Patent ID: 7782103

Claim:
A phase adjustment circuit for discretely adjusting a phase of a data signal and that of a clock signal, the phase adjustment circuit comprising: a delay line for delaying the clock signal to produce a delayed clock signal; a phase comparator for comparing the phase of the data signal with that of the delayed clock signal; a first delay control section for outputting a first delay control signal based on the comparison result from the phase comparator, the first delay control signal being a digital signal; and a second delay control section for outputting a second delay control signal based on a frequency of the clock signal, the second delay control signal being a digital signal, wherein the delay line determines a delay amount of the delayed clock signal with respect to the clock signal based on the first and second delay control signals, wherein the delay line includes: a plurality of delay units for delaying an input signal and outputting the delayed signal; and a connection control section for changing the number of the delay units to be connected together in series based on one of the first and second delay control signals, wherein each of the delay units includes a delay adjustment section for adjusting an amount of signal delay based on the other one of the first and second delay control signals, and wherein the delay adjustment section includes a plurality of loads connected together in parallel, and selectively connects or disconnects each of the loads based on the other one of the first and second delay control signals.