Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Frequency synthesizer with dynamically selected level shifting of the oscillating output signal
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Application No.: US16696247Application Date: 2019-11-26
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Publication No.: US10771073B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Nitin Gupta
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Schiphol
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Schiphol
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy
- Main IPC: H03L7/099
- IPC: H03L7/099 ; H03L7/10 ; H03L7/087

Abstract:
An oscillator circuit powered by a source voltage generates an oscillating output signal. The oscillating output signal is level shifted and applied to a first input of a multiplexer. A second input of the multiplexer receives the oscillating output signal. The multiplexer selects one of the oscillating output signal and the level shifted oscillating output signal for output as a selected oscillating output signal in response to a select signal. A locked loop circuit generates controls a frequency of the oscillating output signal as a function of the selected oscillating output signal and a reference oscillating signal. The select signal further selects one of a reference voltage and the source voltage of the oscillator circuit as an error amplifier reference voltage for a voltage regulator circuit that generates the first power supply voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200186155A1 FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER WITH DYNAMICALLY SELECTED LEVEL SHIFTING OF THE OSCILLATING OUTPUT SIGNAL Public/Granted day:2020-06-11
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