阅读说明：本技术 压控振荡电路、压控振荡器及时钟数据恢复电路 (Voltage-controlled oscillation circuit, voltage-controlled oscillator and clock data recovery circuit ) 是由 白东勋 李东明 南帐镇 花正贝 范昊 于 2021-08-23 设计创作，主要内容包括：本申请实施例提供了一种压控振荡电路、压控振荡器及时钟数据恢复电路。该压控振荡电路,包括：振荡器,其输入端、第一输出端分别用于接收输入电压、输出多相位时钟信号,其第二输出端与第一电压端电连接；电压控制模块,与振荡器电连接,用于在输入电压小于基准电压时,与振荡器的输入端、第一输出端和第二输出端均电连接,以对振荡器输出的多相位时钟信号进行调控,使得振荡器输出的多相位时钟信号的频率为设计频率范围、且多相位时钟信号的电压不低于设计电压。本申请实施例能够使得振荡器输出的相位时钟信号调节到设计频率范围,从而满足显示驱动芯片系统对压控振荡电路宽频率工作范围特性的要求。(The embodiment of the application provides a voltage-controlled oscillation circuit, a voltage-controlled oscillator and a clock data recovery circuit. The voltage-controlled oscillation circuit comprises: the input end and the first output end of the oscillator are respectively used for receiving input voltage and outputting multi-phase clock signals, and the second output end of the oscillator is electrically connected with the first voltage end; and the voltage control module is electrically connected with the oscillator and is used for electrically connecting with the input end, the first output end and the second output end of the oscillator when the input voltage is less than the reference voltage so as to regulate and control the multi-phase clock signals output by the oscillator, so that the frequency of the multi-phase clock signals output by the oscillator is within a designed frequency range, and the voltage of the multi-phase clock signals is not lower than the designed voltage. According to the embodiment of the application, the phase clock signal output by the oscillator can be adjusted to the designed frequency range, so that the requirement of the display driving chip system on the wide-frequency working range characteristic of the voltage-controlled oscillating circuit is met.)

1. A voltage controlled oscillator circuit, comprising:

the input end and the first output end of the oscillator are respectively used for receiving input voltage and outputting multi-phase clock signals, and the second output end of the oscillator is electrically connected with the first voltage end;

and the voltage control module is electrically connected with the oscillator and is used for electrically connecting with the input end, the first output end and the second output end of the oscillator when the input voltage is smaller than the reference voltage so as to regulate and control the multi-phase clock signals output by the oscillator, so that the frequency of the multi-phase clock signals is within a designed frequency range, and the voltage of the multi-phase clock signals is not lower than the designed voltage.

2. The voltage controlled oscillation circuit of claim 1 further comprising:

and the input end and the output end of the oscillation control module are respectively and electrically connected with the first voltage end and the input end of the oscillator and are used for providing the input voltage for the oscillator.

3. The voltage controlled oscillation circuit of claim 1 wherein the voltage control module comprises:

the first input end and the second input end of the comparison module are respectively and electrically connected with a reference voltage end and the input end of the oscillator and are used for comparing the input voltage with the reference voltage; if the input voltage is greater than the reference voltage, outputting a first comparison voltage; if the input voltage is smaller than the reference voltage, outputting a second comparison voltage; the voltage of the reference voltage end is the reference voltage;

the first end, the second end and the control end of the load module are respectively used for being electrically connected with the first output end of the oscillator, the second output end of the oscillator and the output end of the comparison module, the load module is disconnected from the first output end of the oscillator when receiving a first comparison voltage, and the load module is kept electrically connected with the first output end of the oscillator when receiving a second comparison voltage, so that the frequency of the multiphase clock signals is within a design frequency range, and the voltage of the multiphase clock signals is not lower than the design voltage.

4. The voltage controlled oscillation circuit of claim 3 wherein the load module comprises: at least one control switch and at least one load device;

each control switch is correspondingly and electrically connected with one load device;

the first end, the second end and the control end of the control switch are respectively and electrically connected with the first output end of the oscillator, the first end of the load device and the output end of the comparison module;

the second end of the load device is electrically connected with the second output end of the oscillator and is electrically connected with the second voltage end.

5. The voltage controlled oscillation circuit of claim 4 wherein the load module comprises: two control switches and two load devices;

the output end of the comparison module is used for sequentially outputting comparison voltage to the control ends of the two control switches; the comparison voltage comprises the first comparison voltage or a second comparison voltage.

6. The voltage controlled oscillation circuit of claim 3 wherein the load device is a capacitor.

7. A voltage controlled oscillator comprising a voltage controlled oscillation circuit as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6.

8. The voltage controlled oscillator of claim 7, further comprising:

a level conversion module, a first input end, a second input end and a third input end of which are respectively electrically connected with a first voltage end, a first output end of the oscillator and a second output end of the oscillator, and are used for raising the voltage of the multiphase clock signal to a first voltage of the first voltage end to form a converted multiphase clock signal;

and the output end of the level conversion module is used for outputting the converted multi-phase clock signals.

9. A clock data recovery circuit comprising the voltage controlled oscillator of claim 8.

10. The clock data recovery circuit of claim 9, further comprising: a sampling module;

the first input end of the sampling module is electrically connected with the output end of the level conversion module;

the second input end and the output end of the sampling module are respectively used for inputting serial data and outputting parallel data;

and the sampling module is used for converting the serial data into multi-bit parallel data according to the converted multi-phase clock signals.

11. A control method of multi-phase clock signals applied to the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit according to any one of claims 1 to 6, comprising:

when the input voltage received by the input end of the oscillator is smaller than the reference voltage, the multiphase clock signals output by the oscillator are regulated, so that the frequency of the multiphase clock signals is within a design frequency range, and the voltage of the multiphase clock signals is not lower than the design voltage.

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of clock data recovery, in particular to a voltage-controlled oscillation circuit, a voltage-controlled oscillator and a clock data recovery circuit.

Background

In the display driver chip circuit, a clock data recovery circuit extracts a clock from high-speed serial data, generates a data bus and a reference clock, and operates display driver logic.

Different display driving chip systems have different frequency requirements on multi-phase clock signals output by the voltage-controlled oscillator, and therefore, a voltage-controlled oscillation circuit with a wide frequency operating range characteristic is particularly important.

However, the conventional voltage-controlled oscillation circuit cannot adjust the frequency of the multi-phase clock signal, and thus cannot meet the requirement for the wide-frequency operating range characteristic of the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit.

Disclosure of Invention

The application aims at the defects of the prior art and provides a voltage-controlled oscillation circuit, a voltage-controlled oscillator and a clock data recovery circuit, which are used for solving the technical problem that the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit in the prior art can not adjust the frequency of multi-phase clock signals, so that the requirement on the wide-frequency working range characteristic of the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit can not be met.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a voltage-controlled oscillation circuit, including:

the input end and the first output end of the oscillator are respectively used for receiving input voltage and outputting multi-phase clock signals, and the second output end of the oscillator is electrically connected with the first voltage end;

and the voltage control module is electrically connected with the oscillator and is used for electrically connecting with the input end, the first output end and the second output end of the oscillator when the input voltage is less than the reference voltage so as to regulate and control the multi-phase clock signals output by the oscillator, so that the frequency of the multi-phase clock signals output by the oscillator is within a designed frequency range, and the voltage of the multi-phase clock signals is not lower than the designed voltage.

In one possible implementation, the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit further includes:

and the input end and the output end of the oscillation control module are respectively and electrically connected with the first voltage end and the input end of the oscillator and used for providing input voltage for the oscillator.

In one possible implementation, the voltage control module includes:

the first input end and the second input end of the comparison module are respectively and electrically connected with the reference voltage end and the input end of the oscillator and are used for comparing the input voltage with the reference voltage; if the input voltage is greater than the reference voltage, outputting a first comparison voltage; if the input voltage is less than the reference voltage, outputting a second comparison voltage; the voltage of the reference voltage end is reference voltage;

the load module, first end, second end, control end are used for being connected with the first output of oscillator, the second output of oscillator, the output electricity of comparison module respectively, are used for when receiving first comparison voltage, the load module breaks off the electricity with the first output of oscillator and is connected, when receiving second comparison voltage, the load module keeps the electricity with the first output of oscillator to be connected for the output load increase of oscillator, the voltage of multiphase clock signal is not less than design voltage.

In one possible implementation, the load module includes: at least one control switch and at least one load device;

each control switch is correspondingly and electrically connected with one load device;

the first end, the second end and the control end of the control switch are respectively and electrically connected with the first output end of the oscillator, the first end of the load device and the output end of the comparison module;

the second end of the load device is electrically connected with the second output end of the oscillator and is electrically connected with the second voltage end.

In one possible implementation, the load module includes: two control switches and two load devices;

the output end of the comparison module is used for sequentially outputting comparison voltage to the control ends of the two control switches; the comparison voltage includes a first comparison voltage or a second comparison voltage.

In one possible implementation, the load device is a capacitor.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a voltage-controlled oscillator, including the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit of the first aspect.

In one possible implementation, the voltage controlled oscillator further includes:

the first input end, the second input end and the third input end of the level conversion module are respectively and electrically connected with the first voltage end, the first output end of the oscillator and the second output end of the oscillator, and the level conversion module is used for raising the voltage of the multiphase clock signal to the first voltage of the first voltage end to form a converted multiphase clock signal;

and the output end of the level conversion module is used for outputting the converted multi-phase clock signals.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a clock data recovery circuit, which includes the voltage-controlled oscillator of the second aspect.

In one possible implementation manner, the clock data recovery circuit further includes: a sampling module;

the first input end of the sampling module is electrically connected with the output end of the level conversion module;

the second input end and the output end of the sampling module are respectively used for inputting serial data and outputting parallel data;

and the sampling module is used for converting the serial data into multi-bit parallel data according to the converted multi-phase clock signals.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for controlling a multi-phase clock signal, which is applied to the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit of the first aspect, and includes:

when the input voltage received by the input end of the oscillator is smaller than the reference voltage, the multiphase clock signals output by the oscillator are regulated, so that the frequency of the multiphase clock signals is within a design frequency range, and the voltage of the multiphase clock signals is not lower than the design voltage.

The beneficial technical effects brought by the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application comprise:

the voltage control module of voltage-controlled oscillation circuit of this application embodiment can be when input voltage is less than reference voltage, with the input of oscillator, first output and second output all are connected electrically, thereby regulate and control the multiphase clock signal of oscillator output, the frequency of the multiphase clock signal of oscillator output is the design frequency range, and the voltage of multiphase clock signal is not less than the design voltage, make the oscillator output multiphase clock signal can adjust to the design frequency range, thereby can satisfy the requirement that the display driver chip system is to the wide frequency working range characteristic of voltage-controlled oscillation circuit. Therefore, the voltage-controlled oscillator of the embodiment of the application realizes a wide frequency working range and can ensure broadband work on the basis of ensuring the performance.

Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present application.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a voltage-controlled oscillation circuit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another voltage-controlled oscillation circuit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a voltage controlled oscillator according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a clock data recovery circuit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another clock data recovery circuit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating voltage and frequency changes of a multi-phase clock signal when loads of load modules are different according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a flowchart of a control method of a multi-phase clock signal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Reference numerals:

100-a voltage controlled oscillator circuit;

110-an oscillator;

120-voltage control module, 121-comparison module, 122-load module;

130-oscillation control module;

140-a level conversion module;

k1-first control switch, K2-first control switch;

c1-first capacitance, C2-second capacitance;

10-a voltage controlled oscillator;

and 20-a sampling module.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar parts or parts having the same or similar functions throughout. In addition, if a detailed description of the known art is not necessary for illustrating the features of the present application, it is omitted. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.

It will be understood by those within the art that, unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the prior art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an", "the" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "coupled" to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. Further, "connected" or "coupled" as used herein may include wirelessly connected or wirelessly coupled. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes all or any element and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

The following describes the technical solutions of the present application and how to solve the above technical problems with specific embodiments.

In an embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, a voltage-controlled oscillation circuit 100 includes: an oscillator 110 and a voltage control module 120.

The input end and the first output end of the oscillator 110 are respectively used for receiving an input voltage and outputting a multi-phase clock signal, and the second output end of the oscillator 110 is electrically connected with the first voltage end.

The voltage control module 120 is electrically connected to the oscillator 110.

The voltage control module 120 is configured to, when the input voltage is smaller than the reference voltage, electrically connect to the input terminal, the first output terminal, and the second output terminal of the oscillator 110 to regulate and control the multi-phase clock signal output by the oscillator 110, so that the frequency of the multi-phase clock signal is within a designed frequency range, and the voltage of the multi-phase clock signal is not lower than the designed voltage.

The inventors of the present application have conducted studies to find that, in the clock data recovery circuit CDR, the voltage controlled oscillator VCO generates a multiphase clock signal whose clock frequency varies with the control voltage. In order to realize different display driving chip systems, a voltage-controlled oscillator with a wide frequency operating range characteristic is particularly important.

Based on the above analysis, the voltage control module 120 of the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit 100 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure can adjust the frequency of the multi-phase clock signal output by the oscillator 110 to the designed frequency range, so as to meet the requirement of the display driver chip system on the wide-frequency operating range characteristic of the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit 100.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2 and 5, the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit 100 further includes: an oscillation control module 130.

An input end and an output end of the oscillation control module 130 are electrically connected to the first voltage end and the input end of the oscillator 110, respectively, and are configured to provide an input voltage for the oscillator 110.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2 and 5, the voltage control module 120 includes: a comparison module 121 and a load module 122.

A first input terminal and a second input terminal of the comparing module 121 are electrically connected to the reference voltage terminal and the input terminal of the oscillator 110, respectively.

The comparison module 121 is configured to compare the input voltage with a reference voltage; if the input voltage is greater than the reference voltage, outputting a first comparison voltage; if the input voltage is less than the reference voltage, outputting a second comparison voltage; the voltage of the reference voltage terminal is the reference voltage.

The first end, the second end, and the control end of the load module 122 are respectively used to be electrically connected to the first output end of the oscillator 110, the second output end of the oscillator 110, and the output end of the comparison module 121.

The load module 122 is configured to disconnect the electrical connection of the load module 122 from the first output terminal of the oscillator 110 when receiving the first comparison voltage, and maintain the electrical connection of the load module 122 with the first output terminal of the oscillator 110 when receiving the second comparison voltage, so that the output load of the oscillator 110 is increased, and the voltage of the multi-phase clock signal is not lower than the design voltage.

Alternatively, the design voltage may be the reference voltage or higher.

The applicant of the present application has further investigated that in order to cover a wide frequency operating range, the input voltage will be very low at very low output frequencies. In this case, the matching and noise immunity of the output multi-phase clock signals are degraded.

Based on the above analysis, the comparison module 121 of the embodiment of the present application may control the voltage of the multi-phase clock signal not to be lower than the design voltage, so that when the input voltage is less than the reference voltage, the load module 122 may increase the output load of the oscillator 110 to increase the voltage of the multi-phase clock signal.

Optionally, if the first comparison voltage is at a high level, the second comparison voltage is at a low level; if the first comparison voltage is at a low level, the second comparison voltage is at a high level.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 5, as an example, the second input terminal of the comparing module 121 is electrically connected to both the input terminal of the oscillator 110 and the output terminal of the oscillation control module 130.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 5, the second terminal of the load module 122 is electrically connected to both the second output terminal and the second voltage terminal of the oscillator 110.

In some embodiments, the load module 122 includes: at least one control switch and at least one load device.

Each control switch is electrically connected to a corresponding load device.

The first end, the second end and the control end of the control switch are respectively electrically connected with the first output end of the oscillator 110, the first end of the load device and the output end of the comparison module 121;

a second terminal of the load device is electrically connected to the second output terminal of the oscillator 110 and to the second voltage terminal.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, the load module 122 includes: two control switches and two load devices.

The output end of the comparison module 121 is used for sequentially outputting comparison voltages to the control ends of the two control switches; the comparison voltage includes a first comparison voltage or a second comparison voltage.

Alternatively, the comparison voltage output by the comparison module 121 may be output to each control switch separately.

Optionally, the output end of the comparing module 121 is connected to a signal control module, and the signal control module is electrically connected to the control end of each control switch. And the signal control module is used for receiving the comparison voltage of the comparison module 121 and sequentially outputting the comparison voltage to the control ends of the control switches at preset time intervals. And the signal control module is also used for simultaneously outputting the comparison voltage to the control ends of the control switches.

Optionally, the number of the switches turned on by the signal control module may be adjusted according to practical application.

In some embodiments, the load device is a capacitor. Optionally, the capacitance is a load capacitance.

Alternatively, as an embodiment, referring to fig. 5, the two control switches include a first control switch K1 and a second control switch K2, and the two load devices include a first capacitor C1 and a second capacitor C2. OSC Control represents the oscillation Control module 130, OSC represents the oscillator 110, cmp represents the comparison module 121.

VDD denotes a voltage of a first voltage terminal, VSS denotes a voltage of a second voltage terminal, V_REFIndicating the reference voltage at the reference voltage terminal.

VDD_OSCThe input voltage, which represents the oscillator 110, is the supply voltage generated by the voltage control module 120. CK _ OSC [ N: 1)]Representing the multi-phase clock signal output by the N-bit oscillator 110, N depending on the order of the oscillator 110. The clock frequency of the multi-phase clock signal follows VDD_OSCChange by change, VDD_OSCThe output frequency is high; VDD_OSCThe smaller the output frequency, the slower the output frequency.

In the embodiment of the present application, the comparing module 121 compares VDD_OSCAnd V_REFAnd controls the load module 122 to regulate the voltages of the multi-phase clock signals.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 5, the load module 122 includes a capacitor array C_LOAD[N:1]Capacitor array C_LOAD[N:1]Including a first capacitor C1 and a second capacitor C2.

Alternatively, as an example, when operating at a low frequency, suppose the input voltage VDD of the oscillator 110_OSCBelow the reference voltage V_REFThe output of the comparison module 121 is high level and is controlled to be onThe switch-off is turned on, so that the output load of the oscillator 110 is increased, and thus, the voltages of the multiphase clock signals are increased at the same oscillation frequency until the comparison module 121 outputs a low level, and the control switch is turned off.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 5 and 6 in combination, V1 represents the voltages of the multi-phase clock signals.

CK_OSC(w/oC_LOAD) It is shown that the first control switch K1 and the second control switch K2 are both open, and the first capacitor C1 and the second capacitor C2 are not electrically connected between the first output terminal of the oscillator 110 and the second output terminal of the oscillator 110.

CK_OSC(1xC_LOAD) One of the first control switch K1 and the second control switch K2 is turned off and one of the first capacitor C1 and the second capacitor C2 is electrically connected between the first output terminal of the oscillator 110 and the second output terminal of the oscillator 110.

CK_OSC(2x_CLOAD) It is shown that the first control switch K1 and the second control switch K2 are both conductive, and the first capacitor C1 and the second capacitor C2 are both electrically connected between the first output terminal of the oscillator 110 and the second output terminal of the oscillator 110.

In the load module 122, as the number of capacitors electrically connected between the first output terminal of the oscillator 110 and the second output terminal of the oscillator 110 increases, the voltage V1 of the multi-phase clock signal correspondingly increases, and the output frequency of the multi-phase clock signal increases.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 5 and 6, the capacitor array C of the embodiment of the present application_LOAD[N:1]Are electrically connected between the first output terminal of the oscillator 110 and the second output terminal of the oscillator 110, provided that VDD_OSCRatio V_REFLarge, the performance of the voltage controlled oscillator circuit 100 is not degraded. Therefore, the embodiment of the present application can extend the frequency operating range of the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit 100 while maintaining the performance of the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit 100.

Based on the same inventive concept, the present application provides a voltage-controlled oscillator 10, including the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit 100 of any embodiment of the present application.

The voltage-controlled oscillator 10 provided in the embodiment of the present application has the same inventive concept and the same advantageous effects as those of the embodiments of the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit 100 described above, and the contents not shown in detail in the voltage-controlled oscillator 10 may refer to the embodiments described above, and are not described again here.

The voltage-controlled oscillator 10 of the embodiment of the application realizes a wide frequency working range, and can ensure broadband work on the basis of ensuring performance.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 3, the voltage-controlled oscillator 10 further includes: a level shift module 140.

The first input terminal, the second input terminal, and the third input terminal of the level shift module 140 are electrically connected to the first voltage terminal, the first output terminal of the oscillator 110, and the second output terminal of the oscillator 110, respectively, for raising the voltage of the multi-phase clock signal to the first voltage of the first voltage terminal, so as to form a converted multi-phase clock signal.

The output terminal of the level shift module 140 is used for outputting the converted multi-phase clock signal.

Alternatively, the level shift module 140 may be a level shifter.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 5, Level shifter indicates the Level shift block 140, CK _ OUT [ N:1]]Representing the converted multi-phase clock signals, the level conversion module 140 may convert the converted multi-phase clock signals CK _ OUT [ N:1]]From the voltage V1 of the multi-phase clock signal to V_DD。

Alternatively, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, at C_LOAD[N:1]When all the control switches are closed, CK _ OUT [ N:1]]Too low a level may cause problems in the use of the voltage controlled oscillator 10. Comparing twice (1 xC) by using a comparison module 121_LOAD，2xC_LOAD) The voltage V1 of the multi-phase clock signal rises to V_REFAbove, CK _ OUT [ N:1]]Will return to a normal level, C_LOADMay be adjusted according to the range of clock frequencies.

Based on the same inventive concept, embodiments of the present application provide a clock data recovery circuit, including the voltage-controlled oscillator 10 according to any of the embodiments of the present application.

The clock data recovery circuit provided in the embodiment of the present application has the same inventive concept and the same advantageous effects as those of the embodiments of the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit 100 described above, and the contents not shown in detail in the clock data recovery circuit may refer to the embodiments described above, and are not described again here.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 4, the clock data recovery circuit further comprises a sampling module 20.

A first input of the sampling module 20 is electrically connected to an output of the level shifting module 140. A second input and an output of the sampling module 20 are used for inputting serial data and outputting parallel data, respectively.

And the sampling module 20 is used for converting the serial data into multi-bit parallel data according to the converted multi-phase clock signals.

Alternatively, the sampling module 20 may be a sampler.

Referring to FIG. 5, Sampler represents the sampling module 20, DIN represents serial data, and DOUT [ N:1] represents parallel data. The representative sampling module 20 samples the high-speed serial data DIN using the converted multi-phase clock signal CK _ OUT [ N:1] to recover multi-bit parallel data DOUT [ N:1 ].

Based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present application further provides a method for controlling a multi-phase clock signal, which is applied to the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit 100 of any embodiment of the present application, and includes:

when the input voltage received by the input terminal of the oscillator 110 is smaller than the reference voltage, the multiphase clock signal output by the oscillator 110 is regulated so that the frequency of the multiphase clock signal is within the design frequency range and the voltage of the multiphase clock signal is not lower than the design voltage.

Optionally, when the input voltage received by the input terminal of the oscillator 110 is less than the reference voltage, the voltage control module 120 regulates and controls the multi-phase clock signal output by the oscillator, so that the frequency of the multi-phase clock signal is within a design frequency range, and the voltage of the multi-phase clock signal is not lower than the design voltage.

Optionally, when the input voltage received by the input terminal of the oscillator 110 is less than the reference voltage, the adjusting and controlling of the multi-phase clock signal output by the oscillator 110 includes:

the comparison module 121 compares the input voltage with a reference voltage; if the input voltage is greater than the reference voltage, outputting a first comparison voltage; if the input voltage is less than the reference voltage, outputting a second comparison voltage;

when the load module 122 receives the first comparison voltage, the load module 122 is electrically disconnected from the first output terminal of the oscillator 110, and when the load module 122 receives the second comparison voltage, the load module 122 maintains the electrical connection with the first output terminal of the oscillator 110, so that the output load of the oscillator 110 is increased, and the voltage of the multi-phase clock signal is not lower than the design voltage.

Alternatively, in the embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 2 and 5, the first input terminal and the second input terminal of the comparing module 121 are electrically connected to the reference voltage terminal and the input terminal of the oscillator 110, respectively. The first end, the second end, and the control end of the load module 122 are respectively used to be electrically connected to the first output end of the oscillator 110, the second output end of the oscillator 110, and the output end of the comparison module 121.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 7, when the input voltage received by the input terminal of the oscillator 110 is less than the reference voltage, the adjusting and controlling of the multi-phase clock signal output by the oscillator 110 includes: step S701 to step S705.

S701, the comparing module 121 compares whether the input voltage received by the input terminal of the oscillator 110 is greater than the reference voltage, if so, execute step S702, otherwise, execute step S703.

S702, a first comparison voltage is output to the load module 122, and then step S704 is executed.

S703, the second comparison voltage is output to the load module 122, and then step S705 is executed.

Optionally, if the first comparison voltage is at a high level, the second comparison voltage is at a low level; if the first comparison voltage is at a low level, the second comparison voltage is at a high level.

Alternatively, as an example, referring to fig. 5, the load module 122 includes two control switches including a first control switch K1 and a second control switch K2, and two load devices including a first capacitor C1 and a second capacitor C2.

Alternatively, the comparison voltage output by the comparison module 121 may be separately output to each of the first and second control switches K1 and K2 of the load module 122.

Optionally, outputting the first comparison voltage to the load module 122 includes:

the first comparison voltage is output to the first control switch K1 and the second control switch K2.

Optionally, outputting the first comparison voltage to the first control switch K1 and the second control switch K2 includes:

the first comparison voltage is simultaneously outputted to the first control switch K1 and the second control switch K2, or the first comparison voltage is sequentially outputted to the first control switch K1 and the second control switch K2.

Optionally, outputting the second comparison voltage to the load module 122 includes:

the second comparison voltage is output to the first control switch K1 and the second control switch K2.

Alternatively, outputting the second comparison voltage to the first control switch K1 and the second control switch K2 includes:

the second comparison voltage is simultaneously outputted to the first control switch K1 and the second control switch K2, or the second comparison voltage is sequentially outputted to the first control switch K1 and the second control switch K2.

S704, the load module 122 disconnects the electrical connection with the first output terminal of the oscillator 110.

Optionally, the first comparison voltage indicates that the input voltage is greater than the reference voltage, when the input voltage is not lower than the design voltage, and the frequency of the multi-phase clock signal is within the design frequency range.

S705, the load module 122 maintains the electrical connection with the first output terminal of the oscillator 110, so that the output load of the oscillator 110 is increased, and the voltage of the multi-phase clock signal is not lower than the design voltage.

Optionally, the load module 122 maintains the electrical connection with the first output terminal of the oscillator 110, such that the output load of the oscillator 110 is increased, the voltage of the multi-phase clock signal is increased, such that the voltage of the multi-phase clock signal is not lower than the design voltage, and the frequency of the multi-phase clock signal is within the design frequency range.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 6, the process of increasing the output frequency of the multi-phase clock signal when the voltage V1 of the multi-phase clock signal is correspondingly increased in the states of the first control switch K1 and the second control switch K2 being opened at the same time, one being closed and one being opened, and two being closed at the same time is shown. In the actual control process, the on/off and the number of the control switches can be selected and controlled according to the designed frequency range, so that the voltage-controlled oscillator has the characteristic of wide frequency working range and meets the requirements of different display driving chip systems.

Optionally, when the input voltage received by the input terminal of the oscillator 110 is less than the reference voltage, after the multi-phase clock signal output by the oscillator 110 is regulated, the method further includes:

and raising the voltage of the multi-phase clock signal to a first voltage of a first voltage end to form the converted multi-phase clock signal.

Optionally, after the step of raising the voltage of the multi-phase clock signal to the first voltage of the first voltage terminal to form the converted multi-phase clock signal, the method further includes:

and converting the serial data into multi-bit parallel data according to the converted multi-phase clock signals.

As an example, an embodiment of the present application further provides a method for controlling a multi-phase clock signal, which is applied to a clock data recovery circuit in any embodiment of the present application, and includes the following steps:

step one, when the input voltage received by the input end of the oscillator 110 is smaller than the reference voltage, the multiphase clock signal output by the oscillator 110 is regulated, so that the frequency of the multiphase clock signal is within the design frequency range, and the voltage of the multiphase clock signal is not lower than the design voltage.

Alternatively, the specific steps of step one may adopt steps S701 to S705 shown in fig. 7.

And step two, raising the voltage of the multi-phase clock signal to a first voltage of a first voltage end to form the converted multi-phase clock signal.

Optionally, the level shifting module 140 raises the voltage of the multi-phase clock signal to a first voltage of the first voltage terminal to form a shifted multi-phase clock signal.

And step three, converting the serial data into multi-bit parallel data according to the converted multi-phase clock signals.

Optionally, the level conversion module 140 outputs the converted multiphase clock signal to the sampling module 20. The sampling module 20 converts the serial data into parallel data of multiple bits in parallel according to the converted multiphase clock signals.

By applying the embodiment of the application, at least the following beneficial effects can be realized:

(1) the voltage control module 120 of the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit 100 in the embodiment of the present application can adjust the frequency of the multiphase clock signal output by the oscillator 110 to the designed frequency range, so as to meet the requirement of the display driver chip system on the wide frequency operating range characteristic of the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit 100.

(2) The comparison module 121 of the embodiment of the application can control the voltage of the multi-phase clock signal not to be lower than the design voltage, so that when the input voltage is smaller than the reference voltage, the output load of the oscillator 110 can be increased through the load module 122 to improve the voltage of the multi-phase clock signal, thereby adjusting the frequency of the multi-phase clock signal to the design frequency range.

(3) The embodiment of the application can ensure the performance of the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit 100 and expand the frequency working range of the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit 100.

Those of skill in the art will appreciate that the various operations, methods, steps in the processes, acts, or solutions discussed in this application can be interchanged, modified, combined, or eliminated. Further, other steps, measures, or schemes in various operations, methods, or flows that have been discussed in this application can be alternated, altered, rearranged, broken down, combined, or deleted. Further, steps, measures, schemes in the prior art having various operations, methods, procedures disclosed in the present application may also be alternated, modified, rearranged, decomposed, combined, or deleted.

The terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description herein, particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

It should be understood that, although the steps in the flowcharts of the figures are shown in order as indicated by the arrows, the steps are not necessarily performed in order as indicated by the arrows. The steps are not performed in the exact order shown and may be performed in other orders unless explicitly stated herein. Moreover, at least a portion of the steps in the flow chart of the figure may include multiple sub-steps or multiple stages, which are not necessarily performed at the same time, but may be performed at different times, which are not necessarily performed in sequence, but may be performed alternately or alternately with other steps or at least a portion of the sub-steps or stages of other steps.

The foregoing is only a partial embodiment of the present application, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, several modifications and decorations can be made without departing from the principle of the present application, and these modifications and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present application.