Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated circuits with configurable inductors
- Patent Title (中): 具有可配置电感器的集成电路
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Application No.: US12748261Application Date: 2010-03-26
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Publication No.: US08319564B2Publication Date: 2012-11-27
- Inventor: Weiqi Ding , Sergey Shumarayev , Wilson Wong , Ali Atesoglu , Sharat Babu Ippili
- Applicant: Weiqi Ding , Sergey Shumarayev , Wilson Wong , Ali Atesoglu , Sharat Babu Ippili
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Altera Corporation
- Current Assignee: Altera Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Treyz Law Group
- Agent Jason Tsai
- Main IPC: H03B5/12
- IPC: H03B5/12 ; H03L1/00

Abstract:
Integrated circuits with phase-locked loops are provided. Phase-locked loops may include an oscillator, a phase-frequency detector, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage-controlled oscillator, and a programmable divider. The voltage-controlled oscillator may include multiple inductors, an oscillator circuit, and a buffer circuit. A selected one of the multiple inductors may be actively connected to the oscillator circuit. The voltage-controlled oscillators may have multiple oscillator circuits. Each oscillator circuit may be connected to a respective inductor, may include a varactor, and may be powered by a respective voltage regulator. Each oscillator circuit may be coupled to a respective input transistor pair in the buffer circuit through associated coupling capacitors. A selected one of the oscillator circuits may be turned on during normal operation by supplying a high voltage to the selected one of the oscillator circuit and by supply a ground voltage to the remaining oscillator circuits.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110234331A1 INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WITH CONFIGURABLE INDUCTORS Public/Granted day:2011-09-29
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