DIGITAL CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR
    1.
    发明公开
    DIGITAL CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR 有权
    数字控制振荡器

    公开(公告)号:EP2176952A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-21

    申请号:EP08775296.0

    申请日:2008-07-23

    摘要: An electronic device, comprises a digital controlled oscillator including a programmable current source, a first variable capacitor and a second variable capacitor. A comparator is provided for comparing the voltage drop across the variable capacitors with a reference voltage level and for providing a DCO output clock signal. Switching means are adapted to alternately switch the variable capacitors to receive either a current from the programmable current source or to be discharged in response to an output signal of the comparator. A clock divider is coupled to an output of the comparator for dividing the DCO output clock signal by a factor N substantially greater than 1, in order to provide a divided clock signal (X). Further, a frequency monitoring stage is provided for receiving the divided clock signal and is adapted to determine the time difference of successive clock periods of the divided clock signal and to generate a feedback signal in response to the determined time difference in order to adapt the frequency of the DCO output clock signal with the feedback signal.

    RING OSCILLATOR FOR PLLS
    2.
    发明授权
    RING OSCILLATOR FOR PLLS 有权
    环振荡器相袢

    公开(公告)号:EP2151052B1

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-15

    申请号:EP08759545.0

    申请日:2008-05-13

    IPC分类号: H03K3/03 H03K5/13 H03K5/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to a ring oscillator including a plurality of cascaded inverting delay stages, each delay stage includes a differential pair of input transistors, a variable resistive load coupled to each transistor, a differential output between the variable resistive load and the corresponding input transistor, a variable current source coupled to the differential pair of transistors for variably setting a bias current through the differential pair of transistors, and an input coupled to the variable resistive load and the variable current source for receiving an configuration signal, wherein the variable resistive load and the variable current source are changed in response to the configuration signal, such that the bias current increases, while the variable resistive load decreases and vice versa.

    RING OSCILLATOR FOR PLLS
    3.
    发明公开
    RING OSCILLATOR FOR PLLS 有权
    环振荡器相袢

    公开(公告)号:EP2151052A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-10

    申请号:EP08759545.0

    申请日:2008-05-13

    IPC分类号: H03K3/03 H03K5/13 H03K5/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to a ring oscillator including a plurality of cascaded inverting delay stages, each delay stage includes a differential pair of input transistors, a variable resistive load coupled to each transistor, a differential output between the variable resistive load and the corresponding input transistor, a variable current source coupled to the differential pair of transistors for variably setting a bias current through the differential pair of transistors, and an input coupled to the variable resistive load and the variable current source for receiving an configuration signal, wherein the variable resistive load and the variable current source are changed in response to the configuration signal, such that the bias current increases, while the variable resistive load decreases and vice versa.

    DIGITAL CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR
    4.
    发明授权
    DIGITAL CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR 有权
    数字控制振荡器

    公开(公告)号:EP2176952B1

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-06

    申请号:EP08775296.0

    申请日:2008-07-23

    摘要: An electronic device, comprises a digital controlled oscillator including a programmable current source, a first variable capacitor and a second variable capacitor. A comparator is provided for comparing the voltage drop across the variable capacitors with a reference voltage level and for providing a DCO output clock signal. Switching means are adapted to alternately switch the variable capacitors to receive either a current from the programmable current source or to be discharged in response to an output signal of the comparator. A clock divider is coupled to an output of the comparator for dividing the DCO output clock signal by a factor N substantially greater than 1, in order to provide a divided clock signal (X). Further, a frequency monitoring stage is provided for receiving the divided clock signal and is adapted to determine the time difference of successive clock periods of the divided clock signal and to generate a feedback signal in response to the determined time difference in order to adapt the frequency of the DCO output clock signal with the feedback signal.