
handle: 11588/830265 , 11386/4772406
The increase of clock frequency in digital circuits exacerbates the electromagnetic interference (EMI) between devices. Spread-spectrum techniques reduce the electromagnetic noise lowering harmonic peaks of the clock signal by means of frequency modulation. In System-on-Chips (SoCs) another requirement in many applications is the coexistence of both modulated and un-modulated clock domains. In these cases, suitable synchronization systems are used to allow data to cross the boundary between spread and un-spread clock domains. In this paper we present a spread-spectrum clock generator (SSCG) able to provide both spreaded and un-spreaded clocks. The spreaded clock has a specially designed modulation profile, allowing at the same time a seamless synchronization-free interface between spreaded and un-spreaded clock domains and a large EMI reduction. The paper presents the derivation of the new highly discontinuous modulation profile (that allows to achieve an EMI reduction up to 15.8dB) and implementation details of an all-digital SSCG able to provide the developed modulation waveform. A test chip has been fabricated in UMC 65nm CMOS technology, using a novel dual-output digitally controlled delay line. The circuit can generate both spread and un-spread clocks (double output mode) or the spread clock alone (single output mode). Area occupation is 0.102mm2, whereas power consumption is 48.5mW in double output mode and 34mW in single output mode.
Spread-spectrum clock generator (SSCG), modulation profile, Spread-spectrum clock generator (SSCG); Modulation profile; Synchronization constraint; EMI reduction; Digitally controlled delay-line; Delay interpolator, EMI reduction, Spread-spectrum clock generator (SSCG), modulation profile , synchronization constraint , EMI reduction , digitally controlled delay-line , delay interpolator, digitally controlled delay-line, delay interpolator, synchronization constraint
Spread-spectrum clock generator (SSCG), modulation profile, Spread-spectrum clock generator (SSCG); Modulation profile; Synchronization constraint; EMI reduction; Digitally controlled delay-line; Delay interpolator, EMI reduction, Spread-spectrum clock generator (SSCG), modulation profile , synchronization constraint , EMI reduction , digitally controlled delay-line , delay interpolator, digitally controlled delay-line, delay interpolator, synchronization constraint
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