Phase-locked loop circuit and clock generator including the same

    公开(公告)号:US11057040B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-06

    申请号:US17006152

    申请日:2020-08-28

    Abstract: A phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit may include a voltage-controlled oscillator, a sub-sampling PLL circuit, and a fractional frequency division control circuit. The fractional frequency division control circuit may include a voltage-controlled delay line that routes a feedback signal to generate delay information, a replica voltage-controlled delay line to which the delay information is applied and configured to route a reference clock signal to generate a plurality of delay reference clock signals each delayed by up to a different respective delay time, and a digital-to-time converter (DTC) configured to generate the selection reference clock signal from the plurality of delay reference clock signals and output the selection reference clock signal to the sub-sampling PLL circuit.

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