FAST-LOCKING ALL-DIGITAL PHASE-LOCKED LOOP AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20240283459A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18569459

    申请日:2022-06-13

    IPC分类号: H03L7/10 H03L7/093 H03L7/099

    摘要: According to an aspect, there is provided an all-digital phase-locked loop, ADPLL, for a radio receiver, transmitter or transceiver. The ADPLL comprises a time-to-digital converter for generating a digital time signal based on an external reference clock signal and a feedback signal, a switched capacitor digitally controlled oscillator, SC-DCO, for generating a radio frequency signal used as the feed-back signal, a phase-locked loop for controlling the SC-DCO based on the digital time signal for achieving a phase and frequency lock and digital processing means. The digital processing means are configured to maintain, in at least one memory, a lookup table defining a plurality of switching configurations of the SC-DCO corresponding to a plurality of frequencies of the radio frequency signal and to cause the phase-locked loop controller to adjust the switching configuration of the SC-DCO according to the lookup table.

    POWER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A WORKING ENVIRONMENT OF A MONITORED CIRCUIT AND ADJUSTING A WORKING VOLTAGE OF THE MONITORED CIRCUIT

    公开(公告)号:US20240275393A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18168544

    申请日:2023-02-13

    IPC分类号: H03L7/099 H03L7/10 H03L7/24

    CPC分类号: H03L7/0992 H03L7/101 H03L7/24

    摘要: The invention provides a power system for monitoring a working environment of a monitored circuit and adjusting a working voltage of the monitored circuit includes: a power circuit, a voltage-controlled oscillator and a counter. The power circuit is configured to output the working voltage to the monitored circuit through a power supply path. The voltage-controlled oscillator is disposed in or around the monitored circuit and is electrically connected to the power supply path and a ground path to which the monitored circuit is electrically connected, and is configured to output an oscillation frequency in accordance with a signal variation on the power supply path and the ground path. The counter is electrically connected to the voltage-controlled oscillator and is configured to generate a counting number signal in accordance with the oscillation frequency and a synchronizing signal, thereby adjusting the working voltage outputted to the monitored circuit.

    PHASE-LOCKED LOOP REFERENCE CLOCK MANAGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240178846A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18435323

    申请日:2024-02-07

    摘要: A device includes a phase-locked loop (PLL) having a reference input. The device has a storage element and a reference clock generator having an interface clock input, a reference clock output, and a programmable clock divider. The reference clock generator is coupled to the storage element. The reference clock output is coupled to the reference input. The reference clock generator is configured to change a divide ratio for the programmable clock divider based on a value in the storage element such that a frequency of the reference clock output remains unchanged when a frequency of the interface clock input changes.

    Unlimited Bandwidth Shifting Systems and Methods of an All-Digital Phase Locked Loop

    公开(公告)号:US20240146318A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US18544289

    申请日:2023-12-18

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H03L7/10 H03K3/037 H03L7/093

    CPC分类号: H03L7/10 H03K3/037 H03L7/093

    摘要: This disclosure is directed towards systems and methods that improve bandwidth shifting operations of an ADPLL without losing a lock of the ADPLL and having the benefit of being able to change the bandwidth an unlimited amount of times. Indeed, a processor may transmit amplification parameters to the ADPLL to implement a bandwidth shift. The shift may occur in response to a enable signal, such as a gear trigger control signal (gear_retime signal) or a enable signal generated to cause alignment of the shifting with a clock signal (e.g., enable signal generated by AND logic gates). These systems and methods described herein many enable multiple bandwidth changing operations to occur without compromising the complexity and footprint of the system.

    Delay-locked loop with widened lock range

    公开(公告)号:US11916559B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-27

    申请号:US18090748

    申请日:2022-12-29

    摘要: A DLL includes a delay line with two phase outputs, a gater coupled with the delay line phase outputs, a PFD coupled with gater outputs, a PD coupled with PFD outputs, a retimer coupled with PD outputs, and a loop filter with inputs coupled with the retimer and a speed control output coupled with the delay line. The gater passes signals on its two inputs to its two outputs, apart from a first pulse on its first input. The PD determines if the second gated signal leads or lags the first gated signal. The retimer retimes PD output signals to be aligned with a delay line input signal. The loop filter uses the retimed PD output signals to determine if the delay line should delay more or delay less, and outputs a speed control signal to control the delay line speed.

    Generation of fast frequency ramps

    公开(公告)号:USRE49519E1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-02

    申请号:US17313352

    申请日:2021-05-06

    摘要: A circuit includes an RF oscillator coupled in a phase-locked loop. The phase-locked loop is configured to receive a digital input signal, which is a sequence of digital words, and to generate a feedback signal for the RF oscillator based on the digital input signal. The circuit further includes a digital-to-analog conversion unit that includes a pre-processing stage configured to pre-process the sequence of digital words and a digital-to-analog-converter configured to convert the pre-processed sequence of digital words into the analog output signal. The circuit includes circuitry configured to combine the analog output signal and the feedback signal to generate a control signal for the RF oscillator. The pre-processing stage includes a word-length adaption unit configured to reduce the word-lengths of the digital words and a sigma-delta modulator coupled to the word-length adaption unit downstream thereof and configured to modulate the sequence of digital words having reduced word-lengths.

    Clock and data recovery circuit and a display apparatus having the same

    公开(公告)号:US11632228B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-18

    申请号:US17476782

    申请日:2021-09-16

    摘要: A display device including: a timing controller outputting a reference clock signal and a data packet, wherein the data packet includes a clock signal embedded in a data signal; a clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit receiving the reference clock signal and the data packet; and a display panel displaying an image based on the data packet, wherein, when the CDR circuit receives the reference clock signal, a frequency band of the reference clock signal is detected using a first internal clock signal, a parameter associated with jitter characteristics of the clock and data recovery circuit is adjusted according to the detected frequency band, and a second internal clock signal is output by adjusting a frequency of the first internal clock signal, and when the CDR circuit receives the data packet, the data signal and a clock signal synchronized with the data signal are recovered from the data packet.