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7443251 Digital phase and frequency detector  
Disclosed are a digital phase-frequency detector and a method of operating a digital phase-frequency detector. The detector includes an input circuit, an output circuit and a reset circuit. In use,...
7443247 Circuit arrangement for detection of a locking condition for a phase locked loop, and a method  
A circuit arrangement includes a phase locked loop, having a phase detector on whose output side a phase signal can be tapped off and whose output side is coupled to a charge pump. Furthermore, the...
7439817 Frequency tuning range extension and modulation resolution enhancement of a digitally controlled oscillator  
A novel apparatus and method of extending the frequency tuning range and improving the modulation resolution of an RF digitally controlled oscillator (DCO). In addition to the coarse PVT MIM...
7439812 Auto-ranging phase-locked loop  
A phase locked loop circuit includes an oscillator, a dividing circuit coupled to the oscillator having a controllable dividing factor, and a rangefinder circuit coupled to the dividing circuit....
7439724 On-chip jitter measurement circuit  
An on-chip jitter measurement circuit and corresponding method are provided for receiving a reference clock and a signal of interest, including a latch for comparing the arrival time of the signal...
7436265 Clock generator and clock generating method using delay locked loop  
Embodiments of a clock generator and a clock generating method can use a delay locked loop (DLL). In one embodiment, a clock generator can include a first oscillator to generate a first clock...
7432769 Oscillator circuit  
The oscillating unit 11 generates a signal having a frequency of n*f, i.e., n times a target frequency f. The control voltage generation circuit 21 compares the phase difference between a...
7429883 Oscillator configured to complete an output pulse after inactivation  
An oscillator includes an oscillating block for generating a control signal in response to an enable signal, wherein the control signal is periodically toggled and a feedback block for receiving...
7425874 All-digital phase-locked loop for a digital pulse-width modulator  
A digital audio system including a digital phase-locked-loop circuit for generating a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) clock signal, applied to a pulse-code-modulation to pulse-width-modulation...
7423492 Circuit to reset a phase locked loop after a loss of lock  
A system and method for generating a reset signal within a Phase Locked Loop (PLL) circuit is described. The reset signal is generated by inputting a reference signal and a lock detect signal into...
7424083 PLL noise smoothing using dual-modulus interleaving  
The present invention, generally speaking, achieves noise spreading within a PLL using a dual-modulus prescaler by interleaving the division moduli. Within a given cycle, “ones” and “tens”...
7420426 Frequency modulated output clock from a digital phase locked loop  
A frequency modulated output of a digital locked loop (DLL) is implemented with a Johnson Counter outputting a sample clock and a synchronized digital code at a multiple of the sample clock. The...
7417510 Direct digital interpolative synthesis  
A clock synthesis circuit includes a delta sigma modulator that receives a divide ratio and generates an integer portion and a digital quantization error (a fractional portion). A fractional-N...
7408416 Phase locked loop, signal generating apparatus and synchronization method  
A phase locked loop for outputting a high frequency signal by executing synchronization and frequency conversion based on an input signal includes a control-type oscillator, and a phase comparator...
7406297 Clock generation circuit and semiconductor device provided therewith  
It is an object of the present invention to solve a problem that malfunction of communication is generated by varying a frequency of a clock due to noise from outside in a case where there is no...
7400205 Frequency synthesizer and oscillation control method of frequency synthesizer  
The present invention provides a frequency synthesizer capable of switching an oscillation frequency band while maintaining a lock state realized with a small-scale and low-current-consumption...
7400204 Linear phase detector and charge pump  
A phase detector detects a phase difference between a first and second signal received by a phase detector. A charge is supplied by a charge pump circuit that corresponds to the phase difference...
7394319 Pulse width modulation circuit and multiphase clock generation circuit  
A pulse width modulation circuit comprises a multiphase clock generation section which generates multiphase clock signals based on a reference clock, and a pulse width modulation signal generation...
7394418 Apparatus comprising a sigma-delta modulator and method of generating a quantized signal-delta modulator  
A method of generating a quantized signal in a Sigma-Delta modulator ( 25 ) comprises the steps of feeding a modulator input signal to a quantizer ( 15 ) via at least one integrator ( 12, 13 );...
7394320 Phase-locked loop and method for operating a phase-locked-loop  
A phase-locked loop suitable for mobile radio communications and a method for operating the same is disclosed. One embodiment of the phase-locked loop comprises an oscillator, a counter, a...
7385539 All-digital phase locked loop (ADPLL) system  
An all-digital phase locked loop system for generating an oscillator output signal under control of a digital reference input. The system comprises a digitally controlled oscillator, a digital loop...
7385451 Arrangement, phase locked loop and method for noise shaping in a phase-locked loop  
A noise shaping arrangement for a phase locked loop includes a first order sigma-delta modulator arranged to provide a first-order quantized output and a feedback path output. A second order...
7375592 System and method for maintaining an accurate frequency on a voltage controlled oscillator  
A method for phase-locking a voltage controlled oscillator is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, at a phase detector, a phase input signal and a phase feedback signal from the voltage...
7375591 Robust false locking prevention in referenceless frequency acquisition  
An output of an oscillator of a phase-locked loop is swept across a predetermined frequency range by varying control settings associated with the oscillator. A plurality of control settings that...
7372340 Precision frequency and phase synthesis with fewer voltage-controlled oscillator stages  
A clock synthesis circuit) including a phase-locked loop and one or more frequency synthesis circuits is disclosed. The phase-locked loop includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) having a...
7369000 Adaptive frequency detector of phase locked loop  
An adaptive frequency detector used in a phase locked loop for detecting a frequency difference between an input signal and an output clock generated from an oscillator of the phase locked loop...
7365607 Low-power, low-jitter, fractional-N all-digital phase-locked loop (PLL)  
A method for synthesizing frequencies with a low-jitter an all-digital fractional-N phase-locked loop (PLL) electronic circuit adapted to synthesize frequencies with low-jitter, wherein the...
7358820 Method and device for stabilizing a transfer function of a digital phase locked loop  
In a method for stabilizing a transfer function of a digital phase locked loop a random digital signal is fed into the phase locked loop. The phase locked loop comprises the transfer function and a...
7352251 Systems and methods for suppressing feedback and reference noise in a phase lock loop circuit  
Various systems and methods for clock management. As one example, a system for clock management is disclosed that includes a controllable oscillator, an oscillation control source, and a sample and...
7352297 Method and apparatus for efficient implementation of digital filter with thermometer-code-like output  
A technique is disclosed for processing a binary coded signal to generate a thermometer coded signal. Such technique includes the following steps. A binary coded input signal is obtained. A binary...
7345549 Phase locking on aliased frequencies  
A phase-locked loop ( 200 ) includes a sampler ( 202 ), a phase detector ( 210 ), a loop filter ( 212 ), and a VCO ( 214 ). The loop achieves frequency multiplication without the need for a divider...
7342459 Clock reproduction circuit  
A clock reproduction circuit receives a multi-valued input data signal to generate a reproduced clock signal with a higher accuracy. The clock reproduction circuit includes a data judgement block...
7327197 Radiation hardened phase locked loop  
A method and apparatus for providing a radiation hardened Phase Locked Loop (PLL) are presented. The radiation hardened PLL includes an adjustable bandwidth loop filter. The adjustable filter...
7323940 Adaptive cycle-slipped detector for unlock detection in phase-locked loop applications  
An adaptive cycle-slipped detector (“ACSD”) for use in a Phase-Locked Loop (“PLL”) circuit. The ACSD may include a phase comparator, a phase shifter in signal communication with the phase...
7323946 Lock detect circuit for a phase locked loop  
An improved system and method for determining the lock condition of a Phase Locked Loop (PLL) is described. The lock detect circuit generates a fast lock detect signal that may be used to detect a...
7321649 Phase locked loop with improved phase lock/unlock detection function  
A phase locked loop (PLL) having an improved phase unlock detection function generates a clock pulse signal at a frequency from a synchronization signal of a cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor and...
7317359 Circuits and methods for phase locked loop lock window detection  
Circuits and methods for detecting the lock status of a phase locked loop (PLL). The circuit generally comprises (a) a controller configured to produce a control signal in response to a reference...
7315218 Method and apparatus to center the frequency of a voltage-controlled oscillator  
A circuit and method are provided for calibrating an analog oscillator in the digital domain. The circuit and method disclosed herein centers an oscillation frequency of an analog oscillator by...
7312642 Continuous, wide-range frequency synthesis and phase tracking methods and apparatus  
Circuitry and methods are provided for continuously adjustable frequency synthesis. The synthesis covers a wide range of possible frequencies and can be performed to a high degree of precision. In...
7312668 High resolution PWM generator or digitally controlled oscillator  
A high resolution pulse width modulation (PWM) or voltage controlled output (DCO) generator is disclosed. The resolution is increased over that of the circuit clock by delaying the generated signal...
7310021 Phase-locked loop with tunable-transfer function  
Embodiments of a phase-locked loop having a tunable-transfer function are presented herein. In implementations, a multipulse generator coupled between the chase frequency detector and charge pump...
7304518 Track and hold circuit  
A track and hold circuit ( 1 ) comprising:—a linear amplifier ( 2 ) receiving a differential analog signal (D+, D−) and being controlled by a first binary clock signal (H+) having a first...
7304545 High latency timing circuit  
A phase locked loop (PLL) circuit, comprises a frequency integrator circuit that receives a target signal, a phase shift signal and a frequency gain correction parameter and that selectively...
7298216 Fine clock resolution digital phase locked loop apparatus  
A digital phase locked loop apparatus includes an input signal time detecting device that detects a phase of an input signal with prescribed time resolution obtained by dividing a cycle of an...
7292110 Self-test digital phase-locked loop and method thereof  
A phase-locked loop (PLL) apparatus utilizes a digital control unit to perform a stable phase-locking and self-testing. The PLL circuit internally generates a set of digital parameters. The set of...
7285999 Circuit for use in frequency or phase detector  
A tracking data cell ( 10 ) comprising: —a pair of track and hold circuits ( 1, 1 ′) coupled to a first multiplexer ( 5 ), —a clock signal (H+, H−) being inputted substantially in...
7282999 Method and device for generating a clock signal using a phase difference signal and a feedback signal  
A method and a device for generating a clock signal (F out ) are provided, wherein a digital phase difference signal (X) is formed depending on a phase difference between a reference clock signal...
7283001 Noise-shaping amplifier with waveform lock  
A generalized amplifier architecture is described which employs noise-shaping feedback, and for which the output waveform closely resembles the input waveform.
7279987 Method, apparatus and program storage device for modeling an analog PLL for use in a digital simulator  
A method, apparatus and program storage device for modeling an analog PLL for use in a digital simulator are disclosed. A model of a phase locked loop to be simulated in a digital simulator...
7279993 Phase-locked loop  
A phase-locked loop includes an oscillator, a phase detector coupled to the oscillator, a charge pump coupled to the phase detector, a filter coupled to the charge pump, a voltage controlled...