Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Injection-locked phase lock loop circuit
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Application No.: US16238092Application Date: 2019-01-02
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Publication No.: US10541694B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Hajime Sato , Kenta Aruga
- Applicant: SOCIONEXT INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
- Current Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Main IPC: H03L7/095
- IPC: H03L7/095 ; H03L7/099 ; H03L7/18

Abstract:
A PFD outputs a detection signal based on a phase difference or a frequency difference between a reference signal and a feedback signal, a charge pump circuit outputs a pulse signal based on the detection signal, and a loop filter outputs a control voltage based on the pulse signal. A VCO includes a ring oscillator where a plurality of delay element units, which include a plurality of delay elements (for example, inverter circuits) connected in parallel, are connected in series in a ring, controls the frequency of the output signal of the ring oscillator based on the control voltage, and controls the phase of the output signal of the ring oscillator by controlling the active number of delay elements, out of the plurality of delay elements, based on the detection signal. A frequency divider circuit generates and outputs a feedback signal by dividing the frequency of the output signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190140651A1 INJECTION-LOCKED PHASE LOCK LOOP CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2019-05-09
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