Invention Application
- Patent Title: ACCURATE AND RELIABLE DIGITAL PLL LOCK INDICATOR
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Application No.: US16580161Application Date: 2019-09-24
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Publication No.: US20200162081A1Publication Date: 2020-05-21
- Inventor: Kannanthodath V. Jayakumar , James D. Barnette
- Applicant: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Main IPC: H03L7/095
- IPC: H03L7/095 ; H03L7/099 ; H03L7/093

Abstract:
A frequency monitoring circuit monitors a frequency offset between a first clock signal and a second clock signal. The frequency monitoring circuit includes a first moving average filter with a plurality of cascaded filter stages and a second moving average filter with a plurality of cascaded filter stages. A plurality of error detection circuits detect if differences between respective cascaded filter stages of the moving average filters exceed respective thresholds. The frequency monitoring circuit asserts a frequency error signal if any of the error detection circuits detect an error. A phase monitoring circuit asserts a phase error if a phase error is above a phase error threshold. The frequency error signal and the phase error signals are combined as a loss of lock signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US10819354B2 Accurate and reliable digital PLL lock indicator Public/Granted day:2020-10-27
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