Invention Grant
US08854095B2 Fast lock acquisition and detection circuit for phase-locked loops
有权
用于锁相环的快速锁定采集和检测电路
- Patent Title: Fast lock acquisition and detection circuit for phase-locked loops
- Patent Title (中): 用于锁相环的快速锁定采集和检测电路
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Application No.: US13674394Application Date: 2012-11-12
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Publication No.: US08854095B2Publication Date: 2014-10-07
- Inventor: Amit Katyal
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Applicant Address: NL Amsterdam
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Amsterdam
- Agency: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
- Main IPC: H03L7/06
- IPC: H03L7/06 ; H03L7/08 ; H03B19/00

Abstract:
A phase lock loop (PLL) circuit incorporates switched capacitive circuitry and feedback circuitry to reduce the time to achieve a lock condition. During a first mode, the frequency of a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is used to adjust the control voltage of the VCO to achieve a coarse lock condition. During a second mode, a reference frequency is used to control a charge pump to more precisely adjust the control voltage to achieve fine lock of the PLL. Because the VCO frequency is significantly higher than the reference frequency, the control voltage is varied at a greater rate during the first mode. In some embodiments, the time to achieve lock may be further reduced by initializing the VCO control voltage to a particular voltage so as to reduce the difference between the control voltage at start-up and the control voltage at the beginning of the first mode during coarse lock.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140132308A1 FAST LOCK ACQUISITION AND DETECTION CIRCUIT FOR PHASE-LOCKED LOOPS Public/Granted day:2014-05-15
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