Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fractional-N PLL with sleep modes
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Application No.: US15795119Application Date: 2017-10-26
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Publication No.: US10348315B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: André Grouwstra , Julian Jenkins
- Applicant: Perceptia Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: AU Kurraba Point, NSW
- Assignee: Perceptia IP Pty Ltd
- Current Assignee: Perceptia IP Pty Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: AU Kurraba Point, NSW
- Agent André Grouwstra
- Main IPC: H03L7/14
- IPC: H03L7/14 ; H03L7/197 ; H03L7/091 ; H03L7/087 ; H03L7/08 ; H03L7/085 ; H03L7/093 ; H03L7/099 ; H03L7/181 ; H03L7/23

Abstract:
A phase-locked loop (PLL) has an oscillator, a counter and a register to sample the oscillator phase as an integer number. A phase predictor uses a fractional-N frequency control word (FCW) to calculate a predicted phase as an integer number. The integer difference between the sampled phase and the predicted phase is used as loop filter input, to generate an oscillator control signal that adjusts the oscillator frequency. The phase predictor may provide noise shaping, for example via a MASH modulator. A first sleep mode control signal blocks a reference clock and feedback of the oscillator clock to the counter. It may also freeze loop filter parameters and block the output clock. A second sleep mode control signal may stop the oscillator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180138913A1 Fractional-N PLL with Sleep Modes Public/Granted day:2018-05-17
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