HIGH PERFORMANCE PHASE LOCKED LOOP FOR MILLIMETER WAVE APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20220352896A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17863708

    申请日:2022-07-13

    摘要: A phase lock loop (PLL) includes an input comparison circuit configured to compare a reference signal to a divided feedback signal and generate at least one charge pump control signal based thereupon. A charge pump generates a charge pump output signal in response to the at least one charge pump control signal. A loop filter is coupled to receive and filter the charge pump output signal to produce an oscillator control signal. An oscillator generates an output signal in response to the oscillator control signal, with the output signal divided by a divisor using divider circuitry to produce the divided feedback signal. Divisor generation circuitry is configured to change the divisor over time so that a frequency of the divided feedback signal changes from a first frequency to a second frequency over time.

    PULSE WIDTH MODULATOR WITH REDUCED PULSE WIDTH

    公开(公告)号:US20230006679A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17931043

    申请日:2022-09-09

    IPC分类号: H03L7/081 H03L7/085

    摘要: An integrated circuit includes a pulse width modulator. The pulse width modulator includes a multiplexer that receives a plurality of data delay signals. Each of the data delay signals is based on a data signal and a respective clock phase signal. The multiplexer includes a first multiplexer stage and a second multiplexer stage. The first multiplexer stage receives all of the data delay signals and has a relatively large delay. The second multiplexer stage receives to output signals from the first multiplexer stage and has a relatively small delay. The second multiplexer stage outputs a pulse width modulation signal that can have a pulse width corresponding to the offset between two adjacent clock phase signals.

    PULSE WIDTH MODULATOR WITH REDUCED PULSE WIDTH

    公开(公告)号:US20220166435A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17525680

    申请日:2021-11-12

    IPC分类号: H03L7/081 H03L7/085

    摘要: An integrated circuit includes a pulse width modulator. The pulse width modulator includes a multiplexer that receives a plurality of data delay signals. Each of the data delay signals is based on a data signal and a respective clock phase signal. The multiplexer includes a first multiplexer stage and a second multiplexer stage. The first multiplexer stage receives all of the data delay signals and has a relatively large delay. The second multiplexer stage receives to output signals from the first multiplexer stage and has a relatively small delay. The second multiplexer stage outputs a pulse width modulation signal that can have a pulse width corresponding to the offset between two adjacent clock phase signals.

    PROCESS COMPENSATED GAIN BOOSTING VOLTAGE REGULATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20200183439A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16694028

    申请日:2019-11-25

    IPC分类号: G05F3/26 G05F1/575

    摘要: A voltage regulator includes an error amplifier producing an error voltage from a reference voltage and a feedback voltage. A voltage-to-current converter converts the error voltage to an output current, and a feedback resistance generates the feedback voltage from the output current. The error amplifier includes a differential pair of transistors receiving the feedback voltage and the reference voltage, a first pair of transistors operating in saturation and coupled to the differential pair of transistors at an output node and a bias node, a second pair of transistors operating in a linear region and coupled to the first pair of transistors at a pair of intermediate nodes. A compensation capacitor is coupled to one of the pair of intermediate nodes so as to compensate the error amplifier for a parasitic capacitance. An output at the output node is a function of a difference between the reference voltage and feedback voltage.

    PHASE LOCK LOOP (PLL) WITH OPERATING PARAMETER CALIBRATION CIRCUIT AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220200607A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17519122

    申请日:2021-11-04

    发明人: Ankit GUPTA

    IPC分类号: H03L7/099 H03L7/089 H03L7/093

    摘要: A calibration scheme is used to control PLL bandwidth and contain its spread. In open loop, the VCO control voltage is swept over a range of values and VCO output frequency is measured at each control voltage level. The gain KVCO is determined for each measured output frequency and a corresponding current magnitude for the variable magnitude charge pump is calculated from a ratio of a constant to the gain KVCO and correlated in a look-up table to the measured output frequency. Once calibration is completed, the PLL loop is closed and a calculated current magnitude is fetched from the look-up table based on a desired output frequency for the PLL circuit. The variable magnitude charge pump circuit is then controlled to generate a charge pump current with a magnitude corresponding to the fetched charge pump current magnitude.

    HIGH PERFORMANCE PHASE LOCKED LOOP FOR MILLIMETER WAVE APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20220209777A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17521210

    申请日:2021-11-08

    摘要: A PLL includes an input comparison circuit comparing a reference signal to a divided feedback signal to thereby control a charge pump that generates a charge pump output signal. A filter receives the charge pump output signal when a switch is closed, and produces an oscillator control signal causing an oscillator to generate an output signal. Divider circuitry divides the output signal by a divisor to produce the divided feedback signal. Divisor generation circuitry changes the divisor over time so the output signal ramps from a start frequency to an end frequency. Modification circuitry stores a first oscillator control signal equal to the value of the oscillator control signal when the frequency of the output signal is the start ramp frequency. When the frequency of the output signal reaches the end ramp frequency, the switch is opened, and the stored first oscillator control signal is applied to the loop filter.

    FRACTIONAL-N PHASE LOCK LOOP (PLL) WITH NOISE CANCELATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220182063A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-09

    申请号:US17507221

    申请日:2021-10-21

    IPC分类号: H03L7/089 H03L7/197 H03L7/087

    摘要: A PLL circuit includes a fractional-N divider generating a feedback signal, a first phase-frequency detector that compares the feedback signal to a reference signal to generate first up/down control signals that control a charge pump to generate a charge pump output current. A noise cancelation circuit includes a synchronization circuit that generates first and second synchronized feedback signals from the PLL circuit output and the feedback signal, where the first and second synchronized feedback signals are offset by an integer number of cycles of the PLL circuit output. A second phase-frequency detector circuit compares the first and second synchronized feedback clock signals to generate second up/down control signals whose pulse widths differ by the integer number of PLL cycles. A current digital to analog converter circuit is controlled in response to the second up/down control signals to apply noise canceling sourcing and sinking currents to the charge pump output current.

    CHARGE PUMP PHASE LOCKED LOOP WITH LOW CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR GAIN

    公开(公告)号:US20220038105A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-03

    申请号:US17381754

    申请日:2021-07-21

    IPC分类号: H03L7/093 H03L7/099

    摘要: A PLL includes a phase-frequency-detector-and-charge-pump-circuit (PFDCPC) receiving a reference signal and divided signal, and generating a charge-pump current. A loop-filter is between output of the PFDCPC and a reference-voltage. A first voltage-to-current converter (V2I1) has low gain, and a second voltage-to-current converter (V2I2) has high gain. A low-gain-path is between outputs of the PFDCPC and V2I1, and a high-gain-path is between the outputs of the PFDCPC and V2I2. A current-controlled-oscillator receives an input signal, and generates an output signal. A loop divider divides the output signal by a divider-value, producing the divided signal. The low-gain-path runs directly from the PFDCPC, through the V2I1, to the input of the current-controlled-oscillator. The high-gain-path runs from the PFDCPC to the loop-filter, from a tap of the loop-filter to a low-pass filter through a current mirror, from a tap of the low-pass filter through the V2I2, to the input of the current-controlled-oscillator.