Inductor-enclosed voltage-controlled oscillators

    公开(公告)号:US10116259B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-30

    申请号:US14548691

    申请日:2014-11-20

    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an inductor-enclosed switchable voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), for use in a frequency synthesizer of a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC), for example. One example apparatus is a frequency synthesizer that generally includes a first VCO circuit comprising a first inductor and a second VCO circuit comprising a second inductor, wherein at least a portion of the first VCO circuit is disposed inside a loop of the second inductor. According to certain aspects, at least a portion of the second VCO circuit is disposed inside a loop of the first inductor.

    On-chip dual-supply multi-mode CMOS regulators

    公开(公告)号:US11095216B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-17

    申请号:US14630506

    申请日:2015-02-24

    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product are provided. The apparatus may be a regulator circuit. The regulator circuit includes a first voltage regulator to regulate a first input voltage to the first voltage regulator, the first voltage regulator including a P-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS), and a second voltage regulator to regulate a second input voltage to the second voltage regulator, the second voltage regulator including an N-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS). In an aspect, the first voltage regulator is coupled to the second voltage regulator.

    On-chip dual-supply multi-mode CMOS regulators

    公开(公告)号:US11726513B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-15

    申请号:US17443093

    申请日:2021-07-20

    CPC classification number: G05F1/575 H02M3/156 H02M1/0077

    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product are provided. The apparatus may be a regulator circuit. The regulator circuit includes a first voltage regulator to regulate a first input voltage to the first voltage regulator, the first voltage regulator including a P-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS), a second voltage regulator to regulate a second input voltage to the second voltage regulator, and a switch circuit to selectively activate at least one of the first voltage regulator or the second voltage regulator. In one aspect, the second voltage regulator includes an N-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS). In one aspect, the second voltage regulator comprises a two-stage operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) circuit. In an aspect, the first voltage regulator is coupled to the second voltage regulator.

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