WO2004017520A1 - クロック信号タイミング調整のための遅延回路を有するデジタル回路 - Google Patents
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- the present invention is applicable to general digital circuits such as CPUs and ALUs, and particularly relates to a delay circuit that varies clock pulse evening in a digital processing device using a digital circuit.
- the timing of the clock signal is adjusted by using a large number of inverters and switching the number of stages of the inverter by a multiplexer to make the delay amount of the signal variable.
- a large number of invar circuits are required in the adjustment circuit, and the ratio of the adjustment circuit to the C chip area is extremely large.
- Another problem is that the amount of delay of the clock signal is affected by the LSI operating environment such as ambient temperature and power supply voltage. Furthermore, it is difficult to set fine timing, and in principle, it was impossible to set the timing at a time interval shorter than the delay time of one stage per invar. Disclosure of the invention
- the ratio of the adjustment circuit to the LSI chip area is large, and the operation of the LSI, such as the ambient temperature and the power supply voltage, is large.
- the clock timing fluctuates due to the influence of the environment.
- a problem to be solved by the present invention is to realize a high-resolution evening delay circuit having a small circuit area and being unaffected by the operating environment.
- the digital circuit according to the present invention includes a pulse delay circuit that varies the drive current of the inverter in order to vary the timing of the clock signal, and the pulse delay circuit stabilizes the amount of pulse delay by the delay locked loop. And a circuit for generating a pulse delay setting voltage having non-linear characteristics.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a delay circuit system according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram illustrating a configuration example of a delay circuit.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing current-voltage characteristics between the source and drain of an N-channel FET.
- FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram illustrating the operation of the delay circuit.
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating operation waveforms of the delay circuit.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating characteristics of a delay time with respect to a delay adjustment voltage of a delay circuit.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the characteristics of the delay time of the delay circuit when the temperature changes. .
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the characteristics of the delay time of the delay circuit when the power supply voltage changes.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an implementation example of a delay locked loop circuit.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically showing an operation waveform of the phase comparator.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the principle of keeping the delay time constant by the delay adjustment reference voltage.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the characteristics of the delay adjustment voltage with respect to the adjustment value input.
- FIG. 13 is a configuration example of the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit of the first embodiment.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the relationship between the adjustment value input and the delay time.
- FIG. 15 shows another example of the configuration of the delay adjustment voltage generating circuit of the first embodiment.
- FIG. 16 is a principle explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit of the second embodiment.
- Fig. 1 is a circuit diagram showing an example in which the resistance of the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit is composed of FETs.
- FIG. 18 is a circuit diagram showing an example in which a resistor and a switch of the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit are constituted by FETs.
- FIG. 19 is an equivalent circuit diagram of an example in which the resistance and the switch of the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit are configured by FETs.
- FIG. 20 is a circuit explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit of the second embodiment.
- FIG. 21 is a diagram showing the configuration principle of the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit of the third embodiment.
- FIG. 22 is an equivalent circuit of a part of the delay adjustment voltage generating circuit of the third embodiment.
- FIG. 23 is another equivalent circuit of the delay adjustment voltage generating circuit of the third embodiment.
- FIG. 24 is a diagram showing the relationship between the adjustment value input and the delay adjustment voltage in the third embodiment.
- FIG. 25 is a circuit diagram showing another example in which the resistance and the switch of the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit are configured by FETs.
- FIG. 26 is a circuit explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit of the second embodiment.
- FIG. 27 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the delay circuit Ds.
- FIG. 28 is a circuit diagram of a delay circuit having a common bias generation circuit.
- FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram showing another configuration example of the loop filter. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- reference numeral 1 denotes a delay circuit system of the present invention.
- D is a delay circuit
- MUX is a delay adjustment voltage generation circuit
- DLL1 to DLL3 are delay locked loop circuits (Delay Locked Loop)
- CLK is a clock input
- D—CLK is a clock output
- Ba is an adjustment value.
- Inputs, Vs1 to Vs3 are delay adjustment reference voltages, and Va is a delay adjustment voltage.
- the present invention relates to a delay circuit D that performs delay control of a clock signal, a delay adjustment voltage generation circuit MUX that generates a delay adjustment voltage Va for setting a delay time, and a delay adjustment reference that is a reference of the adjustment voltage.
- a delay circuit D that performs delay control of a clock signal
- a delay adjustment voltage generation circuit MUX that generates a delay adjustment voltage Va for setting a delay time
- a delay adjustment reference that is a reference of the adjustment voltage.
- Three delay locked loop circuits DLL1 to DLL3 that generate voltages Vs1 to 3 are the main components.
- the delay adjustment voltage V a may be changed linearly with respect to the adjustment value input B a (for example, 4 bits: 0 to “! 5”) or may be changed nonlinearly by a polygonal line approximation. The case of the polygonal line approximation will be described.
- a clock input CLK is input to a delay circuit and three delay locked loop circuits DLL1 to DLL3.
- the DLLs 1 to 3 generate three delay adjustment reference voltages Vs 1 to 3 and input them to the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit MUX. Therefore, a delay adjustment voltage Va corresponding to the adjustment value input Ba is generated.
- a clock output D-CLK having a delay time corresponding to the adjustment value input Ba is obtained.
- the feature is that the delay time can be changed by the delay adjustment voltage Va.
- FIG. 2 An example of the configuration of the delay circuit D will be described with reference to FIG.
- Fig. 2 an inverter in which one P-channel FET (M1) and two N-channel FETs (M2, M3) are connected in series between the power supply voltage (Vdd) and the ground (GND) potential.
- Vdd power supply voltage
- GND ground
- two P-channel FETs (M 4) and two N-channel FETs (M 5 and M 6) are connected in series, and two inverters are connected in series.
- the middle point of the two-stage room is C-CLK.
- the FET is a field effect transistor, and usually has an MOS structure.
- the delay adjustment voltage Va is applied to the gates of the FETs M3 and M6, and the gate-source voltage VGS is the delay adjustment voltage .Va.
- FETs M1 and M2, and M4 and M5 share the traditional CM0SFET Constitute.
- the FETs M3 and M6 can limit the drive current for the above-mentioned instantaneous period, and the clock input CLK is delayed only for a certain time according to the delay adjustment voltage Va to become the clock output D-CLK. .
- the operation will be described below.
- FIG. 3 shows the current-voltage characteristics between the source and the drain with respect to the gate-source voltage VGS of the N-channel FET used in the delay circuit D.
- ID indicates the drain current
- VDS indicates the voltage between the source and drain. If the potential difference VGS between the gate terminal G and the source terminal S is smaller than the threshold voltage of the FET, the drain current ID is 0. If VGS is equal to or higher than the threshold voltage of the FET, the drain current ID rises and VGS increases. ID increases.
- the current-voltage characteristic between the source and the drain with respect to the gate-source voltage VGS of the P-channel FET used in the delay circuit D is generally the same as that of the above-mentioned N-channel FET with the sign of each voltage and current inverted. Are equivalent.
- the delay circuit D shown in FIG. 2 has stray capacitance, FET input capacitance, and the like.
- Fig. 4 shows the sum of the floating capacitance and the input capacitance of the FET as C s1 and C s2, which are added to the circuit diagram in Fig. 2. 4, the same elements as those in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals as in FIG.
- FIG. 5 shows operation waveforms of the delay circuit D when a rectangular wave is applied as the clock input CLK. As described below, a time delay occurs due to the above C sl and C s2.
- the relationship between the voltage and the logic of the digital system is as follows: using a logic threshold voltage VT described later, a logic “0” from voltage 0 to voltage VT and a logic “1” from voltage VT to voltage Vdd.
- the logic threshold voltage VT is a voltage determined by circuit characteristics, and is about 1/2 of Vdd.
- FET Ml When the logic of the clock input CLK transitions from “0” to “1”, FET Ml is turned off. F, FET M 2 is turned on.
- the FET M3 shows the current-voltage characteristics of FIG. 3 defined by the delay adjustment voltage Va.
- the voltage of C s 1, which was Vdd, is discharged via M 2 and M 3, and after the time determined by the current value defined by the current-voltage characteristics in FIG.
- the voltage of the signal C-GLK becomes VT or less after a certain time (rA).
- rA time
- the FET M4 transitions to ON and the FET M5 transitions to OFF, and Cs2 is rapidly charged (time rB) to the voltage Vdd via M4.
- the clock output D-CLK rises after a certain time B from the rising edge of the clock input CLK (the logic transitions from “0” to “1”).
- the FET Ml is turned on, the FET M2 is turned off, and C s 1 is rapidly (via time B) via Ml. Charged to voltage Vdd.
- the FET M4 is turned off, the FET M5 is turned on, and the FET M6 has the current-voltage characteristic shown in FIG. 3 defined by the delay adjustment voltage Va.
- the clock output D-CLK falls after a certain time of ⁇ + ⁇ from the falling point of the clock input CLK (the logic transitions from "1" to "0").
- the clock input CLK input to the delay circuit D receives the delay of ⁇ + and ⁇ with the delay time to become the clock output D-CLK.
- the sum of the above ⁇ and ⁇ is the delay time.
- the drain current ID of ⁇ 3 and ⁇ 6 can be adjusted as shown in Fig. 3 by the delay adjustment voltage Va equal to the gate voltage VGS, so that the delay time can be adjusted by the delay adjustment voltage Va.
- a rectangular wave signal voltage has been described as an example of the clock input, but the same operation is also performed with a trapezoidal wave.
- FIG. 6 shows a characteristic (delay characteristic) of the delay time with respect to the delay adjustment voltage Va of the delay circuit D. That is, when the delay adjustment voltage Va is decreased, the delay time r increases non-linearly with the tendency shown in FIG. However, the delay adjustment voltage Va has upper and lower limits based on the characteristics of the elements in the circuit.
- the delay characteristic is the delay time It is affected by the environment such as the ambient temperature Ta of the road D and the power supply voltage Vdd. For example, as Ta increases, the delay time increases, and as the power supply voltage increases, r decreases. When the operating temperature range is -10 ° C to 80 ° C, the degree of change in the delay time is about 1.5 times.
- the delay locked loop circuit described in detail below generates a delay adjustment voltage such that the delay time is always constant with respect to environmental changes.
- the delay adjustment voltage generated by the delay locked loop circuit is called a delay adjustment reference voltage.
- the DLL 1 is taken up as a typical example of the delay locked loop circuit DLLs 1, 2, and 3, and its operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.
- Fig. 9 shows an implementation example of the delay locked loop circuit DLL1.
- CLK is a clock input
- 4 is an inverter which is an input buffer of the CLK
- Ds is a delay circuit
- 5 is a phase comparator
- 6 is a loop fill.
- the delay circuit Ds has M1 delay circuits having the same configuration as the delay circuit D described above, and these are connected in N1 stages in series.
- the delay adjustment voltage Va is common.
- the clock signal output from the inverter 4 is input to the first stage of a circuit in which the phase comparator 5 and the delay circuit Ds are connected in N1 stages in series.
- the output of the phase comparator 5 becomes the output of the adjustment voltage Va and the delay adjustment reference voltage Vs1 for all of the N1 delay circuits via the loop fill 1-6.
- the delay time-delay adjustment voltage characteristics become uniform. Therefore, if the same voltage Vs1 is supplied as the delay adjustment voltage Va of the delay circuit, the delay time of each delay circuit Ds can be regarded as the same. Therefore, assuming that the delay time of the delay circuit Ds in FIG. 9 is 1, the output signal of the first-stage delay circuit is delayed by 1 ⁇ 1 from the original input signal. The output signal is also supplied to the phase comparator 5.
- FIG. 10 schematically shows operation waveforms of the phase comparator 5 shown in FIG.
- the phase comparator 5 compares the phase of the reference signal R (t) with the signal S (t) delayed by the N1 stage delay circuit, and outputs a signal of phase difference information.
- This signal is smoothed by the next-stage loop filter 6, and unnecessary high-frequency signals are attenuated, and the signal R (t) and signal S (t) are attenuated.
- the DC voltage Vo (0) is proportional to the phase difference ⁇ .
- This Vo ( ⁇ ) is output as the delay adjustment voltage Va of the delay circuit D and the delay adjustment reference voltage Vs1.
- this delay locked loop circuit Since this delay locked loop circuit performs a negative feedback operation, it performs a control operation such that S (t) overlaps R (t). By this control operation, the delay time is automatically controlled so as to coincide with one cycle T of the clock signal pulse, and S (t) and: (t) overlap, and the control operation is stabilized.
- the delay adjustment voltage Va and the delay adjustment reference voltage Vs1 change so that the delay time is constant.
- the phase comparator 5 is usually an EX-0R (Exclusive-OR) type phase comparator or a phase comparator using an RS (Reset-Set) flip-flop. It consists of. Further, the loop filter 6 is composed of a lag-lead type low-pass filter or the like to provide a margin for the control operation.
- the delay adjustment reference voltage is set using a plurality of delay locked loop circuits. Generate multiple.
- the delay amount control circuits DLL2 and DLL3 in FIG. 1 operate in the same manner as the DLL1 described above, but differ in the number of stages of the delay circuit Ds. Assuming that the delay times in the delay amount control circuits DLL2 and DLL3 are 2 and 3, respectively, and that the number of stages of the delay circuit Ds is N2 and N3, respectively, the delay times 2 and r3 are also T / N2 , T / N3.
- the delay adjustment voltage Va corresponding to the extension amount is obtained.
- the following delay adjustment voltage generating means is added. That is, based on the two or three delay adjustment reference voltages, the delay adjustment voltage Va corresponding to all the adjustment value inputs Ba is generated.
- the delay adjustment voltage Va for the adjustment value input Ba when changing linearly can be calculated from the characteristics in FIG. 6, and is exemplified by the curve 21 in FIG.
- the present invention is characterized by employing a polygonal line approximation.
- the number of stages N1, N2, and N3 of the delay circuit Ds in the delay locked loop circuit is set to N1 ⁇ N2 and N3.
- 2 T / N2 is a value defined by an appropriate voltage Vs2 between them.
- Voltages Vs1, Vs2, and Vs3 are voltages at three points on the Va characteristic curve in FIG. 6, and are the voltages of P1 (Vs1, r1), P2 (Vs2, r2), and P3 (Vs3, r3). Specify the operating point.
- MUX is the same delay adjustment voltage generation circuit as in FIG. 8 is a depletion-type FET, and 9 is an analog multiplexer. And FET 8 functions as a resistor, 15 are connected in cascade.
- Vs1, Vs2, and Vs3 are input to the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit MUX.
- Vs3 is the maximum delay adjustment voltage
- Vs1 is the minimum delay adjustment voltage
- Vs2 is the value in between.
- the voltage between Vs1 and Vs3 is divided by the FET 8 into 15 divided voltages. Then, the delay adjustment voltage Va is selected by the analog multiplexer 9 based on the information of the adjustment value input Ba.
- the operation of the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit MUX shown in Fig. 13 is based on the voltage obtained by linearly interpolating between the delay adjustment reference voltages Vs1 and Vs2 with respect to the adjustment value input Ba, and the delay adjustment reference voltage Vs2. From the voltage obtained by linearly interpolating between 03 008648 and Vs3 with respect to the adjustment value input Ba, a delay adjustment voltage Va for the adjustment value input Ba is generated.
- the delay adjustment voltage Va is approximated by a broken line as shown by lines 22 and 23 in FIG.
- the adjustment value input Ba corresponding to P1 is 0 (0000 in binary notation)
- the adjustment value corresponding to P3 is 15 (1 1 1 1 in binary notation)
- the adjustment value input Ba corresponding to P2 is 0. Any integer between and 15.
- FIG. 14 shows the delay time and one adjustment value input Ba (0 to 15) characteristic calculated based on the -Va characteristic of FIG.
- reference numeral 25 denotes the characteristic in the case of the curve 21 in FIG. 12
- reference numerals 26 and 27 denote the characteristics of the two straight line approximations according to the present invention
- reference numeral 28 denotes the single linear approximation. Each corresponds to a property.
- the delay adjustment voltage Va for each adjustment value input Ba based on the delay adjustment reference voltages Vs1 to Vs3 is defined corresponding to the adjustment value input Ba.
- the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit MUX shown in FIG. 13 uses a depletion-type FET as the FET 8, but it can also be configured with an enhancement-type FET.
- FIG. 15 shows the circuit of the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit MUX in this case.
- 7 N is an N-channel FE
- 7 P is a P-channel FET
- the gate electrodes are connected to Vdd and GND, respectively.
- Other symbols indicate the same components as those in Fig. 13.
- a delay circuit having an almost linear delay amount r with respect to the adjustment value input Ba with a small circuit area and independent of the environment of the temperature and the power supply voltage is provided. realizable.
- FIG. 16 shows a configuration example of the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit MUX of another system. This is the method of generating the delay adjustment voltage using the R-2R type DA converter.
- S0 to S3 are switches
- 31 is a resistor having a resistance value of R
- 32 is a resistor having a resistance value of 2R
- 33 is a terminal for inputting an adjustment value input Ba
- 3 4 is a terminal for inputting an adjustment value input Ba.
- b0 to b3 represent each bit of the adjustment value input Ba.
- the resistors 31 and 32 and the switches S0 to S3 can be configured by FETs. In this case, it is possible to reduce the chip area by using an FET that can be easily formed into an LSI.
- FIG. 17 shows an example in which the resistor 31 in FIG. 16 is configured by an FET.
- 10 is an N-channel FET and 11 is a P-channel FET.
- the gate of FET 10 is connected to Vdd, and the gate of FET 11 is connected to GND.
- the source and drain of FET10 and FET11 Connect it in parallel.
- the resistor 32 in FIG. 16 can also be constituted by an FET.
- FIG. 18 shows an example in which a series circuit of the resistor 32 and the switch SO shown in FIG. 16 is configured by an FET.
- 10 and 12 are N-channel FETs
- 11 and 13 are P-channel FETs
- 14 is an inverter
- 36 and 37 are terminals selected by switches
- 3 and 8 are switches
- a common terminal 39 is an input terminal for switch switching control.
- the signal from terminal 39 is connected directly to the gates of FET 10 and FET 13, and the signal passed through Invar overnight is connected to the gates of FET 11 and FET 12.
- the source and drain of FET 10 and FET 11 are connected in parallel.
- the sources and drains of FETs 12 and 13 are connected in parallel.
- FIG. 19 shows an equivalent circuit of the circuit in FIG.
- the series circuit of resistor 32 and switch S1 in Fig. 16, the series circuit of resistor 32 and switch S2, and the series circuit of resistor 32 and switch S3 in Fig. 16 are similarly configured by the circuit in Fig. 18. can do.
- the resistance 31 in the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit MUX in FIG. 16 and the leftmost 32 in the figure are the configuration in FIG. 17, and the combination of the resistance 32 and the switches S0 to S3 in FIG.
- the configuration is shown in FIG. 15 is an N-channel FET and 16 is a P-channel FET. With this configuration, it is possible to use a FET that is easy to perform LSI, and it is possible to reduce the chip area. Also, in this configuration, since the resistance realized by the FET has a certain degree of voltage dependency, the relationship between the adjustment value input Ba and the delay adjustment voltage Va is determined by the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit shown in FIG. A slight shift occurs compared to the case of MUX. Therefore, it is particularly preferable that the digital circuit system on which the delay circuit system of the present invention is mounted is adjusted by a genetic algorithm. (Example 3)
- the delay adjustment voltage generating circuit MUX of FIG. 13 in the first embodiment is configured by two sets of R-2R ladder circuits.
- the Va-Ba characteristic of the two-line approximation in the first embodiment can be realized with a smaller chip area than in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 21 shows a configuration principle diagram of the delay adjustment voltage generation circuit MUX.
- 41 is a resistor having a resistance value of R
- 42, 43, 45, and 47 are resistors having a resistance value of 2R, 44a, 44b, 44c, 46a, 46b, 46c, 48a, 48 b ⁇ 48 c are switches
- 49 is a terminal for inputting the adjustment value input Ba
- 50 is a terminal for outputting the delay adjustment voltage Va
- 51, 52, 53 are terminals for inputting the delay adjustment reference voltage.
- b0 to b3 represent each bit of the adjustment value input Ba.
- Table 2 shows the relationship between Ba and b0 to b3. Is shown in For the sake of convenience, the inverted version of the bit (the inverted version of the logic) is represented by the symbol-.
- the delay adjustment reference voltages Vs1, Vs2, and Vs3 are input to terminals 51 to 53, respectively.
- Switch 44a turns on when the logical product of bO and b3 is 1, and turns off otherwise.
- the switch 46a is turned on when the logical product of bO and —b3 is 1, and turned off otherwise.
- Switch 48a is on when bO is 1, otherwise it is off.
- the switch 44b turns on when the logical product of b1 and b3 is 1, and turns off otherwise.
- Switch 4 613 turns on when the logical AND of 1) 1 and- ⁇ 3 is 1, and turns off otherwise.
- Switch 48b is on when b1 is 1, otherwise it is off.
- Switch 4.4c turns on when the logical product of b2 and b3 is 1, and turns off otherwise.
- the switch 46c is turned on when the logical product of b2 and -b3 is 1, and turned off otherwise.
- Switch 48c is on when b2 is 1, otherwise it is off.
- circuit of FIG. 22 and the circuit of FIG. 23 are not electrically used for setting the adjustment value at the same time, it can be divided into two equivalent circuits.
- Each of the circuits shown in FIGS. 22 and 23 is a 3-bit R-2R ladder circuit.
- the relationship between the output voltage of this circuit and the delay adjustment voltage Va with respect to the adjustment value input Ba can be calculated from the principle of the R-2R ladder circuit in each of the circuit of FIG. 22 and the circuit of FIG. is there. The results are shown in Table 2.
- FIG. 24 shows the relationship between the delay adjustment value input Ba and the delay adjustment value Va.
- the circuit showing the configuration principle in FIG. 21 described above is similar to the circuit of the second embodiment, Can be configured. In this case, it is possible to reduce the chip area by using an FET which is easily formed into an LSI.
- the resistors 41 and 42 can be constituted by the circuit shown in FIG.
- FIG. 25 shows an example in which a series circuit of the resistor 43 and the switch 44 is constituted by an FET.
- 10 is an N-channel FET
- 11 is a P-channel FET
- 14 is an inverter
- 36 and 38 are both terminals of the switch
- 39 is an input terminal for switch switching control. .
- the signal from terminal 39 is connected directly to the gate of FET 10, and the signal passed through the receiver is connected to the gate of FET 11. Connect the source and drain of FET 10 and FET 11 in parallel.
- Figure 21 shows the series circuit of resistor 45 and switch 46a, 46b or 46c, and the series circuit of resistor 47 and switch 48a, 48b or 48c. Can be similarly configured by the circuit of FIG.
- FIG. 26 shows a case where the circuit of the delay adjustment voltage generating circuit MUX shown in FIG. 21 is configured by the circuits using the FETs shown in FIGS. 17 and 25.
- 15 is an N-channel FET and 16 is a P-channel FET.
- the delay circuit D can have another configuration.
- FIG. 27 shows another configuration example of the delay circuit D. 27, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 2 denote the same components. M7, M8, and M10 are P-channel FETs, and M9 is an N-channel FET.
- FET M7 is connected in series over M1 and M2
- FET M8 is connected in series on the invar with M5.
- the gate bias to the FETs M3 and M6 is the delay adjustment voltage Va described above, but in the FET M10, the gate terminal is connected to the drain terminal, and the connection point is connected to the FETs M7 and M8. It is configured as a so-called current mirror circuit that supplies power to the gate bias.
- the currents of the FETs M 3 and M 6 are specified by the delay adjustment voltage Va based on the current-voltage characteristics in FIG. 3, and similarly, the currents of the FETs M 7 and M 8 It is defined by the delay adjustment voltage Va based on the above.
- the generation of the delay time is the same as that of the delay circuit in Fig. 2, but in the delay circuit in Fig. 27, the currents of FETs Ml and M4 are specified by FETs M7 and M8. This means that extra FETs M 7 and M 8 that determine the amount of delay are added, and the delay circuit D in FIG. 27 is larger than the delay circuit D in FIG. Delay time can be realized. In this case, the symmetry of the waveform is improved.
- the delay circuit D shown in FIG. 27 is used for the delay locked loop circuits DLL 1, 2, and 3 represented by FIG. 9, the delay circuit D (Ds) is multi-stage, but the FETs M9 and Ml It is possible to use a common bias generation circuit consisting of zeros. That is, as shown in FIG. 28, when the bias generation circuit including the FETs M9 and M10 is used as a common bias generation circuit, the circuit scale is reduced accordingly, and the chip area can be saved.
- a delay was generated using the capacitances C s1 and C s2 composed of the stray capacitance and the FET capacitance. Capacity may be positively added to the portion of C s 2.
- the capacitance in this case is the capacitance composed of metal electrodes, the gate capacitance of the FET, etc. In this case, the delay time can be increased.
- the output of the D-CLK is one type.
- the present invention can be applied to a case where a plurality of D-CLKs having different delay amounts are generated. In this case, it is sufficient to provide a delay circuit D and a delay adjustment voltage generation circuit MUX with different numbers of delays.
- the delay locked loop circuits DLL1 to DLL3 can be made common. This allows effective use of the chip area.
- the delay amount of the delay circuit D may be largely deviated from a normal value due to a transitional output voltage of the loop fill unit 6. In that case, the phase shift of the signal input to the phase comparator becomes excessive, and the operation of the delay locked loop circuit becomes unstable. Further, there is a possibility that an abnormal operation occurs in which the phase difference between the input signals of the phase comparator 5 is not one cycle of the clock signal CLK but two or more cycles.
- 6 is a loop fill circuit
- 61 is a count circuit
- 62 is a digital / analog conversion circuit
- 63 is a reset circuit
- 64 is a preset data circuit
- 65 is a phase difference information circuit.
- the signal, 6 6, is the output voltage of loop fill 6.
- the phase difference information signal 65 output from the phase comparator 5 of the delay locked loop circuits DLL1 to DLL3 is input to the counter circuit 61. Based on the phase difference information signal 65, the counter circuit 61 counts up or down.
- the output of the counter circuit 61 is input to a digital-to-analog conversion circuit 62, which converts it into an output signal 66, which is a voltage of an analog value, by the digital-to-analog conversion circuit 62, and outputs the output signal of the loop filter 6. .
- the reset circuit 63 detects a transient state in which the delay circuit system 1 is powered on, and the power-on / off circuit 61 is reset. Talk one night to the Regist in the circuit. The same operation is performed when the digital system including the delay circuit system 1 is reset.
- '' Preset data is stored in advance in the digital system including the delay circuit system 1 by storing data for output of the output voltage in the steady state in advance. Delay locked loop circuit Can be started quickly and stably, and abnormal operation can be prevented. Industrial applicability
- the circuit area is longer than that of the conventional circuit, which is a circuit composed of a large number of inverting circuits and a multiplexer. Can be greatly reduced to 1/5 in the case of 4 bits and 1/10 in the case of 6 bits, and the LSI chip area can be greatly reduced.
- the delay time of the conventional circuit changed about 1.5 times in response to the ambient temperature change of -10 ° C to 80 ° C.
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