first data to be transmitted, and the second signal edge and the third signal edge being separated by a second time period corresponding to second data to be transmitted. An output interface circuit is configured to output the data signal.

Abstract: Technologies for duty cycle distortion (DCD) estimation are described. A transmitter includes a first output driver comprising a first complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) amplifier and a first attenuator coupled to an output of the first CMOS amplifier. The first CMOS amplifier receives an input signal and outputs an intermediate signal to the first attenuator. The first attenuator receives the intermediate signal and outputs an output signal having a signal swing that is less than a signal swing of the input signal. A first duty cycle correction (DCC) loop is coupled to the first output driver. The first DCC loop estimates first DCD in the intermediate signal output by the first CMOS amplifier.

Abstract: Technologies for chip-to-chip (C2C) yield and performance optimization in a die stacking platform are described. One apparatus includes a substrate, a first integrated circuit disposed on the substrate at a first location, a second integrated circuit disposed on the substrate at a second location, and a third integrated circuit disposed on the second integrated circuit. The second integrated circuit is coupled to the first integrated circuit using a first chip-to-chip (C2C) interface via a physical terminal. The third integrated circuit is coupled to the first integrated circuit using a second C2C interface via the physical terminal. Only one of the first C2C interface and the second C2C interface is active at a time.

Abstract: Technologies for jitter extraction are described. A receiver device includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a signal processing circuit. The signal processing circuit includes an equalizer block to output current data based on samples from the ADC. A clock-recovery (CR) block includes a timing error detector (TED) or a phase detector to measure a sampling offset. The CR block can use the sampling offset to control sampling of subsequent data by the ADC. A jitter extraction block can use the sampling offset to re-sample the current data to obtain re-sampled data based on the sampling offset to remove jitter from the current data.

Abstract: Technologies for jitter extraction are described. A receiver device includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a signal processing circuit. The signal processing circuit includes an equalizer block to output current data based on samples from the ADC. A clock-recovery (CR) block includes a timing error detector (TED) or a phase detector to measure a sampling offset. The CR block can use the sampling offset to control sampling of subsequent data by the ADC. A jitter extraction block can use the sampling offset to re-sample the current data to obtain re-sampled data based on the sampling offset to remove jitter from the current data.

Abstract: A clock generator calibration system can include a phased-locked loop and a correction circuit. The PLL can generate an output clock signal, and the correction circuit can adjust a frequency signal of the PLL based on a digital signal of the PLL. The digital signal can be generated based on the adjusted frequency signal.

Abstract: A system includes a first device, coupled to a link, which transmits a signal having a repeating pattern on one or more paths of the link. The system includes a second device coupled to the link and including one or more circuits and a time-to-digital converter (TDC). The second device is to receive at the one or more circuits the signal. The second device is to determine, by the TDC, a current duty cycle of the signal, the current duty cycle having a first duration associated with a first portion of the signal and a second duration associated with a second portion of the signal. The second device is further to determine the current duty cycle fails to satisfy a condition associated with a target duty cycle in response to determining the current duty cycle of the signal and adjust the current duty cycle to obtain an adjusted duty cycle.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a data signal comprises a processing circuit configured to generate the data signal, the data signal comprising a sequence of a first signal edge of a first type, a second signal edge of a second type, and a third signal edge of the first type, the first signal edge and the second signal edge being separated by a first time period corresponding to first data to be transmitted, and the second signal edge and the third signal edge being separated by a second time period corresponding to second data to be transmitted. An output interface circuit is configured to output the data signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wound dressing assembly comprising (i) a blood-clotting mold device with a mold cavity for forming a molded blood clot for use in dressing a wound. Prior to extraction, the molded blood clot is pushed towards the mold cavity's interior, which causes the molded blood clot to disassociate from the cavity walls and thereafter it can be removed with none or only minimal damage to its integrity.

Abstract: Examples relate to a digitally controlled oscillator circuit arrangement, a digitally controlled oscillation means, a method for a digitally controlled oscillator, a digital loop filter circuit arrangement, a digital loop filtering means, a method for a digital loop filter, a phase locked loop circuit arrangement and phase locked loop, a user device and a base station.

Abstract: A clock generator calibration system can include a phased-locked loop and a correction circuit. The PLL can generate an output clock signal, and the correction circuit can adjust a frequency signal of the PLL based on a digital signal of the PLL. The digital signal can be generated based on the adjusted frequency signal.

Abstract: A digital to analog converter (DAC) includes a first amplifier configured to receive a first bit of a data block as an input and output a first signal based on a value of the first bit of the data block, a first filter circuit configured to filter the first signal, an output configured to output an analog signal based on a combination of the filtered first signal and a second signal that represents a value of a second bit of the data block.

Abstract: A digital to analog converter (DAC) includes a first amplifier configured to receive a first bit of a data block as an input and output a first signal based on a value of the first bit of the data block, a first filter circuit configured to filter the first signal, an output configured to output an analog signal based on a combination of the filtered first signal and a second signal that represents a value of a second bit of the data block.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a data signal comprises a processing circuit configured to generate the data signal, the data signal comprising a sequence of a first signal edge of a first type, a second signal edge of a second type, and a third signal edge of the first type, the first signal edge and the second signal edge being separated by a first time period corresponding to first data to be transmitted, and the second signal edge and the third signal edge being separated by a second time period corresponding to second data to be transmitted. An output interface circuit is configured to output the data signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating an oscillation signal is provided. The apparatus includes a first oscillator configured to generate a first reference oscillation signal, and a second oscillator configured to generate a second reference oscillation signal. A frequency accuracy of the first oscillator is higher than a frequency accuracy of the second oscillator. Further, an oscillator phase noise of the second oscillator is lower than an oscillator phase noise of the first oscillator. The apparatus further includes a processing circuit configured to generate a third reference oscillation signal based on the first reference oscillation signal and the second reference oscillation signal. Additionally, the apparatus includes a phase-locked loop configured to generate the oscillation signal based on the third reference oscillation signal. A frequency of the oscillation signal is a multiple of a frequency of the third reference oscillation signal.

Abstract: An electrical device (100) that comprises at least one signal filter (104) comprising a plurality of mechanical resonators (106 108, 110) in a substrate (102) and at least one further mechanical resonator (112) in the substrate (102) configured to oscillate at a reference frequency of an oscillator signal. An electrical system (300) comprising an electrical oscillator (306) a transceiver (302) and an antenna (310), and an electrical device (100). A method (1300) for providing an electrical device (100).

Abstract: An apparatus for regulating a supply voltage supplied from a voltage source to a load via a supply line is provided. The apparatus includes a control circuit configured to generate a control signal based on a difference between a value of the supply voltage and a nominal value of the supply voltage. Further, the apparatus includes a switch circuit configured to couple a charged capacitive element to the supply line based on the control signal.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided to generate a radio frequency (RF) signal having a desired radio frequency fRF. In one example a frequency synthesizer system includes a clock, an opportunistic phase locked loop (PLL), and an RF PLL. The clock circuitry is configured to generate a clock signal having a frequency fXTL. The opportunistic phase locked loop (PLL) is configured to generate a reference signal having a reference frequency fREF that is close to a free-running frequency of an oscillator in the opportunistic PLL. The opportunistic PLL is configured to synchronize the reference signal to the clock signal. The RF PLL is configured to generate the RF signal having the desired radio frequency and to synchronize the RF signal with the reference signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) signal. The apparatus may include a first oscillator configured to generate a first oscillation signal, a frequency modulator configured to generate a frequency-modulated oscillation signal from the first oscillation signal based on a sequence of control words, a frequency modulation code generator configured to generate a sequence of frequency modulation codes for generating an FMCW waveform, and a frequency multiplier configured to generate the FMCW signal by up-converting the frequency-modulated oscillation signal. The sequence of control words is generated based on the sequence of frequency modulation codes. The apparatus may include a second oscillator configured to generate a second oscillation signal, and a phase detector configured to detect a phase difference between the first oscillation signal and the second oscillation signal and generate an offset code based on the phase difference.

Abstract: A data modulator for a transmitter includes a multiplexer configured to receive, at a first rate, a first data stream including a plurality of first symbols and a second data stream including a plurality of second symbols. The multiplexer is configured to selectively output, based on a first clock signal, the plurality of first symbols and the plurality of second symbols to form a third data stream that achieves a second rate greater than the first rate for transmission of the third data stream by the transmitter.