US 7,532,995 B1
Interpolator testing circuit
William Lo, Cupertino, Calif. (US); and Francis Campana, Milpitas, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton (Bermuda)
Filed on May 08, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/800,816.
Application 11/800816 is a continuation of application No. 10/852540, filed on May 24, 2004, granted, now 7,246,018.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/531902, filed on Dec. 22, 2003.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G06F 11/22 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 702—125  [702/78; 702/79; 375/376; 375/226] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. An interpolator testing system comprising:
an interpolator that generates M clock signals having phase shifts in increments of 360/M degrees relative to a reference clock signal and that outputs one of said M clock signals as a recovered clock signal;
a recovered clock counter that counts an attribute of said recovered clock signal; and
a test module that sequentially selects said M clock signals N times, wherein M and N are integers greater than one.