Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Digital synthesizer, communication unit and method therefor
-
Application No.: US15660649Application Date: 2017-07-26
-
Publication No.: US10236898B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Didier Salle , Olivier Vincent Doare , Birama Goumballa , Cristian Pavao Moreira
- Applicant: NXP USA, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Priority: EP16306408 20161027
- Main IPC: H03L7/06
- IPC: H03L7/06 ; H03L7/099 ; H03K4/06 ; H03L7/085 ; G01S13/34 ; H03C3/09 ; H03L7/08 ; H03L7/093 ; H03L7/16 ; G01S7/35

Abstract:
A digital synthesizer is described that comprises: a digitally controlled oscillator, DCO; a feedback loop; a ramp generator configured to generate a signal of frequency control words, FCW, that describes a desired frequency modulated continuous wave; and a phase comparator configured to compare a phase of the FCW output from the ramp generator and a signal fed back from the DCO via the feedback loop and output a N-bit oscillator control signal. The digital synthesizer comprises a gain circuit coupled to a multiplier located between the ramp generator and the DCO and configured to apply a frequency-dependent gain signal to the N-bit oscillator control signal to maintain an open loop gain of the all-digital phase locked loop, ADPLL, and a PLL loop bandwidth that is substantially constant across a frequency modulation bandwidth.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180123605A1 DIGITAL SYNTHESIZER, COMMUNICATION UNIT AND METHOD THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
Information query