Method and system for low noise sub-sampling phase lock loop (PLL) architecture with automatic dynamic frequency acquisition

    公开(公告)号:US11996854B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-28

    申请号:US17895393

    申请日:2022-08-25

    IPC分类号: H03L7/091 H03L7/089 H03L7/099

    摘要: A sub-sampling phase lock loop includes samplers that obtain sampled values by sampling clock signal phases corresponding to a clock signal generated by a voltage controlled oscillator at sampling edges of reference signal phases of a reference signal generated by a reference clock generator over a reference clock cycle; and a phase detector that selects a phase for a particular instant of the reference signal based on at least one sampled value satisfying a predetermined criteria, the phase corresponding to a clock signal phase value and a reference signal phase value respectively selected from the clock signal and reference signal phases, the phase detector tracks the selected phase at every successive instant of the reference signal, and determines a sampled value associated with the selected phase in every successive instant of the reference signal; and a processing unit that acquires frequency information based on the tracking of the selected phase.

    Apparatus and method for in-phase and quadrature phase (IQ) generation

    公开(公告)号:US11728792B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-15

    申请号:US17706191

    申请日:2022-03-28

    IPC分类号: H03K3/017

    CPC分类号: H03K3/017

    摘要: An apparatus for in-phase and quadrature phase (“IQ”) generation comprises a CMOS clock distributor for providing a clock input. A first IQ divider circuit is configured for receiving the clock input and dividing the clock input into in-phase and quadrature phase (IQ) output. A clock processing circuit is configured for processing the clock input. A second IQ divider circuit is configured for receiving the processed clock input and dividing the processed clock input into in-phase and quadrature phase (IQ) output. A multiplexer circuit is coupled to the first IQ divider circuit and the second IQ divider circuit for selecting the IQ output from the first IQ divider circuit or the second IQ divider circuit.

    System and method for generating sub harmonic locked frequency division and phase interpolation

    公开(公告)号:US11601116B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US17307489

    申请日:2021-05-04

    IPC分类号: H03K3/03 H03K5/01 H03K5/00

    摘要: A system for generating a sub-harmonically injection locked phase interpolated output signal. The system comprises ring oscillator (RO) circuitry to generate an output oscillator signal in response to a periodic input signal. The RO circuitry includes a plurality of differential delay RO stages interconnected in cascade within a closed loop, where each RO stage is configured to establish a corresponding delayed version of the output oscillator signal successively shifted in phase by a predetermined phase difference based on a predetermined interpolation mapping scheme. The system further comprises signal injection circuitry coupled to the RO circuitry to apply a first signal having a first input phase and a second signal having a second input phase to the plurality of differential delay RO stages based on the predetermined interpolation mapping scheme to lock a frequency of the output oscillator signal at one half the frequency of the periodic input signal.