Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Digital phase locked loop and method for operating the same
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Application No.: US15688513Application Date: 2017-08-28
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Publication No.: US10236894B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Johan van den Heuvel , Yao-Hong Liu
- Applicant: Stichting IMEC Nederland
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Stichting IMEC Nederland
- Current Assignee: Stichting IMEC Nederland
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Priority: EP16186301 20160830
- Main IPC: H03L7/087
- IPC: H03L7/087 ; G04F10/00 ; H03L7/085 ; H03L7/091 ; H03L7/197

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a Digital Phase Locked Loop (DPLL) for phase locking an output signal to a reference clock signal. The DPLL comprises a phase detector for detecting a phase error of a feedback signal with respect to the reference clock signal. The DPLL comprises a digitally controlled oscillator for generating the output signal based at least on a frequency control word and at least one control signal representative of the phase error. The phase detector comprises an integer circuit for generating a first control signal representative of an integer phase error. The phase detector comprises a fractional circuit comprising a Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) for processing the feedback signal and a delayed reference clock signal. The fractional circuit is provided for generating from the TDC output a second control signal representative of a fractional phase error. The DPLL comprises an unwrapping unit for unwrapping the TDC output.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180062660A1 Digital Phase Locked Loop and Method for Operating the Same Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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