Invention Grant
US07835220B2 PLL circuit for increasing potential difference between ground voltage and reference voltage or power source voltage of oscillation circuit
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PLL电路,用于增加接地电压与参考电压或振荡电路电源电压之间的电位差
- Patent Title: PLL circuit for increasing potential difference between ground voltage and reference voltage or power source voltage of oscillation circuit
- Patent Title (中): PLL电路,用于增加接地电压与参考电压或振荡电路电源电压之间的电位差
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Application No.: US12033657Application Date: 2008-02-19
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Publication No.: US07835220B2Publication Date: 2010-11-16
- Inventor: Toru Ishikawa
- Applicant: Toru Ishikawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2007-042229 20070222
- Main IPC: G11C8/18
- IPC: G11C8/18

Abstract:
A PLL circuit includes a phase comparator for outputting a frequency control signal based on a result of comparison between phases of an input reference clock signal and a fed-back oscillation signal; an oscillation circuit, connected to the phase comparator, for outputting an oscillation signal having a frequency in accordance with the frequency control signal, a power source voltage, and a predetermined reference voltage; and a bias control circuit, connected to the oscillation circuit, for increasing either the potential difference between the reference voltage of the oscillation circuit and a ground voltage or the potential difference between the power source voltage of the oscillation circuit and the ground voltage. A transistor in the oscillation circuit can operate in a saturation area, thereby operating the PLL circuit at a high speed with a low power source voltage, without being easily affected by a variation in the temperature or other process conditions.
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