Delay stage circuitry for a ring oscillator

Details Delay stage circuitry for a ring oscillator Delay stage circuitry for a ring oscillator

1996-09-12

1998-08-25

Vo, Don N.

Pulse or digital communications

Synchronizers

Phase displacement, slip or jitter correction

375377, 330253, 330261, 330277, 327287, 327288, H03D 324

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057990514

ABSTRACT:
A ring oscillator includes an even-numbered plurality of ring coupled delay stages. Each delay stage includes a differential amplifier, a voltage clamping circuit, and a current source. The differential amplifier receives first and second input signals from a preceding delay stage. The differential amplifier provides a first output signal and a complementary second output signal at first and second nodes, respectively. The voltage clamping circuit is coupled between the first and second nodes to limit a peak-to-peak voltage swing of each of the first and second output signals. The current source is coupled to the differential amplifier and varies a bias current in accordance with a delay bias voltage.

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