Preface |
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1 Clock Signal in Electronic Systems |
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1 | (36) |
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1.1 The Significance of Clock Signal |
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1 | (4) |
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1 | (2) |
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1.1.2 The Aim of This Book |
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3 | (2) |
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1.2 The Characteristics of Clock Signal |
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5 | (13) |
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1.2.1 Jitter and Phase Noise |
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5 | (8) |
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13 | (2) |
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15 | (3) |
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1.3 Clock Signal Driving Digital System |
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18 | (6) |
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1.3.1 Clock Signal as a Trigger |
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18 | (1) |
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1.3.2 Timing-Closure Design Constraint: The Safeguard for Reliable Operation |
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18 | (3) |
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1.3.3 Clock Jitter and Design Constraint |
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21 | (1) |
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1.3.4 Clock Skew and Design Constraint |
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21 | (3) |
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1.4 Clock Signal Driving Sampling System |
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24 | (6) |
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1.4.1 Clock Signal as a Switch |
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24 | (1) |
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1.4.2 Clock Signal and Analog-to-Digital Converter |
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25 | (3) |
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1.4.3 Clock Signal and Digital-to-Analog Converter |
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28 | (2) |
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1.5 Extracting Clock Signal From Data: Clock Data Recovery |
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30 | (2) |
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1.6 Clock Usage in System-on-Chip |
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32 | (1) |
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1.7 Two Fields: Clock Generation and Clock Distribution |
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33 | (4) |
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34 | (3) |
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2 Clock Generation: Existing Frequency Synthesis Techniques |
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37 | (16) |
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2.1 Direct Analog Frequency Synthesis |
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38 | (1) |
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2.2 Direct Digital Frequency Synthesis |
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39 | (2) |
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2.3 Indirect Method (Phase-Locked Loop Based) |
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41 | (10) |
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41 | (1) |
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2.3.2 The Basic Structure of the Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) |
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42 | (3) |
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2.3.3 An Example of Third-Order Type-II Charge Pump PLL |
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45 | (2) |
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2.3.4 Major PLL Architectures |
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47 | (4) |
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2.4 The Shared Goal: All Cycles Have Same Length-in-Time |
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51 | (2) |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (12) |
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3.1 The Scale of Level and the Scale of Time |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (2) |
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3.2.1 How Is Frequency Implemented In Circuit Design? |
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55 | (1) |
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3.2.2 How Is Frequency Used in Electronic System? |
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55 | (1) |
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3.2.3 "Instantaneous Frequency" and "Instantaneous Period" |
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55 | (1) |
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3.3 Reinvestigating the Frequency Concept: the Birth of Time-Average-Frequency |
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56 | (3) |
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3.4 Time-Average-Frequency in Circuit Implementation |
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59 | (2) |
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3.5 Average Frequency, Time-Average-Frequency, and Fundamental Frequency |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (1) |
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3.7 The Summary: Why Do We Need Time-Average-Frequency? |
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63 | (2) |
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63 | (2) |
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4 Flying-Adder Direct Period Synthesis Architecture |
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65 | (102) |
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4.1 The Working Principle |
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65 | (3) |
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4.1.1 The First Structure |
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65 | (2) |
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67 | (1) |
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4.2 The Major Challenges in the Flying-Adder Circuit |
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68 | (6) |
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68 | (2) |
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4.2.2 The Speed of Accumulator |
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70 | (1) |
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4.2.3 The Generation of the K Inputs |
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70 | (4) |
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4.3 The Circuit of Proof of Concept |
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74 | (3) |
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4.3.1 Using Two Paths to Solve the Glitch Problem |
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74 | (1) |
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4.3.2 Synchronize the Two Paths |
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75 | (1) |
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4.3.3 Pipeline for Adder Speed |
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76 | (1) |
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4.4 The Working Circuitry |
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77 | (10) |
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4.4.1 The Proof of Glitch-Free |
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78 | (3) |
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4.4.2 The Order of the Input Signals |
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81 | (1) |
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4.4.3 The Analysis of Circuit Speed |
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81 | (1) |
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4.4.4 The Analysis of Power Consumption |
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82 | (1) |
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4.4.5 The Behavioral Simulation |
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82 | (3) |
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4.4.6 The Extension to Multipaths |
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85 | (2) |
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4.5 Frequency Transfer Function, Frequency Range, Frequency Resolution, and Frequency Switching Speed |
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87 | (1) |
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4.6 The Technique of Post Divider Fractional Bits Recovery |
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88 | (2) |
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4.6.1 Post Divider Fractional Bits Recovery (PDFR) |
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88 | (1) |
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4.6.2 PDFR for Virtually Boosting the Number of Inputs K |
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89 | (1) |
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4.6.3 The Effective Fraction after Post Divider |
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90 | (1) |
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4.7 Flying-Adder PLL: FAPLL |
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90 | (1) |
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4.8 Flying-Adder Fractional Divider |
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91 | (1) |
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4.9 Integer-Flying-Adder Architecture |
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92 | (6) |
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4.9.1 Integer-Only FAPLL: How Close Can It Reach an Integer? |
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92 | (2) |
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4.9.2 Incorporating Flying-Adder Fractional Divider Inside Integer-N PLL |
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94 | (1) |
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4.9.3 Integer-Flying-Adder Architecture |
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95 | (3) |
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4.10 The Algorithm to Search Optimum Parameters |
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98 | (1) |
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4.11 The Construction of the Accumulator |
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99 | (5) |
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4.12 The Construction of the High Speed Multiplex |
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104 | (3) |
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4.13 Non-2's Power Flying-Adder Circuit |
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107 | (2) |
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4.14 Expanding VCO Frequency Range in Nanometer CMOS Processes |
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109 | (1) |
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4.15 Multiple Flying-Adder Synthesizers |
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110 | (1) |
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4.16 Flying-Adder Implementation Styles |
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111 | (1) |
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4.17 Simulation Approaches |
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112 | (1) |
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4.18 The Impact of Input Mismatch on Output Jitter |
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113 | (14) |
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4.18.1 The Cause of Mismatch and Its Characteristics |
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113 | (3) |
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4.18.2 The Mismatch Modeling |
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116 | (1) |
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4.18.3 The Mismatch and the Frequency Control Word |
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117 | (1) |
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4.18.4 The Mismatch's Impact on Output Period |
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118 | (5) |
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4.18.5 The Mismatch's Impact on Output Spectrum |
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123 | (2) |
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4.18.6 Summary on Mismatch's Impact |
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125 | (2) |
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4.19 Flying-Adder Circuit as Digital Controlled Oscillator |
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127 | (1) |
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4.20 Flying-Adder Terminology |
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128 | (1) |
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4.21 Flying-Adder Synthesizer and Time-Average-Frequency: The Experimental Evidence |
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129 | (25) |
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4.21.1 The FAPLL Structure |
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129 | (3) |
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4.21.2 Jitter Performance |
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132 | (1) |
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4.21.3 Frequency Generation Capability |
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133 | (1) |
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4.21.4 Frequency Resolution |
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133 | (1) |
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4.21.5 Frequency Spectrum |
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133 | (4) |
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4.21.6 Instantaneous Switching Demonstration |
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137 | (1) |
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4.21.7 Time-Average-Frequency Demonstration |
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137 | (7) |
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4.21.8 PDFR Demonstration |
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144 | (1) |
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4.21.9 XIU-Accumulator Evaluation |
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144 | (2) |
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4.21.10 Input Mismatch Observation |
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146 | (3) |
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4.21.11 The Flying-Adder Fractional Divider Used Inside PLL |
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149 | (2) |
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4.21.12 The Integer-Flying-Adder PLL |
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151 | (3) |
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4.22 Time-Average-Frequency and Setup Constraint: Revisit |
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154 | (2) |
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4.23 Sense the Frequency Difference: The Time-Average-Frequency Way |
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156 | (1) |
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4.24 Flying-Adder and Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS): The Difference |
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157 | (1) |
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4.25 Flying-Adder for Phase (Delay) Synthesis |
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158 | (4) |
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4.26 Flying-Adder for Duty Cycle Control |
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162 | (1) |
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4.27 Flying-Adder Synthesizer in Reducing the Number of PLLs in SoC |
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163 | (4) |
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164 | (3) |
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5 Digital-To-Frequency Converter |
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167 | (44) |
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5.1 Two Ways of Representing Information |
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167 | (1) |
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5.2 The Converters for Transforming Information |
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168 | (2) |
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5.3 The Two Cornerstones of the Digital-to-Frequency Converter |
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170 | (2) |
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5.4 The Theoretical Foundation of Flying-Adder Digital-to-Frequency Converter |
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172 | (21) |
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5.4.1 Flying-Adder DFC Mathematical Model and Its State Variables |
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173 | (1) |
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5.4.2 Flying-Adder DFC as a Finite State Machine (FSM) |
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174 | (1) |
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5.4.3 The Periodicity in Discrete Time Domain |
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175 | (1) |
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5.4.4 The Periodicity in Continuous Time Domain |
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176 | (8) |
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5.4.5 The Time-Average-Frequency |
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184 | (1) |
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5.4.6 Pulse and Cycle in Time-Average-Frequency Signal |
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185 | (1) |
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5.4.7 Timing Irregularity in the Time-Average-Frequency Signal |
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186 | (2) |
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5.4.8 The Sample and Hold Method for Modeling DFC Output |
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188 | (2) |
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5.4.9 Frequency Spectrum of DFC Output |
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190 | (1) |
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5.4.10 Amplitude of the Time-Average-Frequency |
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191 | (2) |
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5.4.11 Relates the Mathematic Model with Real Circuit |
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193 | (1) |
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5.5 Convert the Spurious Energy to Noise Energy |
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193 | (5) |
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198 | (3) |
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201 | (4) |
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205 | (6) |
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208 | (3) |
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6 The New Frontier In Electronic System Design |
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211 | (68) |
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6.1 The Clocking Challenges in Reality |
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211 | (5) |
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211 | (1) |
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6.1.2 Clock Signal for Computation |
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212 | (1) |
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6.1.3 Clock Signal for Synchronization |
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213 | (2) |
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6.1.4 IP Reference, Driving ADC/DAC, Frequency Conversion |
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215 | (1) |
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6.1.5 Frequency Multiplier versus Frequency Generator |
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216 | (1) |
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6.2 Flying-Adder and Its Three Major Application Areas |
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216 | (2) |
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6.3 Flying-Adder for On-chip Frequency Generation |
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218 | (4) |
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6.4 Flying-Adder as Adaptive Clock Generator |
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222 | (8) |
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6.5 Flying-Adder as On-chip VCXO |
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230 | (7) |
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6.6 Flying-Adder for Frame Rate Synchronization and Display Monitor Accommodation |
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237 | (3) |
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6.7 Flying-Adder for Frequency Synchronization in Digital Communication: A Preview |
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240 | (2) |
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6.8 Flying-Adder for Clock Data Recovery |
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242 | (13) |
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6.9 Flying-Adder DLL for Deskew |
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255 | (1) |
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6.10 Flying-Adder for Digital Frequency-Locked Loop (Flying-Adder DFLL) |
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256 | (6) |
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6.11 Flying-Adder for Digital Phase-Locked Loop (Flying-Adder DPLL) |
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262 | (1) |
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6.12 Flying-Adder Technology for Dynamic Frequency Scaling |
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262 | (2) |
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6.13 Flying-Adder as 1-bit DDFS |
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264 | (1) |
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6.14 Flying-Adder for Spread Spectrum Clocking |
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265 | (3) |
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6.15 Flying-Adder for Driving Sampling System |
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268 | (3) |
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6.16 Flying-Adder for Non-uniform Sampling |
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271 | (2) |
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6.17 Flying-Adder as Digital FSK Modulator |
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273 | (1) |
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6.18 Flying-Adder for PWM/PFW DC-DC Power Conversion |
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274 | (1) |
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6.19 Integrate Clocking Chips into Processing Chips |
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275 | (4) |
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276 | (3) |
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7 Looking Into Future: The Era Of "Time" |
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279 | (8) |
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7.1 The Four Fundamental Technologies in Modern Chip Design |
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279 | (2) |
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7.2 "Time"-Based Analog Processing |
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281 | (2) |
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7.3 "Time" and Frequency: Encoding Messages Through Modulation |
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283 | (1) |
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7.4 Manipulate "Time": The Tools |
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283 | (1) |
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7.5 It Is Time to Use "Time" |
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284 | (3) |
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7.5.1 But, Does This Make Sense? |
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284 | (1) |
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7.5.2 And, Is It Worth It? |
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285 | (1) |
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7.5.3 Will It Replace Level? |
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285 | (1) |
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7.5.4 Finally, Is It Ready? |
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285 | (2) |
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287 | (34) |
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Appendix 4.A The VHDL Code for Flying-Adder Synthesizer |
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287 | (9) |
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Appendix 4.B How Close Can It Reach an Integer? |
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296 | (3) |
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Appendix 4.C The Seed and Set in Integer-Flying-Adder PLL |
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299 | (3) |
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Appendix 4.D The Number of Carries From an XIU-Accumulator |
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302 | (1) |
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Appendix 5.A The Flying-Adder State Machine Model (perl) |
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303 | (4) |
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Appendix 5.B The Flying-Adder Waveform Generator (perl) |
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307 | (3) |
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Appendix 5.C The Flying-Adder Waveform Generator with Triangular Modulation (perl) |
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310 | (4) |
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Appendix 5.D The Flying-Adder Waveform Generator with Random Modulation (perl) |
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314 | (4) |
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Appendix 6.A The FA-DCXO Tangent Line and Linearity Measurement |
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318 | (3) |
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