Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Divider-less fractional PLL architecture
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Application No.: US16472835Application Date: 2016-12-27
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Publication No.: US10659061B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Elias Nassar , Eyal Fayneh , Inbar Falkov , Elan Banin , Rotem Banin , Ofir Degani , Samer Nassar
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/US2016/068696 WO 20161227
- International Announcement: WO2018/125046 WO 20180705
- Main IPC: H03D3/24
- IPC: H03D3/24 ; H03L7/091 ; H03L7/099

Abstract:
A divider-less fractional digital phase locked loop (PLL) is disclosed and can include a time-to-digital converter (TDC) to receive a reference clock signal and a digitally control oscillator (DCO) clock signal, and generate a phase difference signal based on the reference clock signal and the DCO clock signal. A counter coupled in parallel to the TDC can receive the clock signal and count an output frequency of the clock signal to detect reference noise within the reference signal that is above a threshold. A sampler can sample an output of the counter using a replica of the reference signal, and generate a plurality of samples. A sample selector can select one of the plurality of samples based on the phase difference signal. A digital phase detector (DPD) can generate an output phase measurement based on the phase difference signal and the selected sample of the plurality of samples.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190334533A1 DIVIDER-LESS FRACTIONAL PLL ARCHITECTURE Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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